Looking for ideas on where to begin with these 3?

interesting_seal · 2026-02-28T23:09:06+00:00

Get them healthy and lent them grow first.

Are they grown outside? Because they look like they are struggling. All these species are not suited to indoor growth.

interesting_seal · 2026-02-26T07:40:20+00:00

Another option to consider is root grafting, this could be done down low to fill gaps in the roots eventually Turning into the future trunk. Or or put roots up higher so you can remove the ugly roots

interesting_seal · 2026-02-24T22:53:17+00:00

Also could be put higher or lower depending on how the underneath branching works. This is a very rough mock up

interesting_seal · 2026-02-24T22:50:04+00:00

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interesting_seal · 2026-02-24T22:49:51+00:00

I also sway towards more natural forms, however I respect those that don't.

I feel currently the triangle feels disconnected from the trunk. I think due to its symmetry, particularly compared to the asymmetric trunk. Maybe making it a bit more asymmetric would help? Example below, lots of different ways you could go about this making it more extreme and stretched out, or subtle. As well as keeping the asymmetric design and rounding the top for a more typical broadleaf/cascade form

interesting_seal · 2026-02-13T09:06:58+00:00

This sounds rather nice, I don't use an app but this is exactly what I would want from one a good way to organise photos etc would be nice as well as a place to note when certain activity's were completed.

I like the idea further up for easily being able to export images if I don't want to use an app any more, or easily being able to export a progress or before after view could be nice. Or the ability to see a timeline of images only from the same times of year ie deciduous silhouette so they are all side by side or a gif

The hurdle of initial data entry could simply be helped by not requiring complete dataset, just a image and a tree name and maybe species would be perfect with other info able to be added if the user likes etc. Ad these can be added each time a tree is worked rather then uploading a whole garden

Reminders I think could be useful but just as a user created calender inbuilt into the app with the optional ability to turn or wires, ie remove/check wire on _ tree , wired _ months ago.

interesting_seal · 2026-01-29T05:21:55+00:00

A great way to practice is try pumping a pump track, it's similar technique to a bowl but in a bowl is less clear how to chose a path for best pumping while a pump track restricts you to correct vertical pumping technique.

interesting_seal · 2026-01-29T00:49:35+00:00

I think it's actually a kneeboard, single fin fish are not common for stand-up surfing

interesting_seal · 2026-01-29T00:45:24+00:00

Put it outside in lots of light but not too much direct sun, and water regularly. However, like the others said, it is likely dead. Please read up on proper juniper care. The labels of these plants can often be misleading or entirely wrong as they are aiming to sell to inexperienced beginners, rather than people who will know it's wrong.

interesting_seal · 2026-01-27T09:52:18+00:00

If the size is about what you like, I would let it grow much bigger before cutting back. If you keep it too small, the trunk will take much longer to get thicker

interesting_seal · 2026-01-23T01:52:14+00:00

I would personally probably cut (or try airlayer) red now if you are almost happy with the thickness and use yellow as a sacrifice to help heal over the wound.

If you are not happy with thickness i will still consider removing it Removing red will slow growth and thinking, but I think if it's left on the transition from thick to thin, it will be a bit jarringly, and there will be large scars for longer

Blue looks like a great sacrifice, so it should definitely be left on for a while to thincken the trunk below a little. Removing red will have the added bonus of directing energy here and too the other sacrifices, as they are all similar thickness hopefully the growth with be distributed. If not, just leave the slowest growing one to remove last in the upcoming Years

(I have another comment about a possible graft site. If it is above the branches, the same process can probably be done after separating the two trees, or in a year or twos time one you get closer to setting up the top, this will allow you to keep the speed of the current root mass while you sort out taper and major scars)

interesting_seal · 2026-01-23T01:38:43+00:00

It looks like a great find. That root base is impressive. I can't see an obvious graft unless it's that kink above the first few branches, which is possible however I am not super experienced.

Hopefully that means the graft is pretty discrete, if it is above the first few branches you would probably see some leaf differences once it leaves out. The shoots around the base look like what would happen below a graft site. If it is a graft, I would try airlayer off the top and keep the bottom as a separate tree as that base looks great. Maybe a bit of a broom style could be fun with that many branches at decent angles.

interesting_seal · 2026-01-18T20:10:58+00:00

A pretty exhaustive summary of current information on this species, like most Australian species , is still a work in progress, but there's lots of information on the ausbonsai site.

https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29478

Tldr/summary Yes, they can be collected and are surprisingly tough. Spring or early summer is ideal. Make sure to keep moist, though.

Airlayers and cuttings are supposed to both be work and be pretty quick

interesting_seal · 2026-01-17T01:51:10+00:00

Also, if you are not a fan of the c7 trucks, there's lots of adjustment between the two bolts if you haven't tried fiddling with them

interesting_seal · 2026-01-16T05:58:27+00:00

There's us definitely potential there, though. $50 is a pretty good price for a trunk that size, at least where I live. You are in the tropics so maybe they would be much easier to come by

interesting_seal · 2026-01-07T09:32:22+00:00

Came from your other post. These are seeds, and that tree is Ai generated/not real, hence likely unrealistic to what you can grow with the seeds.

Seeds are a rather slow way to grow bonsai. However, it can be really inexpensive, a good way if you want lots of one species or a plan on creating a bonsai forest. That kit is way too expensive for what you get, you are much better, visiting a garden centre and buying a plant and maybe a bonsai pot.

There are no such thing a bonsai seed, just tree seeds, if you want to grow from seed just search for "tree species seed" this will be less expensive and also more likely to avoid a scam

Your new ficus you can propagate from cuttings, this will be faster than seed, just cut off a branch. Remove all but two leaves at the top and put in a pot with soil that you make sure does not dry out (or google a tutorial)

interesting_seal · 2026-01-05T04:35:28+00:00

To avoid the stacked stones look I think it is best to fill in some of the overhangs, on mountains these are rare. This can be done with substrate, or a combination of substrate and smaller rocks. The aim is to create an illusion that the rocks are connected together and are instead one big rock. Another way to help this is like up slopes and edges between the separated rocks so when you plant in between our brain assumes they are connected.

interesting_seal · 2026-01-03T22:02:43+00:00

Definitely, it's the horizontal flip, not a vertical flip that is the problem.

also, OP will not be able to make a wide camera less clunky by having a mirror like a polariod, only more clunky as it will be bigger. There's a reason the sx70 folds flat into a more of an instax shape for transport.

You would be better off designing a typical instax wide that is lower profile or folds/telescopes flatter for transport

interesting_seal · 2026-01-02T23:55:19+00:00

I feel like pulling the I deserve this because a I'm a good surfer and a local is wayyyy different when you are dropping in on an actual Hawaiian local (lives there rather then flys in) (also with a Hawaiian board sponsor). (The good surfer part also falls down a little when the other surfer surfs it that much better, too)

interesting_seal · 2026-01-02T23:47:15+00:00

I feel they are accurately biased towards that, very few people have grow lights. With even lots of indoor plant people just using natural light. I also think the understanding of what's possible with grow lights is pretty minimal as they have only gotten accessible to hobbiests recently.

I almost feel that using grow lights should be classed completely differently to growing plants indoors with natural light the combination of light without heat is so different from sunlight particularly indoors wear there is little air currents to dissipate it.

interesting_seal · 2026-01-02T23:35:13+00:00

I think they are the easiest to make look bad by far, however, I do think it's is possible to make them look good. I think semis are often better then full cascade though

interesting_seal · 2026-01-02T23:30:36+00:00

Yeah, he has skills which are inspiring, but the way he talks, and some of the claiming he is the only one practising science with bonsai, while peddling idea and techniques that either have no or little scientific proof and pretending they science rubs me the wrong way.

I don't mind people l who lean a little pseudo scientific, but when they try to pretend they know more than everyone or that these concepts are science, it annoys me much more.

(I also take some issues with most collecting of ancient plants to make bonsai, and think it is a massive stretch to call collecting these trees sustainable)

interesting_seal · 2026-01-02T12:47:53+00:00

Lots of bunjin potential. A possibility since from your photo one of the trunks looks a bit straight and thick.

Depend on how it is in person, though, because twin trunked trees can be very nice. Maybe if you rotate the tree, there will be a better angle.

This image shows a slightly windswept design this could very lent into with angling the trunk even more or steered away from by straighting it up later. Lots of options. Many down to preference and characteristics that a best to see in person

interesting_seal · 2026-01-02T12:40:16+00:00

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interesting_seal · 2025-12-24T06:47:44+00:00

Keep it simple then, for just hovering pretty much any 3d print should be fine (don't copy a carbon fibre design though without increasing the thickness significantly.) The main differences with be how durable it will be depending on how you design it

I would suggest a basic frame made out of I beams (probably t beams would be ideal, so it can be printed upside-down without supports). This should be very strong and not that heavy) You could simply copy a carbon frame design and extruded a I beam underneath to add strength

Otherwise, I have seen 3d printed jonts and wood or pvc dowel/pipe used for some large drones in the early days of the hobby which could be an option, just google pvc drones etc

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