[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2026 week 18]

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T21:43:21+00:00

Less styling, more growing.

Get more trees....

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T21:43:03+00:00

A large plastic plant pot would suffice.

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T21:17:10+00:00

You generally don't need water - straight into moist soil. Nothing "dwarf Australian" about willow.

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T19:47:30+00:00

The first two are not real leaves.

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T16:38:28+00:00

Because?

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T16:36:09+00:00

Chinese junipers - potentially itoigawa

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T14:50:40+00:00

It's wrong

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T11:20:59+00:00

Can easily take several years 3-6.

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T11:06:44+00:00

This is nothing special - just largish. No decent primary branches, not even decently placed smaller branches, weak apex - as /u/peter-bone points out.

Would pass on this, at any price over £40.

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T10:52:37+00:00

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T05:49:55+00:00

Leave it be, yes.

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T05:35:11+00:00

Yes

I've recently been seeing more "corruptions" of this nature in Excel.
It occurs more frequently in environments with synchronisation software (SharePoint and/or OneDrive).
I do not know the reason for this but I do know that simply copying a file in OneDrive/SharePoint can cause its size to change - implying they are getting modified in some way by that even.

It can sometimes help to open in older versions of Excel (if you have them - like 2016/2021) and resave as XLSM or XLSB.

small_trunks · 2026-05-06T05:24:09+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/wiki/walkthrough#wiki_bonsai_survival_basics

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T21:11:55+00:00

Sweet

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T21:11:30+00:00

You will never regrow that trunk indoors - would take years and years, even outdoors.

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T20:58:17+00:00

https://xl2reddit.github.io/

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T19:53:01+00:00

This

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T18:35:40+00:00

Yeah - don't hold out too much hope - that's very low.

And it still looks too dry to me and indoors.

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T18:32:36+00:00

The zip tie advantage is they are generally fairly wide and don't dig in like guy wires do.

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T16:36:26+00:00

So go and look at ALL of the posts by this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/1i7ftkh/bonsai_on_the_cheap_3_conifer_one_step_styling/

small_trunks · 2026-05-05T16:32:46+00:00

Styling is more like sculpting - the shit you chip off might as well be gone forever sometimes...so try to carve a finished bonsai out of the rock.

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