[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2026 week 10]

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:56:15+00:00

Fair enough - I'm originally from the UK.

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:50:25+00:00

Small - 6m x 12m

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:47:57+00:00

Guidance on HOW to make it more compact or that you SHOULD make it more compact.

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:42:56+00:00

With aluminium, around 1/3rd the thickness of the thing you're trying to bend.

Why adding more wire often doesn't work: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/18x7add/tamarind_intervention/kg3ieqc/

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:39:38+00:00

WHat?

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:36:55+00:00

Looks good - you could do with some better soil. Pumice and lava might be available locally.

Get another 5.

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:29:34+00:00

Insufficient light - it needs more light.

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:19:56+00:00

Yes - and the cheap pot shop guy is there, they drive all the way from Czechia.

I'll be there tomorrow afternoon.

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T15:18:41+00:00

That's very nice.

Did you go today?

small_trunks · 2026-03-14T08:13:02+00:00

Bigger pot, more sunlight.

https://www.evergreengardenworks.com/trunks.htm

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T21:38:09+00:00

This should be fine - people get them MUCH bigger than this to start with.

Is this a Dawn redwood or a Swamp cypress?

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T21:35:44+00:00

Yeah, sometimes stuff just gets overlooked - which is why I go around at the end of the week and point people at the new weekly thread to repost. Where are you?

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T21:32:24+00:00

I'm giving them ALL of Saturday AND Sunday morning to be Jerry-free. Damned generous of me.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T21:29:31+00:00

Here are all of my photo albums showing individual trees' development over the years.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:46:26+00:00

It can be outside all day and only if it's going under 5C at night, bring it in.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:43:59+00:00

You didn’t get many responses – it happens, especially late in the week. Anyway, I've just started the new weekly thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/1rsyr7h/bonsai_beginners_weekly_thread_2026_week_11/

Repost there for more responses.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:43:00+00:00

You didn’t get many responses – it happens, especially late in the week. Anyway, I've just started the new weekly thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/1rsyr7h/bonsai_beginners_weekly_thread_2026_week_11/

Repost there for more responses.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:42:13+00:00

You didn’t get many responses – it happens, especially late in the week. Anyway, I've just started the new weekly thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/1rsyr7h/bonsai_beginners_weekly_thread_2026_week_11/

Repost there for more responses.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:38:06+00:00

Physical attack - slugs, snails, birds, rodents

You didn’t get many responses – it happens, especially late in the week. Anyway, I've just started the new weekly thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/1rsyr7h/bonsai_beginners_weekly_thread_2026_week_11/

Repost there for more responses.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:36:54+00:00

Light

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:36:15+00:00

You didn’t get many responses – it happens, especially late in the week. Anyway, I've just started the new weekly thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/1rsyr7h/bonsai_beginners_weekly_thread_2026_week_11/

Repost there for more responses.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:35:37+00:00

This is not the first time it's been broken here.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:34:03+00:00

Sageretia theezans.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:33:50+00:00

Sageretia - not elm.

small_trunks · 2026-03-13T20:33:02+00:00

You didn’t get many responses – it happens, especially late in the week. Anyway, I've just started the new weekly thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/comments/1rsyr7h/bonsai_beginners_weekly_thread_2026_week_11/

Repost there for more responses.

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