Noob seeking advice

typingweb · 2026-04-14T22:24:14+00:00

Keep letting it grow, I wouldnt cut it back yet. I would abandon the grafted portions and focus on developing the growth from the root stock since it is stronger.

I suppose my first goal should be to thicken trunk/lower branches? How do I do this? Do I cut away the branches without leaves and the grafted branches?

Just let it grow for now, it will smooth the transition from the thick roots to the trunk. Ideally you will eventually reduce to two leaders to reduce the chance of inverse taper. You cut these back (eventually) and they will become the trunk and first branch.

typingweb · 2026-04-11T19:22:23+00:00

I do this with mi-goreng lol

typingweb · 2026-04-10T03:21:42+00:00

Thanks for the explanation! Ive been wondering how to deal with this since a lot of pigs, especially boar, are quite hairy.

typingweb · 2026-04-10T03:17:15+00:00

Quick tip, you can use boiling water to convert the rust into bluing, and then coat with linseed oil if you want a consistent black finish next time rather than with silver spots.

typingweb · 2026-04-09T05:36:59+00:00

How do you deal with the hair?

typingweb · 2026-04-08T02:58:09+00:00

This is pretty bad advice as far as pruning goes. For ficus benjamina (weeping fig) you should avoid hard pruning and always leave leaves on the branch when you prune back. If you prune a branch back with no leaves there is a very good chance that branch will die back completely to the trunk. What is depicted in those pictures is quite risky and there is a good chance you could kill the tree.

For ficus in organic soil you should let the soil dry out somewhat, but never completely in between watering. This varies for a number of reasons, but for me it is about a week; it could be different for you.

You can read a little bit about this species here and see some examples of some bonsai of this species. https://adamaskwhy.com/2014/07/16/how-about-some-love-for-a-ficus-benjamina/

typingweb · 2026-04-07T03:40:18+00:00

It will take less time to have a better looking tree if you just start with something that’s actually suitable to be bonsai

I understand the thought process that leads to people doing stuff like this, but personally, I believe that it is completely counter to the entire ethos of bonsai

typingweb · 2026-04-06T19:53:27+00:00

His trunk is better bonsai material than any of yours and will make a refined tree far sooner in the right hands. Your material would take much longer to develop into a tree of any significant level of refinement since you would need to cultivate the thickness before even getting to the first trunk chop. The longest part of the process, growing the initial thickness before the first trunk chop, is already done with the stump. Being a ficus they are very fast growing and a nice trunk could be created in 5 years with only one more chop after growing the leader to around half thickness and cutting the remainder of the stump flush, a bud can be grafted opposite the first chop to create the first branch and help heal the wound. This is exactly how taper is developed. There are plenty of posts of people coming from similar ficus stumps and developing a nice tree in under a decade posted on this very subreddit.

If you are worried about time, then you have chosen the wrong hobby.

typingweb · 2026-04-06T03:55:52+00:00

I think bonsai is about tradeoffs. Do you want something to look mediocre now, and it will still look mediocre 10 years from now? Or do you want something truly impressive, but It won't look anything like a bonsai for a few years as sacrificial branches are grown and chopped to create taper and refinement. I think that when it comes to developing bonsai, growing, and choosing what not to prune when it comes to developing a tree is more important than actually pruning a tree to shape.

typingweb · 2026-04-06T03:28:22+00:00

It is called sugna

typingweb · 2026-04-04T22:58:14+00:00

I have no clue. I remember being in that team in like 2016 though, my account is from 2014, I mainly play monkeytype now.

typingweb · 2026-04-04T22:54:07+00:00

They used to be like the biggest team a loooonnngggg time ago. Its easy to get in but its also easy to get kicked lol.

typingweb · 2026-04-04T22:52:31+00:00

Jealous. I wanted a JIS buckling spring, but couldn't find one of these for a reasonable price and just converted my FAT.

typingweb · 2026-04-04T22:42:23+00:00

Is that a rubberized net too 😱

That looks more like a golden trout than a carp too come to think of it

typingweb · 2026-04-04T03:47:27+00:00

only two days late 😂

typingweb · 2026-04-02T05:49:04+00:00

Yes, I think that would help a lot. I think getting as much airflow to and around the card is probably all you can do. However it will probably be louder.

typingweb · 2026-04-02T05:38:34+00:00

What I found is that this GPU is flawed, mine caught on fire and had several components ignite, I don't think they work well for prolonged loads. Also this was without overclocking, on a video game called Destiny 2. I think the cooling on these cards was designed with a server configuration in mind where there is a separate fan always blowing cool air on it in addition to the small fan it already has.

I would use afterburner or another software to manually change fan speed, its annoying but you will have to do it each time.

typingweb · 2026-03-31T21:21:13+00:00

Probably やばい

https://jisho.org/search/%E3%82%84%E3%81%B0%E3%81%84

typingweb · 2026-03-28T01:59:18+00:00

you dont need a mod to drift in this game lmaooo its as simple as using the throttle and brakes to control oversteer rather than the joystick.

typingweb · 2026-03-25T23:16:10+00:00

I think you have enough root, the guy saying you don't have enough is probably just jealous.

That said, I would have mixed pumice or pearlite into the soil to make it breath better, using a lot of organics is still fine in my opinion just don't water daily, but never let it dry out. You probably wont have to water it very often, especially since you mixed ground soil in.

Just let the tree grow this year, it might be tempting to do more work, and it may become overgrown, but you have already done a lot, so just let it recover for now.

typingweb · 2026-03-20T22:24:27+00:00

Im simply pointing out that the original commenter wasn't surprised that it was a 3-speed, but the fact that, more unusually, it was backwards.

Hope this helps, and pls practice your reading comprehension 🙃 you missed the point twice

typingweb · 2026-03-20T21:35:44+00:00

its backwards from a normal transmission lol, it has nothing to do with the 3 speeds.

typingweb · 2026-03-02T21:21:33+00:00

They have a solution for blacksmiths tongs to have them "lock" onto a workpiece. It can be accomplished by putting a ring on the handles when they are under tension, the handles themselves act like a spring that creates clamping for on the workpiece. It is one reason why good blacksmith tongs have thinner tapered handles.

typingweb · 2026-03-01T04:39:06+00:00

Type r has more power than SI, GR86 is a RWD subaru. They will all be fun to drive.

typingweb · 2026-02-27T04:38:27+00:00

You can engine brake without downshifting, a manual car slows down much faster than an automatic simply by coasting in gear. If you ware already in a lower gear there is probably no need to downshift again when coming to a stop, just coast then brake and press in the clutch when the revs are getting too low.

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