added you as friend in FB, you got nice Huang Yang, i love them. i see you put the pot in the open so subjected to rain and sun, does it affect the plant?
recently it's been raining cats and dog in my area... i keep mine on the side of the patio, so rain cannot touch them , but then i need to water them everyday...

Hi G400G400

These 2 pots of Huang yang of yours, I propose you combine them together.



I hope you can get what I mean.

This is the idea of the combination.

Hi G400x2

This Huang Yang seen to have survive through a disaster, and therefore suggest you give it a disastrous cut.




The idea is try to get it into a shape something like this.

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Added on December 10, 2012, 11:02 pm

It rains like nobody's business here too.

As long as the pot holes are not blocked, Huang Yang can take a lot of water.
this the time to add fertilizer to let it grow and trim and grow and trim and grow big fast!

I've yet to have enough time to trim all of them nicely, so some look messy.

(Ooop! Hope we are not monopolizing this topic in Lowyat.NET)

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Dec 10 2012, 11:03 PM

Once again tqvm for your trenmendous effect in suggesting your opinion on the trim/shaping ideas for my Huang Yang.
I see all your Huang Yang grows very well and very healthy. i really envy them.

I will find time to start to work on my huang yang this evening and post here to show you the result..

Doesn't seems to be any more active bonsai kaki in lowyat ( except both of us )

BTW, talking about the value of Bonsai how can you see how much does a Bonsai plant worth? How do we gauge the value?? Sometime i go to Bonsai nursery they put a price tag, is it too expensive? too cheap? just right? how we gauge that?

for eg. your Huang Yang, this one is value at how much??


and this!!
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This post has been edited by g400g400: Dec 11 2012, 09:16 AM

Priceless, I won't sell it

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Dec 11 2012, 04:42 PM

Sorry i think you get me wrong, i am not asking you to sell i am asking on your opinion on gauging the price of bonsai.

Today is Selangor Sultan's Birthday and so is my Bonsai Day!

This's something I've been waiting to do for some times.



3 pieces of cake.






Done with some green to the soil too.
will allow it to grow for sometime before trimming.

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Added on December 11, 2012, 4:36 pm

Friendly speaking I don't know.

Over here there are bonsai nursery selling bonsai from few RM to 5 figure RM.

I only like to go to bonsai nursery to observe the shape and the type of trees they have and buy a pot or some wires.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Dec 11 2012, 04:36 PM

Hi G400x2

Here's another suggestion to your Huang Yang



Sorry, I don't have any Huang Yang of this suggested shape to show this time.

I'll train one in the near future.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Dec 11 2012, 09:28 PM

Buxus..buxus...buxus harlandii

It's just too must rain and all my Huang Yang simply enjoy growing.
Here's some messy, thick foliage Huang Yang photos for sharing.




Another "Doom" under development.

trying to create a Huang Yang on rock.

" Ladies &....."

"Heavy Head"

The beauty of Boxwood branches.

My "Huang Yang" chapter close.

Hope to find another bonsai day to start a new chapter.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Dec 11 2012, 05:08 PM

thanks for your precious advise....

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Added on December 11, 2012, 7:10 pmyou got lots of Huang Yang bonsai... all very nice... i like them all...
btw how long have you kept those?? 10 years or more? all grow form small and trained by yourself??? you really Huang Yang sifu lah....

keep posting your bonsai here to share, and enlighten me...

This post has been edited by g400g400: Dec 11 2012, 07:30 PM

Can't remember exactly how old is the oldest trees, probably more than 15 years.

Thanks for your applause.

Hi, Bonsailelong, one question i wanna ask for your opinion, if the leaves starting to get yellow then later drop off, is it normal, is it sign of something is wrong? too much water? too much fertiliser? or ???

Huang Yang need as much as water as possible but not blocked drain hole and water stagnant within the pot.
In your case I think is the soil mix as well as the fertilizer.
Like I suggested earlier, change the soil and apply thin N46 solution weekly.

Hi, Bonsailelong, i understand there is a type of (medication) where you apply to the bark of the tree to remove the green algea, adn make it looks very clean. Do you know the name of those thing? It's white in color if not mistaken, i have seen ppl apply on the Huang Yang tree bark, but when i ask them, they say to protect the bark, but sort of refuses to tell me the actual name...

Don't know exactly what's the chemical that you are talking about.
I usually spray sulphur solution to the barks to prevent small ants from making nest in the gaps.
May be the one you are talking about is the colourless wood preservative that use to brush over the dead wood part of the bonsai which can be bought from hardware shop.
I never use that on my Boxwoods.

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Added on December 14, 2012, 6:11 pm

Hi Bonsai Kaki out there, why not post something or photos of your bonsai to keep this topic rolling!

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Dec 14 2012, 06:11 PM

FiCUS

I never like ficus until one day I got a chance to walk along a street in Sezuan China with 2 rows of gigantic ficus bonsai which simply gave me a terrific great feelng.
since then I was wondering I could one day plant and train at least one pot of ficus to become such a size without drawing RM from my pocket.

Too sad to say, I think I never be able to success.
If any body have any ficus bonsai story to tell and experience to share, I'm sure every bonsai kaki here will enjoy that.

In here, I show off my ugly hamper ficus bonsai which I started 2 years ago and looking for ficus sifu to comment.

Bought two and a half years ago, first time bearing fruits and fully defoliated.

Plant from a cutting.

Trying to create a mini one.

On the rock?

Cascading

Picked from a road construction site 2 years ago.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Dec 15 2012, 09:24 PM

Here's my tiny bonsai for sharing...










Bonsailelong; here's how it looks after trimming ....







My Ficus bonsai....

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Added on December 16, 2012, 3:38 pmYou got lots of Bonsai... love them all, keep posting for sharing, i don't have much comment except i love all of them...


This post has been edited by g400g400: Dec 16 2012, 03:38 PM

Hi G400x2

You got some good bonsai materials.

Hope You don't mind I give a little of my suggestion.

An apex is the first rule of bonsai.

Cut all at one side and eventually be trained into wind swept style.

guys..i wanna start a bonsai (never had experience with it before). so basically i just buy a young/small tree and put it in the small pot to start? i read things about trimming, feeding and wiring those things dy. but what i wanna know now is how to start

Bro, Bonsailelong, your suggestion are always welcome... I am learning a lot from your ideas and suggestions ... tqvm

BTW, how you defoliated your bonsai ( sui mei )? use hand to pluck them off or use cutter to snip then off, any difference?? tq

This post has been edited by g400g400: Dec 17 2012, 06:03 AM