Hi zabel,

Any thing to show to-date?

Kill them all!

Hi tamstone welcome.
If you are referring to the photo posted by Izzdanish, that is a specie call purple red bush.
If you are in Selangor or KL, you can find maple in Sg Buloh.
But maple is very difficult to survive in our climate. It needs to have
a hyphenate period during winter.
They don't grow well and very little chance to become bonsai in M'sia.

Here's a photo of young maple in one of the nursery in Sg Buloh.
Although in this kind of condition but yet cost rm40 to 60 per no.

Simple theory - no cats no cat shits

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Mar 13 2013, 10:14 PM

Sorry bro, I won't be able to go down to Melaka this weekend.
If you can drop by Sanfong on your way back, you can buy the Indon volcanic soil yourself.

Just jet spray wash it off with water.
If it comes back again, wash again.
Your cedar is definitely not getting enough of open air and sunlight.

Good work Zabel. But....head too big like some of my boxwood...Heavy Head.

That is Murraya paniculata microphyll from Thailand.
If you observe carefully, the leaves are just like the normal Murraya but real mini in size.
Murraya in direct Chinese translation is call " nine mile good frequent" 'coz when it bears flower
the frequent is so strong that can smell "nine miles" away. Is it true??

good work g400, keep it up !

Mind I say, is time to do some maintenance in order to keep it in original shape.

Title : My Stump.

If anybody has saved a stump, or given by some body else, or from your big old tree,
no matter what specie, what size and shape, or something you has post up here before
and like to have an update, please join in to post your photos up. If you have kept some progressive
photos of your stump up to your present stage you are most welcome to share out.



This is one of my Wrighthia "sui mui" stump given by my neighbor 3 years ago, I've done nothing
more than trim and cut back the branches. I've decided to give it an initial shape on this carefree Sunday.



and some wiring works....still far from it's destination to become a bonsai.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Mar 17 2013, 09:20 PM

Hi anevilx, welcome

There is no rules on wiring and bending of your tree.
But is whether your tree can take the wiring and bending or not?
If you over bend the trunk or branches of your tree, you will hear cracking sound and...
Steel wire is not advisable to be used because it will rust.
Aluminium wire is recommended not only it won't rust but also easy to unwire when your tree trunk
has grown tight.
Cucur attap is quite a delicates to handle if your are a beginner. I'll say you should go for some easy
species like Wrighthia "sui mui" ficus or boxwood which is much cheaper to begin with.

Mind I ask you're in which part of the country?

Air layering update.

"Harvested" my "sui mui" during the weekend.




The lower portion of the tree....

No way!

Sanfong got lots of awesome Casuarina materials selling from rm400 to 1k. Too expensive, just buy
a small young tree for self satisfaction only.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Mar 20 2013, 08:21 AM

Young Casuarina tree grown from cutting, bought from Sanfong Semenyih. RM 30 each.
They got only one left at that time. Wonder still got any more left now.

Copper wire is very expensive nowadays and I think copper wire is out of stock in the market in M'sia.
If I've not remember wrongly, the last time I bought some 1.5mm diameter copper wire was
5-6 years ago.
Why copper wire?
Taiwan aluminium wire is at rm 50 per kg and China aluminium wire is at rm 45 per kg at Sanfong.

Go makan angin ? Where about?

Hi Zabel,

How's your Japaneses seedling now? Anything to show?
By the way, do u still need the Indon volcanic soil?

Wow! Good!

Cari RM banyak banyak, come over here again and buy a big Casuarina and cucur attap bonsai!

Hi Protonwira, Welcome !

First time in this forum we have someone from Vietnam. Thank you
We are a group of newbies in bonsai and learning from each other.
There is no great master like those in the ibonsai forum.
Please feel free to post your trees here no matter what sizes or shapes and share with us,
I'm sure everyone here will wish to know more about bonsai in your country.