That looks more like a Long Leave Pine - Pinus palustris which can be easily grown in hot weather.
You can always check out the difference between Japanese Black Pine - Pinus thubergii and Pinus palustris from the internet.

That is the common characteristic of cheap Fukien Tea from China.
The cuts and scars that can never grow back.
You can try scrapping off the rotten part, treat with sulfur lime solution and brush and cover
with a layer bituminous compound to prevent water from entering the woody part of the stem.

ok. got it... will need to wait until i get hold of sulfur line solution, guess i will need to stock up during my visit to Sanfong on 2nd March. and btw, the bituminous compound, can i use the one that used for patching leaking roof? one side is aluminuim one side is black sticky stuff , i think the black sticky stuff is bituminous right??

Hey was wondering if this place still exist

Greensphere bonsai and nursery in Desa Petaling

http://www.bonsaistone.com.my/v1/index.php...d=88&Itemid=143

In May 2011, a bonsai workshop was organised in this place.
You can always call to find out.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 15 2013, 09:53 AM

Dear all Bonsai lover,

I got zero knowledge here, how should I start if wanted?

Thanks.

Hi OldKidz,

Go get some materials and start keeping them alive would be the first step..
materials = bonsai materials. Can get Boxwood or shui mui. I would recommend as they are the easiest to stay alive..which is good to begin with...

Dear All,

Someone just bought some black pines....Hihi..
Let him show us....

Bonsailelong bought it??? come share lah... poison a bit.....

coming up + RM flied away story.

the most expensive 3min...lol

After having some inspiration from Bonsailelong, I decided to get some Buddhist pine to bonsai them.
Got 2 for the price of 1. Yay!

Before


after some wiring n twisting

after


now let it grow for a while

The second Buddhist pine,
I think I snap half the top stem but I then close it back . Should b fine?
before


after

My Chinese elms from seed update, doing fine but I lost 5 sprouts and now left this two n two others.



my premna from cutting, about 1 month.

Zabel

You are doing very well.
However the is quite gap between the apex and the first branch.
you can bend the lower branch up as suggested, this is not only make it
look balance but also shorten it.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 17 2013, 09:48 PM

A TRIP TO " HO MIN YUEN"

First of all I would like to correct a mistake which is unintentionally make all the time.



It's "MIN HOE YUEN" BONSAI NURSERY. We got it "up side down"

This is my Melaka bonsai buddy - young, dyminic, enterprising and full of potential.



Min Ho Yuen bonsai nursery was actually on a single piece of land of approx. 5 acres.
A Pokok Mangga double lanes drive way was built cutting right through it and now it's divided
into 2 sections.
I visited the first section of Min Ho Yuen under the guide of my buddy Zabel. Accroding to him this is the place
where we can actually buy some materials of reasonable prices. So we move on...

A welcome gazebo at the entrance.

Lots of old and gigantic junipers


West Indian Cherry

Cascading Juniper Precumben.

Some young black pine. Not sure is Japan or China?

After buying 2 nos of young black pine, a round lotus pot and a bottle of bark growing hormone, we process
to the second section of Min Hoe Yuen.
This is a "must" visit section.

The entrance, looks nothing extra ordinary.

Once enter, it's another world....



Cascading Buddha Pine Causurina

Brazilian Rain Tree

And hundreds of "shui mui"



If your are looking for large and gigantic bonsai materials, this s the place.
If you have a big garden and look for bonsai style landscape materials, this is definitely the place.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 18 2013, 11:08 AM

A VISIT TO MIN HOE YUEN - "Forwards"

After making an appointment with my Melaka bonsai buddy to meet the next morning at
a place beside a supermarket early in the morning, I started my journey down and arrived
at the appointed location a little earlier, and at that moment the call of mother nature was high,
and so I just parked my car beside the super-mart and answer to the "high" call at the toilet of the mart.
It took about 3 mins+ and I came out....

...alamak ! a rm 100 parking summon !

The MPMB parking officer was still around, and so I asked him why he issued me such an expensive summon,
I went off for a short while just to go to toilet only. Without speaking a words, he shown me the double yellow lines just beside my car.
I can't argue anymore and just drove my car to a parking lot nearby.
Immediately I moved my car, another 2 cars moved in and parked at the same location that I have just parked.

.. and the people left their cars and enter the super-mart.
The MPMB car parking officer was there, just looked on. At this instant I just can't tolerated anymore
and I walked over and asked the officer why these cars were not issued summons and only issued mine.
This fellow, he just ignored me and walked away and disappeared himself at a corner of the building.
When I looked at the 2 cars, they are Melaka plates. Then I began to realize.....
Do Melaka cars have special privileges ? Definitely - NO!
I think this MPMB officer is waiting for the car owners to come out and ask for coffee money for not issuing
summons to their cars, as for mine, I'm from oustation, so he give me the most expensive summon to show
his superior that he is doing his job!

SO, THIS IS ONE MALAYSIA ! OR ONE MELAKA?

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Feb 17 2013, 11:23 PM

really speechless on these... this is so call 1Malaysia...Malaysia Boleh....LOL

wah.... speechless again... how i wish this place is in Sarawak... but we are oceans apart..
BTW, bonsailelong how much you bought the Black Pine? is the price here cheaper then in sanfong?

zebel, you now also 'li hai' laio... going soon to be sifu of bonsai... anyway nice Buddhist pine u have there...
You din buy any bonsai while you and bonsailelong were in Min Ho Yuen?? How can you resist the temptation !!!