Hi,

I'm Zabel from Melaka. Just got interested in Bonsai a few weeks ago.
seems like only Bonsailelong and G400G400 left from this huge forum of bonsai mania..lol

ok first, i'm a guitarist and my hobby is playing music, then now (i think my age is catching up) i'm into bonsai..

I'm inspired by my friend from work, a 55 years old guy who is a bonsai lover since he is 30. some photos of the bonsai he started in our factory's smoking area using recycle toilet bowls...







Then i started my journey on getting bonsai in Melaka...

Hi G400G400, thanks.I will upload my bonsai.but they are very early stage punya.

Here's another photo of the bonsai, limau tree.That belong to the old guy.



The best thing is, i'm very interested so i go ask him where i can get it. I mean the bonsai. Where to buy and see since he is a otai in this.
He answer me he don't know, and try to avoid answering. haha..
so i will have to search for Bonsai myself.

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Added on December 24, 2012, 9:48 pmthis is my Taiwan juniper,



i try reading some articel online and try to shape it as a informal upright

ANd this, i think it's called shui lian hua...
try to do it cascading. bought a china pot for it..



this is a shui mei that i bought that is 80% done, left the greens to be develop. hopefully by CNY the flower will bloom.



This is another shohin shui mei, gonna make it a dome. just bought it yesterday and repot it to this small pot.The owner of the nursery say can use the volcano red sand only, try lor.





This post has been edited by zabel8484: Dec 24 2012, 09:48 PM

Oh really, i saw some with flower blooming which is very nice. I bought it for rm20 exclude the pot.

is this chinese elm?

BonsaiLelong, awesome story...
can't wait for the part 2

Wow, to have a place like bonsailelong to grow bonsai is simply amazing, I only have a small tiled area to put bonsais, and yet my wife still grumbles all the time i bring in a new collection.lol..

I just bought a boxwood after inspired by bonsailelong and g400g400's post on it previously. I potted it to a bonsai pot and i have cut almost 40% of it's root. don't know if it's ok becoz it won't fit to the new pot if i don't cut it.



And need sifu sifu sekalian punya advise.


This shui mei doesn't show any growing after i drasticly prune it after repotting.because it's too bushy and it's out of shape.



what type of bonsai is this? i bought for 10 ringgit and prune it, now it's showing new shoots.




These are my shohin shui mei project, just potted them.

g400g400, i'm from Melaka.
It's been sometime and effort to finally found the bonsai nursery. If not other nursery sells at rm25 for those, i ask before ....
need to really buy in bonsai nursery only to get cheap price.

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Added on December 27, 2012, 7:23 pmhere is my boxwood front and back...

Thanks







This post has been edited by zabel8484: Dec 27 2012, 07:23 PM

oh ic,
ok i'll see what i can do with the boxwood. How you identify as expired?

You mean the 1st small shui mei?

oh no... mine are dark color...
so i will repot tomorrow and see if i can save it or not.

thanks so much for the advise... Bonsailelong
I will update after i repot.

Bonsailelong's place is great, but the cleaning have to be done lol, anyway the series are very interesting.
Bonsailelong, have you ever thought of writing a book on your knowledge and photos for bonsai? if yes, maybe i can co-develop.PM me if you are into it.

So i have repoted the boxwood as per bonsailelong suggested. how to know if it's back to good condition?



and this is one of the second bonsai i thought i bought, but actually now i know i just bought a tree.
they say is limau. now got red limau and white bell flowers.
what species is this?

g400g400,

how many bonsai that you have collected until now? I see you are having many at home...

Awesome, 52 pots!!

Big ones coming? Did you buy a trained 100% bonsai or you buy bonsai materials?

i'm thinking of visiting sanfong this week since they have a sale goin on.
Maybe visit Bonsailelong on the way home..fingercrossed

I just did my count, just realized that i only have 2 pots to be consider as bonsai, another 7 more are still trees i guess. not trained yet.

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Added on December 30, 2012, 5:14 pmoh ya, i got these 2 before i really know what bonsai is about.





one is a shui mei and another one is the limau.

Any idea what to do with this 2? bonsailelong?



This post has been edited by zabel8484: Dec 30 2012, 05:14 PM

I think the place i go is this Ho Min Yuen you r talking about, very huge place.
here are some photos that i took..









if like that, do you suggest me to terus buy a ready bonsai or only buy anak only?

i guess, the price ranging from rm200 to 800 for the big ones.
i belum pergi sanfong lagi, this week must go coz got sales....lol
before i gila guitars, i bought 20+ electric guitar which is rm2000+/guitar.
now gila bonsai, the price i still can except..lol

g400g400,
lol.... i agree with you, i think i'm going to buy some ready bonsai ...hahha
now you poison me 1st...

bonsailelong,
No harm in writing book on tips and photos, just as a share among bonsai lover, doesn't have to be grand masters to do so. Since master don't let photos , why not do a book of collections and tips from bonsai lover to another. i write guitar lesson books for my students and i don't need to be a pro.. anyway new tech allow us to print books with very low cost. we can sell it to bonsai lover at cost just for the love of it...
anyway just a thought, coz i'm currently still working on a series of lesson books on drums for my school's student. hahaha if you ever thought about making a record or collection for the book, just let me know..

can't wait for my sanfong trip...haha

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Added on December 30, 2012, 10:00 pmg400g400,

sanfong nursery got facebook, go add it.

this is their facebook video ad for the sales
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=486331668076837

This post has been edited by zabel8484: Dec 30 2012, 10:00 PM

you mean cut back and make something like this out of it?

no, i search this photo on the net for limau rawit. i try to imagine what you are trying to say and this photo is what i imagine it would turn out to be...

i c, so i have to buy some stands for the medium ones...

g400g400,

we have a long way to go for where bonsailelong is today...

Then I will air layer my limau rawit also.LOL

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Added on December 31, 2012, 5:25 pmWent to my friend's house just to look at his father's Bonsai.
He pernah win competitions with his old bonsai. Now after his stroke, he sold off all of it. Now he is better, unable to talk properly and can't control left hand. right hand still ok. so i just go menikmati...







Now i feel, that buy ready bonsai like so much better...but still want to have anak bonsai juga...the poison...

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Added on December 31, 2012, 5:27 pmis this the Premna bonsailelong is talking about?



he sell at rm250..

This post has been edited by zabel8484: Dec 31 2012, 05:27 PM

Happy New Year 2013!!
May My Bonsai COllection bertambah this year!!