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[steveschuerger]

Did a few tests today. Nitrate and Phos tomorrow as they’re fairly involved(at least the Hanna is). Salinity of the SR60 measured as 1.030 , possibly need to calibrate my refractometer, although it registered 1.027 in the cube.

 

[woodyarmadillo]

Indoor or outdoor, flower or no flower. Do you get a winter where you are. The easiest are ficus, jade, chinese elm.

Indoor with no flowers. Outdoors is too wild here in Texas. I was just looking and would love to have a maple and a weeping willow.

 

[woodyarmadillo]

Chinese Elm also looks interesting.

 

[steveschuerger]

If she ever need more bonsai. I can send her some. I have 7 azaleas in bonsai training pots.

Appreciate the offer. I might take you up on that at some point.

Send one to Shane and then have him add it to Steve’s box, then he can pull out the bonsai and give it to his wife to distract her.

Nah. Send it Shane for freebies

 

[stoney7713]

@stoney7713 I have one in my frag tank with my Yellow watchman goby that had to move there from harassment from the starry blenny. Theoretically I still have one in my 32 gallon display, I just wasn't going to be bothered trying to find it. I haven't seen it, but it was tiny to begin with. I always get the Randall pistol shrimp since I had read they are less aggressive than tiger pistols.

I hunted and hunted for a Randall and couldn't get one locally. Didn't want to pay the shipping for 1 shrimp.

 

[AKL1950]

Indoor or outdoor, flower or no flower. Do you get a winter where you are. The easiest are ficus, jade, chinese elm.

I really want to get another bonsai tree but don’t really know what to get. I got a ficus and the massive amount of white flowers I always had to trim off/clean up drove me crazy.

Chinese Elm in training.

 

[Thuan]

Indoor with no flowers. Outdoors is too wild here in Texas. I was just looking and would love to have a maple and a weeping willow.

I could send a maple, but it needs winter to go dormant. Ikea sells ginseng ficus. Outside for summer. bring it in when temp below 60

 

[Thuan]

Appreciate the offer. I might take you up on that at some point.

Nah. Send it Shane for freebies

I can send a small maple because I know you get a winter in Newton

 

[woodyarmadillo]

I could send a maple, but it needs winter to go dormant. Ikea sells ginseng ficus. Outside for summer. bring it in when temp below 60

Oh yeah. Just read about that. Bummer. Someday I’m going to have some maples.

 

[Thuan]

Chinese Elm in training.

Nice. I have 2 cork bark chinese elm

 

[steveschuerger]

Not Bonsai but this is my hydroponic pothos . Have the initial cutting/roots in the back filter area

 

[Thuan]

Not Bonsai but this is my hydroponic pothos . Have the initial cutting/roots in the back filter area

For a moment I thought you said "Pot"

 

[woodyarmadillo]

Not Bonsai but this is my hydroponic pothos . Have the initial cutting/roots in the back filter area

That looks nice! I have a pothos that my grandmother grew. My mom and sister also have part of it. It’s the only real plant I’ve found so far that actually handles low light well. They can get huge too.

 

[AKL1950]

Oh yeah. Just read about that. Bummer. Someday I’m going to have some maples.

Nice. I have 2 cork bark chinese elm

These are my two favorites. They show the most potential. They are both tropical, so they have to come inside if the temp gets below 40 degrees. They have the tiniest leaves of any tree.

Premna Microphia and Miniature Singapore Holly. They will both go back into bonsai pots next year. Third picture, middle row, are all cuttings off the Premna. It grows like a weed.

 

[Thuan]

These are my two favorites. They show the most potential. They are both tropical, so they have to come inside if the temp gets below 40 degrees. They have the tiniest leaves of any tree.

Premna Microphia and Miniature Singapore Holly. They will both go back into bonsai pots next year. Third picture, middle row, are all cuttings off the Premna. It grows like a weed.

I need several

 

[AKL1950]

I need several

Just like I have trouble here with Japanese maples, you might have trouble with tropicals there in Colorado. They hate cold. Premna loves high heat and bright sun. Singapore Holly loves high humidity and constant shade. It’s natural habitat is growing under a jungle canopy.

 

[Thuan]

Just like I have trouble here with Japanese maples, you might have trouble with tropicals there in Colorado. They hate cold. Premna loves high heat and bright sun. Singapore Holly loves high humidity and constant shade. It’s natural habitat is growing under a jungle canopy.

I can grow the Prema. I can put it in basement near bright window.

 

[Kasrift]

Have you seen this YouTube video, it's so relaxing. . He only has a couple of bonsai videos, but I love them.

 

[Thuan]

Have you seen this YouTube video, it's so relaxing. . He only has a couple of bonsai videos, but I love them.

I watch youtube channel (Herons bonsai-Peter Chan. He's from the UK. I visited his nursery the last time I was there.

 

[AKL1950]

Have you seen this YouTube video, it's so relaxing. . He only has a couple of bonsai videos, but I love them.

Growing bonsais is great. So relaxing to sit and trim them into the shape you want. The limit of what you can do is as big as your imagination.

Going to try getting this Lantana into a bonsai. They grow super fast here. Constant flowering all year.