Soo.. Two weeks ago there was a show for the part of Germany I am from. With 18M persons, NRW is not the smallest of states, so I was happy to get my tree in the NRW bonsai Tage show. Some pictures..

Winning tree:


Amazing Maple from my teacher:


And my tree:


As of tomorrow theer should be some more pictures on my website too.

Hey LB, congrats for the show!
Next year you amaze everyone with a HUGE BRT !

Congratulation on your winnings leatherback. That's really looks nice style. How long have you ever been in bonsai styling? :ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy:

winning? I did not nearly win.

been doing bonsai since 2011

This summer:

I still love that yellow pot...

Me too. Love it! Amazing work by Erin pottery!

Very lovely bonsai, I like the way the leaves look, like mat and not glossy.

leatherback wrote: winning? I did not nearly win.

been doing bonsai since 2011

Wow! That is 875 hours a year working with bonsai. That is really devoted! Keep up this spirit and I am sure you will win sooner or later. I am impressed! Please keep up the good work.

Br
Magnus

PhilipJohansen wrote: Very lovely bonsai, I like the way the leaves look, like mat and not glossy.

Yeah, these are slightly hairy and soft

Tropfrog wrote: Wow! That is 875 hours a year working with bonsai. That is really devoted!

Hm.. somewhere between 120 and 150 trees.. Wiring, watering, fertilizing, leaf trimming, repotting, stand maintenance.. I would say a good 20 hours a week on average is not unrealistic. More in summer. Less in winter. Now it is a great time of year to come home and not having to water the trees. No getting up early to water. ut soon the winter wiring and trimming will start. And by new year I will probably start repotting (Although I did a bunch of summer repots so not too many to do this year).

Tropfrog wrote: Keep up this spirit and I am sure you will win sooner or later. I am impressed!

Pretty sure I will get there. Won the clubs "best tree" this year, and the German New Talent contest last week which is a start.