Planning a Bonsai forest

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Posted 9 years 4 months ago #20902
I desided recently to start a bonsai forest with all the Acacia burkei trees I've got.
This is the 5 am going to use

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Posted 9 years 2 weeks ago #24682
After getting a few more Acacia burkei bonsai trees I finally finished my forest.

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Posted 9 years 2 weeks ago #24683

Gekkie wrote: After getting a few more Acacia burkei bonsai trees I finally finished my forest.


Not bad at all, I wonder what they will look like when they have foliage. Do post an update!
I think the trees could have been a bit closer together. The three on the right could have moved a bit to the left, creating some more distande from the rim of the pot.
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Posted 9 years 2 weeks ago #24687
The trees must first settles then I will start wiring and pruning.
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Posted 9 years 2 weeks ago #24688
I agree with Auk; not bad.
I would have arranged the trees differently, personally, so that the taller ones were in the middle and they slowly got shorter the further out they were.
Still, it looks good.
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Posted 8 years 10 months ago #26747
This is the progress on the trees. The tree on the right only started to bud a week ago, the last tree got extremely small buds developing this morning

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Posted 8 years 10 months ago #26749
Search up Nigel Saunders on YouTube. He has some beautiful forests
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Posted 8 years 10 months ago #26791
I need to do some pruning on this forest but I need gto wait till the foliage is full on the whole forest.
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Posted 8 years 10 months ago #26792
What did you use as a growing medium?
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Posted 8 years 10 months ago #26801
I buy a bonsai soil mix with a combination of fine pine bark, dolomite crush and perlite. Benefits are: free draining mix, correct pH, dolomite crush creates fine root growth.
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