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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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jfuste Community Member
Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 739 Location: Barcelona, Spain
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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Oh no!!!! BONSAI NOOO!!!! This will be a complete ruin..... _________________
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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BTW Joan I am thinking about selling my Snake shop lamp...
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jfuste Community Member
Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 739 Location: Barcelona, Spain
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:18 am Post subject: |
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andy wrote: | BTW Joan I am thinking about selling my Snake shop lamp...
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SOLD!!!!
(I'm not kidding!) _________________
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andy Community Guide
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: |
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I will PM you...
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ocd Community Member
Joined: 24 Nov 2010 Posts: 115 Location: Royal Oak MI
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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ocd= obsessive compulsive disorder.
Blade runner started my 15 yr odyssey with Bonsai.
So I have had a few, cough, cough,.. bite the dust.
Rather than toss them in the trash I let the cooler ones dry out and turn brown.
Next i took a few cans of that CHristmas tree green spray crap (can't remember the name) and sprayed the dead Bonsai green. They look just like they did before they bit the dust. Sprayed them with Semi-Gloss and now I have them in the living room on the shelf.
NO MAINTENANCE. Just spray them with mist water once a year to get the dust off.
http://propsummit.com/upload/949/rinobonsi.jpg
So if you want a NO MAINTENANCE bonsai, go to a Nursery and get a 20 dollar Jap Junniper, Style it, put it in a bonsai pot and if it toasts, try the above.
Oh no,.. Plant MURDERER! I can hear it now.
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Cool, What did you use to keep the needles from falling off, just the paint? I have one that is real trunk and fake plastic needles.
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joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Did the same as ocd: bought it, killed it (all the leaves fell, but were replaced with fake ones) is in my possession now for more than 10 years and no stress about maintenance either
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ocd Community Member
Joined: 24 Nov 2010 Posts: 115 Location: Royal Oak MI
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Conserving REAL dead bonsai - Junipers.
They are surprisingly robust once they dry out and turn brown. No the Leaves won't fall off if you hit the pot real hard. You CAN break them if you "flick it" with you finger.
The closest comparison might be, remember the old model glue for styrene models before every one started using SUPERGLUE.
SUPERGLUE would be live.
Dead would be the old glue. Ok but kind of brittle.
Once they are painted and sprayed with Semigloss. They are pretty sturdy as long as the just sit on the shelf. You gan handle them like one of those enclosed real butterflies.
I can't think of how you would ship one with out it getting destroyed.
I've got a dead one about the size of the large bonsai on Deckard's living room that I still need to paint yet.
Hope this answers any Questions. Probably to much info.
I grew Bonsai for about 15 years before it got to be to much work. |
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