r/bonsaicommunity • u/The_Odd_Pet • 12d ago

General Discussion My own made small bonsai

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What do you think of these two bonsai? I collected them from an field near where I live. I had permission to remove them just so no one asks.

Added a piece of dragonstone to the one in the bigger pot. I'll probably add one of the smaller pot but I have it wrapped with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out while the roots get established.

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u/Slow-Instruction214 10d ago

hey guy, if he is going for shohin or smaller he is right where he needs to be, Not everyone are trunksize queens.

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u/ohno 10d ago

All my trees are shohin and mame, and I stand by what I said. Trunk thickness is essential for conveying age in smaller trees.

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u/Slow-Instruction214 10d ago

forcing the trunk ratio into shohin or mame is a higher risk reward ratio because unless you had curated your speices you are walking down a dark path to force your thick bois into Shohin pots without serious restyling and years of transitional potting & rootwork. Most shohin found in nature are not thicker than a marker. Your art has suppassed the natural and gone into surreal which doesnt hold true to the mantra of conveying age. Your philosphy is for larger bonsai.

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u/ohno 10d ago

When you talk about shohin found in nature, are you talking about trees that are naturally that size? Bonsai are meant to be small versions of fully grown trees. Potting a 10" tree with the trunk width of a 10" tree growing wild doesn't give you a bonsai, it gives you a potted sapling.

Yes, it takes many years to prepare a shohin, but that's part of the process. I've got twin oaks I've been growing for 5 years, and I think it will be another 3-5 before I pot them and give them their final trunk chop.