I have been studying bonsai since 1994, in an ever-increasing obsessive fashion. In our last 5 years prior to moving from Iowa to Alabama pursuing a career in the foodservice industry, my bonsai collection was limited to a few varieties that could survive brutal winters outside, or winters under dim light in the dank basement of our humble duplex...my wife puts up with a lot. Including the trailer hitch I put on our brown 1983 Chrysler New Yorker to pull a U-Haul full of trees to Nashville for a 3-month stop along the career path that led us to Alabama. 12 years later, we no longer have the New Yorker; and not a single one of those trees remain on my bench, having given the last holdout to a new club member this summer. I prefer collecting native trees and buying the classical species used in Japan, feeding organic, and reading everything I can get my hands on.
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Hey Brian. I was wondering, what root stock was used?
Nothing special, just a good year. I think they tend to do well in years 2-3 after repotting. It’s on the standard feeding program I use with all my trees.
Nebari Bonsai 
Hey Brian. I was wondering, what root stock was used?
Japanese Black pine.
wow! wow! great photo essay!
wow , nice learning pictures.
the picture of 2009 with that trunk so big .. Did you do anything special ? Also are you giving any special fertilizer or something?
Nothing special, just a good year. I think they tend to do well in years 2-3 after repotting. It’s on the standard feeding program I use with all my trees.
Thanks for the reply.
I know it’s been 7 years,.. the pot is from BIGEI
Correct!