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Hi All,

New to bonsai and just looking for some feedback regards my 1st set of tree's. Some doing great, others not so.

1st Juniper - Seems to be going strong.

2nd Chinese Elm - repotted and then wired and I removed one branch, came out today and elm looks to be dead.

3rd Japanese Maple - Seems to be going okay, some leaves are browning on the edge.

4th Pine - Tried to wire to create half cascade, seems to be healthy

5th - Azalea - Repotted and seems to be growing although has lost a few leaves

My 名媛直播's get a good 4 hours of sunlight per day and are watered when soil starts to dry out. last weekend I used a general plant based fertiliser with a higher nitrogen ratio with the plan to reuse every fortnight. living in West Sydney, NSW we're currently in Spring.

1st time i've ever got into gardening / bonsai. Cheers everyone!

Hey and welcome.
You have some nice young starter bonsai trees. I hope you are enjoying this wonderful hobby. It is a very loyal hobby, and patience is the key. The biggest beginner mistake is 'caring too much', which I like to call it. So, re-designing the tree every week, watering too much, wire and repot once a month etc, not a good strategy but i understand it is because one are very eager in the start of the hobby. But trees like things slow, and timed. Everything you do to a bonsai, like repotting, wiring, pruning etc is a stress. Do only one big thing a year, let the tree recover over time, then PLAN the next move.

I dont know why your elm looks dead. Maybe its dehydrated, or you broke something while wiring? What is your trees potted in and when did you repot if you did?

Are you serious :woohoo:

Hope that's not USD.

Haha, i saw it to. Wondering if its for the tree and pot or if it is just the pot. :pinch:

Auk wrote: Are you serious :woohoo:

Hope that's not USD.

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I saw that too, but refraimed from posting. It is most likelly aud based on OPs location. Paying attention to details is important in this hobby, isntit?

OP: My first advise is to remove the price tag before posting

With my very short time in the hobby, I would say that I like what you have done to the juniper. Just hoping it Will make it.

Br
Magnus