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psylosymonreturns
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WOW Bonsai and mushrooms updated pics start to finish 1
#14496081 - 05/22/11 08:43 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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well i started this project last year. this is an ooooold ass yew i have had in this potensai ( potensai means potential bonsai, one that is not quite done yet) box for about 6-7 years nows. i put a bunch of wood chips as a top dressing in this box for a season and put in a bit of some wine cap spawn . this winter it was super thickly colonized. Bonsai and mushroooms dont really mix because bonsais cant have such wet conditions. it rots the roots. but this big tree has good drainage once you get the wood out again.
i noticed that there was mycelium all through the soil when i took out all the colonized chips and sure as shit it actually fruited!! 
i am super stoked on this, i hope you enjoy it . 
  
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Twiztidsage
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I enjoy.
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: Twiztidsage]
#14496120 - 05/22/11 08:52 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Did you water the chips regularly or just leave them to the elements and allow nature to take its course?
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psylosymonreturns
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: elprawn]
#14496130 - 05/22/11 08:54 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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falcon said: I enjoy. 
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elprawn said: Did you water the chips regularly or just leave them to the elements and allow nature to take its course?
i water my bonsais when needed. but that being a large specimen it doesnt require much watering until peak summer. so it was left to the elements for most of the year.
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psylosymonreturns
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: Twiztidsage]
#14496132 - 05/22/11 08:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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LuckOfTheFryish
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thats awesome! cool stuff psylo! those mushrooms look big meaty n tasty!
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and completely clean and bugless!! hard to come by with winecaps in the spring and summer.
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wow. yeah no kiddin. howd you manage that? i just picked an Agaricus today and had to shoo off armadillo bugs and other random bugs. it was in good shape tho and delicious
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psylosymonreturns
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its bug free because its off the ground i think.
you got some Agaricus what??? good job bro!
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dunno. im no good with getting most Agaricus down to a species  i melted butter and drizzled it with garlic and montreal steak spice and grilled it on the BBQ sooo groood
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psylosymonreturns
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mmmm wild agaricus!!
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that is so sweet!
are you gonna just keep piling mulch over it?
those are going to be some large meaty caps crikies
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: masspan]
#14498571 - 05/23/11 11:25 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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thanks mass! 
well i could in the summer to retain some moisture, i gurantee by fall the chips would be colonized.
i will keep updating pics as the days go on.
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How do these taste? Good job brother! Nice looking Bonsai also, fuck man I went to garlands nursery outside of Corvallis the other day and they had a tree a quarter of the size of yours for $3200!
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psylosymonreturns
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thanks bro! 
this is going to be a real gem of a bonsai in a few more years. the front branches that have been pruned and are bare are going to be stripped, carved and bleached and will look all gnarly like an ancient bristlecone pine or something. its half way there and i am very happy with what i have accomplished with it. 
i am glad i started an old man hobby when i was only 20 because when i am an old man i will have some good 40 year old masterpieces. 
3200$ tho!!?? wow thats steep.
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Yeah all of there stuff is super expensive but its the nicest place in the valley if you are into horticulture. They have like 120 different kinda of tomatoes, which fucking amazes me! What do wine caps taste like?
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psylosymonreturns
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they are very firm, their texture is as good or better than Agaricus and the taste is quite meaty. cut thick slices, baste in teriyaki, and put on skewers and bbq til almost dry!! mmm delicious.
but i am personally allergic to them now. my parents , my son and any friends i give them too eat them with out any problems tho. i get stomach aches and runny bum.
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: BothHands]
#14499866 - 05/23/11 04:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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THATS F"N AWESOME BRO   Very sweet spot to have some nice winecaps!!! That looks like a very purdy bonsai in the making too
Sucks you yourself can't enjoy them tho man - bummer 0 atleast you still get stoked about sharing the goodness with friends n family tho 
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: sporeRider]
#14501147 - 05/23/11 08:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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thanks wisco. this is a project that has really worked well!! yews are one of the best trees to work with and i recomend them to any one wanting to try bonsai. but ya gotta get a fat trunk.
my parents just had a winecap feast tonight, i walked down in their garden and there was this massive patch of fresh fatties fruiting way away from the original inoc point!!!
heres what the tree looked like 10 minutes ago. i am covering the mushrooms so they dont dry up and mantain the nice wine color.
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that first pic there is AWESOME BRO now someday sell wicked pimp bonsai with known fruiting winecaps in em too - GOLDEN 
 man - hope we get to see a few more pics as they blow up too!!
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: sporeRider]
#14501237 - 05/23/11 08:53 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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oh dude thats a hell of an idea.  i am also doing just winecap spawn alone in bonsai pots so when they fruit they are actual mushroom bonsai. i have a book of this japanese master who bonsais everything from jasmine to garlic, but no fungi.
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Neat experiment! I just hope these new growths are not disturbing the zen balance of your little bonsai garden. Looks awesome to me
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sucks that they make you pee out your ass.
dope shit man.
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:Quote:
BurtonAbsinthe said: Neat experiment! I just hope these new growths are not disturbing the zen balance of your little bonsai garden. Looks awesome to me
you know i think this bonsai has never looked more vibrant and healthy.  
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dope shit man.
thanks dude.
ya it sucks because i really liked them.my mom has a theory it may be just the bbq ' ed ones since both times this year when i got sick i bbq'ed them. . so i may give the fried ones another go one day.
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Bah I saw this post at work when you first posted it and forgot to come back and say how awesome it was. 
I nominated one of the pics in the ethnobotanical potm thread, mostly because you have combined two of my favorite things.
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ah man, thanks so much stop!! 
do you have any bonsais?
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I only have one now the other died when we went away, and a friend forgot to water it. 
The one I have was given to me by a family member and is actually older then I am. I keep meaning to sit down and work out what kind of tree it actually is I know it's a maple but I have no idea which one. Has some killer roots going on though.
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Very cool man...
It's fun to play God sometimes and bring species together to interact.
It DOES suck that you can't eat them...maybe try once more and take some digestive enzymes before you eat them, helps me a ton with food that I have trouble digesting
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: nonlocal]
#14506648 - 05/24/11 08:29 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Stopwhispering said: I have only have one now the other died when we went away, and a friend forgot to water it. 
The one I have was given to me by a family member and is actually older then I am. I keep meaning to sit down and work out what kind of tree it actually is I know it's a maple but I have no idea which one. Has some killer roots going on though.
at one time about 5 -6 years ago i had about 30 potential bonsai in training. then i got a job that had me out of town for 3 weeks at a time and i lost most of them. i have a few still that ive been training for over 10 years. but i confess they have been a bit neglected the last few years.
id like to see tours. the roots are called nibari if i remember correctly. heres a couple of my oldest ones. japanese black pine some random flowering plant a friend up rooted for me from his yard.  
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It's fun to play God sometimes and bring species together to interact.
It DOES suck that you can't eat them...maybe try once more and take some digestive enzymes before you eat them, helps me a ton with food that I have trouble digesting 
ya man its really cool,i cant wait to do it with other really easy wood lovers like agrocybe praecox and hopefully some cyans. any mushroom in a bonsai is champ!! 
go canucks go 
the tree this morning

the tree 10 minutes ago. veils have broken.
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Stopwhispering
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I have been mega slack with my one also.
I will round up some photos for you.
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Me and my girl were at game 5 tonight....bonsaaaaaaiiiiii!!!!
Now packed, and driving the coast in the a.m.....off to Arkansas for Wakarusa music festival...snappin' shroom pics along the way!
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: nonlocal]
#14508387 - 05/25/11 03:58 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Awesome man!! Very very cool and articulated!
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: J.T]
#14508666 - 05/25/11 07:17 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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nonlocal said: Me and my girl were at game 5 tonight....bonsaaaaaaiiiiii!!!!
Now packed, and driving the coast in the a.m.....off to Arkansas for Wakarusa music festival...snappin' shroom pics along the way!
NO WAY!!! what a win eh!!
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I will round up some photos for you. 
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thanks alot JT
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Ah man, That is friggin gorgeous! 
Thank you for sharing these epic pictures!!!
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: sum0]
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sum0 said: Ah man, That is friggin gorgeous! 
Thank you for sharing these epic pictures!!!
your welcome dude!
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psylosymonreturns
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this was yeasterday.

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I don't know where all my old photos of it got to, so here be some new ones I took. 
It's nude at the moment. 

Kick ass roots 

And the only one I could find from last spring when it still had leaves.

Apparently it was started in 1987 so it's not older than I am like I thought it was haha.
I really like your japanese black pine, very rockin'
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psylosymonreturns
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oooooooo thats a beauty!! i used to have a chinese elm too years back and it was my favorite!! the leaves are the perfect size for bonsai! that species is hard to find around here but i may go on a hunt for one now that you reminded me how rad they are! 
you must have to take special care since australia is pretty hot and dry right? even the summers here i gotta really pay attention.
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Man I have so much to learn about all things botanical haha, I was told it was a maple of some sort so I just assumed it was. Thanks for filling me in on what it actually is. 
It copes pretty well really, it gets moved around a bit depending on season, needs a fair bit of watering through the hotter parts of summer, and the pot sits up to let it drain through properly so it doesn't get all waterlogged.
It's not been trained in anyway for a long time now, although where it's normally positioned has kept it growing roughly in the same direction, as the sunlight hits from that side.
I think your posts have probably inspired me a bit to pay some more attention to it, cheers
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after you guys said "training" i was like "what the fuuuuck these homeboys talkin about?" thought you were just growing mini trees and shit.
well i knew it was a bit more than that. but yo, this bonsai shit is dope. i'd try it, but i've been known to murder spiderplants.
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Man, how awesome Symon! What a cool experiment. I love all of your bonsai work as well - makes me want to start some bonsai trees... I just inoculated a huge pile of woodchips with a bunch of Wine Cap mycelium - I hope mine grow with the ease that yours seem to! 
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: Oreganic]
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Stopwhispering said: Man I have so much to learn about all things botanical haha, I was told it was a maple of some sort so I just assumed it was. Thanks for filling me in on what it actually is. 
It copes pretty well really, it gets moved around a bit depending on season, needs a fair bit of watering through the hotter parts of summer, and the pot sits up to let it drain through properly so it doesn't get all waterlogged.
It's not been trained in anyway for a long time now, although where it's normally positioned has kept it growing roughly in the same direction, as the sunlight hits from that side.
I think your posts have probably inspired me a bit to pay some more attention to it, cheers 
ya i am 99% sure thats a chinese elm. great trees . i bet there is some sweet native trees in australia to use . how about a eucalyptus with some subs now thats natural combo!! 
i am glad i am inspiring you to get back into it. this thread has inspired me a bit more too.  Quote:
Sonny Cheeba said: after you guys said "training" i was like "what the fuuuuck these homeboys talkin about?" thought you were just growing mini trees and shit.
well i knew it was a bit more than that. but yo, this bonsai shit is dope. i'd try it, but i've been known to murder spiderplants.
ya man, training is things like wiring your branches and trunks the propper way, leaf cutting for species with bigger leaves that need to shrink , bud pinching to get small pine needles , pruning etc. its an ancient art invented by the chinese and perfected by the japanese .
everyone kills a few trees on the way man, its still worth it. its like mushroom hunting, it takes some homework.Quote:
Oreganic said: Man, how awesome Symon! What a cool experiment. I love all of your bonsai work as well - makes me want to start some bonsai trees... I just inoculated a huge pile of woodchips with a bunch of Wine Cap mycelium - I hope mine grow with the ease that yours seem to! 
thanks bro! again, i hope you go out and get a tree too! its a cool hobbie that ,as shown, can mix well with our other hobbie. 
and good luck with your wine caps , they are a joy to play with and are a MILLION times more aggresive than cyan myc!!
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psylosymonreturns said: ya i am 99% sure thats a chinese elm. great trees . i bet there is some sweet native trees in australia to use . how about a eucalyptus with some subs now thats natural combo!! 
Hah what an freakin' great idea! I love it.
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hell ya!! 
well i decided to put all the pics together to make a sequence.  enjoy. 
    
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You should get that tree out of there so the mushrooms have more room to grow. It looks stunted anyways.
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Re: WOW Bonsai and mushrooms [Re: Bobzimmer]
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I started my Eucalyptus bonsai today. I am using a Corymbia citriodora. Props for the awesome idea. 
Loooks like your photo came second in the Ethno potm
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I would have thought the leaves of most eucalypts were too big for bonsai. Other than that an eucalyptus bonsai would be awesome.
I keep getting seedlings to train as bonsai but end up neglecting them and they turn into trees.
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