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[BenMN]

I think bonsai could be a fun hobby but I’ve never had one. I’m trying all the hu blends to see what I’ve been missing. This is one of the more complex blends I’ve tried, I can’t compare it to anything else. Definitely recommend.View attachment 367096

Sounds like a nice blend. Thanks for posting the picture of the label. I didn't know it was Tobias' blend

This may be of interest to some

Bonsai Pipes – Blue Room Briars

Bonsai Pipes are the creation of German carver Tobias Höse. Known affectionately as “Hosey” to his friends, Tobias began his pipe making journey through another hobby, the care and maintenance of miniature trees known as Bonsai trees. While carefully caring for his trees, Tobias would often...

www.blueroombriars.com

 

[eljimmy]

First time trying

I'll have to revisit this one. Didn't care for it the first time around. Bob's Chocolate flake blew this one away for me.

 

[Zamora]

I think bonsai could be a fun hobby but I’ve never had one. I’m trying all the hu blends to see what I’ve been missing. This is one of the more complex blends I’ve tried, I can’t compare it to anything else. Definitely recommend.View attachment 367096

I've been raising bonsai trees for about six or seven years, it's a very rewarding pastime. Not nearly as slowpaced as most believe, you'll pretty much be doing stuff with your trees year round. Nebari refers to visible roots

 

[CD15]

 

[BingBong]

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I can rip through a tin of that in no time - it's very smokeable.

 

[Oddball]

I got a new tin of this so time to open the old one. 2018 Club Blend from Mac Baren.

 

[Tbaggins]

I've been raising bonsai trees for about six or seven years, it's a very rewarding pastime. Not nearly as slowpaced as most believe, you'll pretty much be doing stuff with your trees year round. Nebari refers to visible roots

Do you start them from seed or use cuttings?

 

[Zamora]

Do you start them from seed or use cuttings?

Neither, I get trees when they're still small and with bonsai work they stay small. When I first started I tried doing cuttings but I never had any luck, a few people in my bonsai club have had a lot of luck with seeds but I've never tried.

 

[dunnyboy]

Neither, I get trees when they're still small and with bonsai work they stay small. When I first started I tried doing cuttings but I never had any luck, a few people in my bonsai club have had a lot of luck with seeds but I've never tried.

I have one bonsai, a ficus microcarpa, purchased three years ago, that I've managed to keep alive in an east-facing window with the aid of grow lamps. It needs some shaping and repotting but it grows so slowly indoors I have to be patient.

If I had outdoor space, I would grow more bonsais—and smoke cigars as well as pipes!.

 

[CD15]

 

[tschiraldi]

G&H Brown Flake A
500g box.
Nice crystals on this.

 

[Zamora]

I have one bonsai, a ficus microcarpa, purchased three years ago, that I've managed to keep alive in an east-facing window with the aid of grow lamps. It needs some shaping and repotting but it grows so slowly indoors I have to be patient.

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That's a very nice tree. Tropical species are pretty much the only ones suited for indoors. Funny story, at my club's annual auction one year there was a tree for bid that had a few branches severely burned because the owner was smoking a cigar while working on it. It looked like it was struck by lightening

 

[AcesAndEights]

2020 Squadron Leader.

 

[Whenry]

2021 Cabbie's Mixture

 

[spearheadbill]

Fixing the St James plug into a jar

 

[sablebrush52]

First time contributing to this thread, but I’m opening something special to me, so here goes.
2008 Alfred & Christian Petersen Escudo.

 

[jaingorenard]

First time contributing to this thread, but I’m opening something special to me, so here goes.
2008 Alfred & Christian Petersen Escudo.
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Looks fantastic - I had a tin of this when I first started smoking, but in all honesty it was probably wasted on me at the time!

 

[sablebrush52]

Looks fantastic - I had a tin of this when I first started smoking, but in all honesty it was probably wasted on me at the time!

I liked it as much as the Cope's. The tobacco is rich and tangy. The fruitiness of the Perique has diminished a little. I suspect that this blend peaked at about 10 to 15 years, but it's still a fine smoke.

 

[AcesAndEights]

2016 Royal Yacht. Been holding on to this tin for a few years. Got it in a lot purchased from a forum member a while back. Been apprehensive about opening it because of its reputation. But like the kids say, you only YOLO once, or something

 

[coming to_falling too]

First time contributing to this thread, but I’m opening something special to me, so here goes.
2008 Alfred & Christian Petersen Escudo.
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Man those coins look great.