hi, does anyone know of any bunnings stores that still have any of these stands left for sale any where in Australia.
Thanks 😊
Hi @deano198o,
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community and apologies for the slow reply.
Do you happen to know any more details about the stand? Where and when did you see it? It might help our resident Bunnings team members on the site track one down for you.
Thanks for your patience,
Jason
Hi, yes i know the Paget store in Mackay has a couple of remaining ones, about 4 which i tried to buy but they wont sell them to me. They say they are using them now 🤷♂️
I was hoping there might be other stores that still had some and would sell them. I bought my last ones about 2 years ago and dont have the receipt anymore so i cant offer a product code or number sorry
Thanks
Good morning @deano198o Im not sure what store you could purchase this from but I’m wondering if you can make them yourself. Limestone blocks and some construction adhesive ? You could make them to how you want. I know it won’t have the pattern on it though.
Yeah just wanted matching ones to go with the ones i already have from bunnings.
Just becomeing yet another reason to NOT use bunnings anymore. Its become such a useless hardware store. So inconsistent with products and supply's.
I've contacted the team leader at Bunnings Paget Mackay. I'm so sorry, but these display stands in use at the store are no longer available from our supplier, so we cannot place an order for you. The team leader at the store attempted to find out the cost of these displays to see if there was any way we could sell you the ones that we were using, but there were no details available as they have been in the store and used for display purposes for several years. Without a cost, we are unable to process these display units.
We've also contacted several other suppliers, but no similar display stands are available.
I do apologise for the inconvenience.
Mitchell
Hi, Mitchell
I remember paying $150 bucks each for the ones i bought from bunnings originally.
Can they just do them as a miscellaneous sale?
They have 4 in the store, i would take all 4 of them.
I'll contact the store again and see if that's possible. I'll update you when I have an answer.
Many thanks for your patience.
Thankyou very much 🙂
We've been able to swing a bit of Workshop magic, and you'll be able to purchase those stands. They'll be ready to pick up by the weekend. Barry, the team leader for Lifestyles, will be in touch on the contact number you provided to the team there. Otherwise, please drop in over the weekend and speak with him.
As one passionate Bonsai enthusiast to another, I'm glad we could sort this out for you. Once you have the stands set up, please indulge us with a picture of your collection. We'd love to see!
Oh my, thankyou soo much Mitchell. I cant tell you how great that news is. Thats actually exciting.
I sure will.
Thankyou again soo very much 😊
Beautiful squamata prostrata @deano198o. Did you do all that refinement yourself? If so, lovely work!
I was looking to create a cascade-style bonsai and had purchased some advanced squamata prostrata stock at significant expense. I got as far as doing the big chop of the upright trunk (it was initially four feet high with an inch-thick trunk) and began the initial stages of adding movement and refining the lower branches. Unfortunately, it had a huge infestation of curl grubs in the stock pot which devastated the roots in a matter of months. By the time I realised after bare rooting it, it was already dead. Such a shame.
I currently don't have any Bonsai, but I still have a dream of one day owning a formal upright-styled White Pine.
Many thanks for sharing.
Maaaaaaaate, i feel ya pain there.
Did the infestation come with the bonsai when you first purchased it? I always repot strait away with fresh material when i get a new one as you just dont know what might be going on or how long it was since last repot etc.
Also a good free draing soil mix with akadama etc. helps to reduce the risk of things like that as its not an ideal habitat for grubs. But requires more consistant watering as it doesnt hold water as well for longer.
Where do you live? There is a fantastic bonsai nursery on the goldcoast that has a huge range of bonsai species from varying growth stages, but some are pricey. Its worth checking out if you ever around there.
Berrigans Rd Nursery.
I believe I bare rooted at the time, but I had it in soil in a 30L black plastic pot as I wasn't sure if I was going to grow it on @deano198o. I'm pretty sure the grubs must have got into it at my place. However, it did have a tangled root system from the nursery, so I remember it was hard to remove all the initial soil from it. The grubs could have been lurking in the tangled roots.
I'm in Sydney, we've got a few decent ones down here. For the White Pine stock, I was looking at something that's been pruned as Bonsai stock and is around 15-20 years old. The last stock plants I looked at were under 40cm high, and the bases were around 120mm. No refinement was done to them; just had their height restricted over the years. I think they were between $850 and $1200.
