Bart Thomas wrote:

I found some slate floor tiles and used the wrench method to shape them
into
slate slab stands for small bonsai and companion plants. The report is
that
It's worth looking for slate for this purpose, the stands are great.

At Bill Valavanis' fall symposium, Shinji Suzuki criticized some trees that
were displayed that way for "having stone (pot) on stone". I agree they
look great, but he is an expert.


I've used pieces of slate and other stone for stands, and I think they look
perfectly fine. I have been able to collect various pieces of natural flatrock
(generic term) such as slate, sandstone/traprock, and schist. In particular, I
found in Maine this fall some schist that is very flat and nice and rounded and
smooth.

It would be interesting to discuss some of the thought behind this idea that the
pot and stone are both hard, and the pot should be on top of something that
contrasts, that is "soft," such as a wooden stand. Is this a sort of Yin/Yang
thing? I'm curious.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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