RobGA
Mame
Wow, root over car
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shohin_branches
Chumono
Wait you guys are only working 40 hours?Geez, Am I the only one around here has to work 40 hours a week?
Worked 9 hours on the website I'm in charge of for my job and ran home and slammed a protien shake for dinner then went and showed off the new Milwaukee Bonsai society test website to the board. I got WordPress all installed for them at the beginning of the month. We are still trying to pick out a theme.
I forgot to post this guy I repotted yesterday. They were potted in pea gravel which made me irrationally angry and also made it so the soil didn't really hold moisture. Did the four point tie-down
Also if someone could get the US government to go back to fighting Russian hackers I might be able to stop working long enough to repot trees again
Adamski77
Chumono
thank you... super informative... it did ring the bell as I was reading through your messageNo, it's about large branch/leader removal. Ebihara would cut large notches and use the continued sap flow to the sacrifice branch/leader to help heal the remainder faster than otherwise. I figured it would be worth trying on these hornbeams because they're so reluctant to close wounds. On the trunk side of each cut, I've put a thin painted-on layer of Kirikuchi, then covered it in with aluminum foil tape. Kinda throwing every wound healing trick in the book at these trees to see how they do. Eventually, the remainder is cut off and you've got a smaller wound to heal than otherwise
Ebihara's maples - Bonsai Tonight
While Boon, Peter Tea and I were poking around Ishii's nursery outside of Nagoya last year, we came across a number of great Japanese maples. They lookedbonsaitonight.com
Fidur
Chumono
NashsMan
Shohin
7 hours of repotting yesterday!
* Prunus mume 'Beni Chidori' into pond basket (purchased in November).
* Prunus mume 'Omo no mama' into basket (also November purchase)
* Acer shiraswanum 'Autumn Moon' into pond basket (purchased last May)
* Chijubai to deeper pot
* Styrax japonica to larger terra cotta pot
* A curious Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) yamadori with one low very twisty branch that I dug in October '23 and ground grew since then.
* A large group planting of Hornbeams consisting of a clump of 3, a larger trunk, and another single with 2 more whips from its roots. These were all also yamadori from October '23.
* Prunus mume 'Beni Chidori' into pond basket (purchased in November).
* Prunus mume 'Omo no mama' into basket (also November purchase)
* Acer shiraswanum 'Autumn Moon' into pond basket (purchased last May)
* Chijubai to deeper pot
* Styrax japonica to larger terra cotta pot
* A curious Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) yamadori with one low very twisty branch that I dug in October '23 and ground grew since then.
* A large group planting of Hornbeams consisting of a clump of 3, a larger trunk, and another single with 2 more whips from its roots. These were all also yamadori from October '23.
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19Mateo83
Masterpiece
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Second times a charm... a second repot as I wasn't happy with the placement of the first one.
The flying dragon in a commissioned Sonny Boggs pot.
The flying dragon in a commissioned Sonny Boggs pot.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
More work on this fallen tree/raft. Its looking like a construction site with the guy wires
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
First 3 repots of the year…
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
You could send this one to me. Love a good raft. ... all jesting aside. It's spectacular.
Wulfskaar
Omono
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Took me a bit to process. That's funny.Is is hard repotting while wearing these...
shohin_branches
Chumono
One of the main reasons I am more strictly doing 4 point tiedowns is this tree. Honestly, I am surprised it's alive. Partway through the growing season last year it flopped over and was laying sideways. It was wired into the pot but the root mat was not substantial enough to keep it upright so I piled potting soil over the roots and propped it up a little with a rock. I should really compost this guy but if they want to fight then I can let it recover and try wiring it to look decent.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Lessons learned ... are never failures. Just stepping stones.
Glad you didn't lose it. I would say it was a very good learning curve.
Adamski77
Chumono
wow...
Big Country Bonsai
Shohin
Was fortunate to put two trees I collected a few years ago into their first bonsai pots. Post oak and Ashe juniper. 
The Barber
Chumono
Put guy wires on one of my boxwoods yesterday.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Took a break from winter, from right-wing budget cuts and from working life in general the last two weeks.
But the fun is over.. I am travelling home to start repotting at sunrise it seems. (I see so many repotting shots, and my home caretakers have shared opening buds on maples..Spring came fast!)
But the fun is over.. I am travelling home to start repotting at sunrise it seems. (I see so many repotting shots, and my home caretakers have shared opening buds on maples..Spring came fast!)
Fidur
Chumono
I'm in the middle of the building of a new project
But it begun to rain, and I was hungry, so I guess I'll finish this evening....
But it begun to rain, and I was hungry, so I guess I'll finish this evening....
