A bit of work today

[Dav4]

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I picked this up at a club meeting 2 years ago for 60 bucks. I started reducing it last year and decided to work it again today.

 

[coh]

Looks like interesting material (though it's kind of tough to really see the trunk structure without a simple background).

Don't you love club sales and auctions? Some amazing deals can be found.

 

[Dav4]

Yeah, sorry for the crappy pictures. Hopefully better ones to follow if this one gets strong enough to be wired this fall.

 

[Dav4]

Better pictures?

 

[vaibatron]

Lovin that knarley trunk.. Reverse taper and all.. Would be very excited to have this on my bench.

Are planning on any grafting or cutting it back an crossing your fingers?

 

[Dav4]

Lovin that knarley trunk.. Reverse taper and all.. Would be very excited to have this on my bench.

Are planning on any grafting or cutting it back an crossing your fingers?

I'll keep cutting it back and see what happens. I'm pretty sure I have all the branches I need where I need them. I'll know for sure when I wire it out.

 

[LanceMac10]

I'm very interested in seeing this tree progress in your care. as well as what your final vision might be. Very interesting material that may not show up well in that pesky 2nd dimension......

 

[Dav4]

I'm very interested in seeing this tree progress in your care. as well as what your final vision might be. Very interesting material that may not show up well in that pesky 2nd dimension......

Thanks...I'm pretty good at this bonsai thing but I truly have never been able to take a descent picture of my trees.

 

[JudyB]

But that background makes it soooo much better. Cool tree.

 

[KennedyMarx]

Very cool movement in the trunk. It will look really wild once you start refining the branching and deadwood.

 

[Smoke]

Did someone wire all this movement into the tree previously? If so they did a marvelous job with no wire scars or anything. I can see the bonsai here. Cool tree.

 

[Smoke]

If I may take this opportunity......

This tree, if someone would pay attention to the root mass in picture two or three way above, can see a very fiberous root mass. The tree in the basket while showing some larger root are not visable in the bare root structure. Junipers are a species that will allow drastic reduction in root balls and keep on going, allowing them to be easily placed in appropriate shohin containers. The fiberous nature allows reduction with roots dividing from that point easily.

Pines, like in Maria's thread do not take to such drastic measures as reducing roots to fit into small pots. On junipers as long as the canopy is sufficient for health, the tree will respond to root pruning. Pines on the other hand do not respond to this reduction very well. their roots are long and fleshy, with little division. Reducing and or removing can be curtains to a pine while junipers actually love the stress in the small pot thriving on compaction. Junipers tend to be canopy dominate while pines are root dominate.

Nice roots on this one.

 

[quietobserver]

Nice piece of material Dav4, love the pond basket. Is that a Lowes or Chateau Depot chop barely visible in the pics?..

 

[Dav4]

HD, post taisho period, circa 2013

 

[Paulpash]

If I may take this opportunity......

This tree, if someone would pay attention to the root mass in picture two or three way above, can see a very fiberous root mass. The tree in the basket while showing some larger root are not visable in the bare root structure. Junipers are a species that will allow drastic reduction in root balls and keep on going, allowing them to be easily placed in appropriate shohin containers. The fiberous nature allows reduction with roots dividing from that point easily.

Pines, like in Maria's thread do not take to such drastic measures as reducing roots to fit into small pots. On junipers as long as the canopy is sufficient for health, the tree will respond to root pruning. Pines on the other hand do not respond to this reduction very well. their roots are long and fleshy, with little division. Reducing and or removing can be curtains to a pine while junipers actually love the stress in the small pot thriving on compaction. Junipers tend to be canopy dominate while pines are root dominate.

Nice roots on this one.

I lurk, read and absorb. I WILL get that bugger into a pot if it kills me!!!!

 

[Smoke]

I've said and done that too. I've got the pile of firewood to back it up.

 

[Lazylightningny]

What's the substrate, Dave? Is it all pine bark, or is that just a topping? If all bark, what's the reason?

 

[Dav4]

What's the substrate, Dave? Is it all pine bark, or is that just a topping? If all bark, what's the reason?

Soil conditioner, basically composted pine bark. This tree has been growing in a heavy organic soil since it was a cutting, and I didn't see the point in changing it at this point. In a year or two, I'll start transitioning it to a more traditional bonsai soil...probably take two repots over two years to do it.

 

[coh]

Thanks for posting the better photos, really shows the interesting structure in there. I wouldn't mind having this one to work on...