Bonsai at work…

[Dav4]

I'll swap you!!

 

[Adair M]

I'll swap you!!

Dave, Your whiskey was good, but not THAT good!

 

[JudyB]

Tends to be slow at work this time of year, so I get to spend some time today with this little beauty I picked up at the silhouette show… Thanks @Adair M!
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JWP? It's cool!

 

[Dav4]

JWP? It's cool!

Actually, it’s a Japanese Black pine… I thought it was a white pine when I first saw it... It’s got super short needles right now. I just finished sending it out and reducing the buds, along with some moss abatement work

 

[Adair M]

JWP? It's cool!

No, Dave’s tree is a JBP.

The tall one I posted is JWP.

 

[LanceMac10]

@Dav4 did you ever have a JWP during your time in Massachusetts?

 

[Dav4]

@Dav4 did you ever have a JWP during your time in Massachusetts?

I had a smallish JWP grafted onto JBP... over protected it during it's first winter with me- put it in a cellar walk out- and mice literally girdled it overnight. Done!

 

[LanceMac10]

Think I'm running into some problems @october ran into with fungus and/or other issues. I wouldn't think care requirements for a grafted JWP would be too different from a "regular" JBP.

 

[Adair M]

Think I'm running into some problems @october ran into with fungus and/or other issues. I wouldn't think care requirements for a grafted JWP would be too different from a "regular" JBP.

Give a shout to John Romano, and see what he says.

 

[Dav4]

With all that happened in my backyard over the weekend, these two youngsters didn’t want to stay home today… But who could blame them. They got a little cleaned up and ready for another growing season. The Tall, skinny one has a one-sided root base, But I think it will be OK because of the literati design. I deliberately left a few extra buds at the top as insurance. They will get removed this spring as the tree starts to grow.

 

[Adair M]

With all that happened in my backyard over the weekend, these two youngsters didn’t want to stay home today… But who could blame them. They got a little cleaned up and ready for another growing season. The Tall, skinny one has a one-sided root base, But I think it will be OK because of the literati design. I deliberately left a few extra buds at the top as insurance. They will get removed this spring as the tree starts to grow.
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The small one needs a repot into dryer soil!

 

[Dav4]

The small one needs a repot into dryer soil!

Yes sir! Going into a pond basket in March!


...need more pumice

 

[A. Gorilla]

With all that happened in my backyard over the weekend, these two youngsters didn’t want to stay home today… But who could blame them. They got a little cleaned up and ready for another growing season. The Tall, skinny one has a one-sided root base, But I think it will be OK because of the literati design. I deliberately left a few extra buds at the top as insurance. They will get removed this spring as the tree starts to grow.
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That stout little one in the terra cotta in my idea of a good time.

 

[Dav4]

That stout little one in the terra cotta in my idea of a good time.

It needs a root graft and a little age, but it has good bones.

 

[A. Gorilla]

It needs a root graft and a little age, but it has good bones.

Fairy tale monstrosties (while still pretty cool) are NOT what sparked my childhood fascination with bonsai. It was little fellas like that. Little pines trees which can cut glass.

 

[Dav4]

Another super slow pre-Christmas day at work, so I brought these to win to evaluate. The one on the right was initially wired out to be a literati, but I think it is better suited for a shohin at this point. It’s going to get repotted and a route graft or to the spring. The one on the left, a Japanese red Pine, is just a flat out mess . It was also wired out to be a literati. I cut it back with a new Trunkline in mind. It’s going to get repotted this spring, and might get a root graft… Or it might get thrown over my fence into the woods.

 

[Adair M]

Another super slow pre-Christmas day at work, so I brought these to win to evaluate. The one on the right was initially wired out to be a literati, but I think it is better suited for a shohin at this point. It’s going to get repotted and a route graft or to the spring. The one on the left, a Japanese red Pine, is just a flat out mess . It was also wired out to be a literati. I cut it back with a new Trunkline in mind. It’s going to get repotted this spring, and might get a root graft… Or it might get thrown over my fence into the woods.
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Just what you need: another tree to fall into your bonsai garden!

 

[Dav4]

Just what you need: another tree to fall into your bonsai garden!

Adair, are you in the wine cellar this early in the day??

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Adair, are you in the wine cellar this early in the day??

Hey don't judge, it's always 4 o' clock somewhere!

 

[Tentakelaertje]

@Dav4 except for the small sticks you got some pretty nice material to work on, and pretty confident you're gonna make cool stuff of the small sticks too!