Rob_phillips
Chumono
Yeah 5 to 14°c straight to 28°c in the space of a week
Calling all crab apple experts.
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Corrado
Mame
For your crab I would select as many of the thickest ones on the top of the tree and remove them clean off the trunk leaving just one main trunk that shows taper. To me trunk is everything . Ive always followed my own rule of enjoying what flowers there might be while removing wherever I can. The trees can handle that. YEs, if you chop it will break buds from the cut back.
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Interesting trees, so many varieties. I find though that most bloom with a bit or a lot of pink, then turn white EXCEPT for the Snowdrift which is a solid white start to finish with abundant flora. This is a Dolgo Russian at first pink as most are going white in a few days as are most kept in full sun potted.
Nice plants but as Cherries there is a lot of flower petal "litter"
Grimmy
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
We had 2 hen pheasants stay under a giant blue spruce a few winters ago. They came out every day and ate the crab apples under our 2 trees. One was called red emperor or something like that the other was called prairie fire.Interesting trees, so many varieties. I find though that most bloom with a bit or a lot of pink, then turn white EXCEPT for the Snowdrift which is a solid white start to finish with abundant flora. This is a Dolgo Russian at first pink as most are going white in a few days as are most kept in full sun potted.
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Nice plants but as Cherries there is a lot of flower petal "litter"
Grimmy
Rob_phillips
Chumono
Just an update on this crab apple here it is just before some more work to it.
And as you can see I have rotated it 180° from last years pic.
So the work me and harry Harrington carried out to this tree was to clean up a few of the scars into uro and we dropped the lowest branch on the right.
We also removed a branch just above the one on the right and cleaned that up into a uro in the hope that one of the small shoots just above this will take and I can eventually use one of those to fill in the gap created.
This is a view from the back now I know the shape may be slightly more appealing right now but there are some bad branches in the apex and some scars from an old trunk chop there that are visible from this side.
But the option to work the apex and scaring is still there for next fall so this could be left as an option for a future front before its final pot is selected in a few seasons time.
And as you can see I have rotated it 180° from last years pic.
So the work me and harry Harrington carried out to this tree was to clean up a few of the scars into uro and we dropped the lowest branch on the right.
We also removed a branch just above the one on the right and cleaned that up into a uro in the hope that one of the small shoots just above this will take and I can eventually use one of those to fill in the gap created.
This is a view from the back now I know the shape may be slightly more appealing right now but there are some bad branches in the apex and some scars from an old trunk chop there that are visible from this side.
But the option to work the apex and scaring is still there for next fall so this could be left as an option for a future front before its final pot is selected in a few seasons time.
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JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Looks like good work to me. The tree sure is ? lovely in bloom!
MrWunderful
Omono
Great tree, love the pot too!
Rob_phillips
Chumono
Yeah its bloomed so vigorously this year as last year I did not let the tree fruit and waste energy so I could grow some better branching and I think that risk paid off this year.
Rob_phillips
Chumono
Thank you
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
You named the pheasants?
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Bonsaidoorguy
Chumono
I'm air layering my crabapple now. I've got about another six weeks or so to wait, hopefully it's successful.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
With fancy names.
No Gertrude or Mildred here.
Prairie Fire and Red Emperor!
I like the way you're thinking.
Rob_phillips
Chumono
Nice.
My fingers are crossed that works out for you but I believe they air layer very well
Bonsaidoorguy
Chumono
Th
Thanks, helps me feel a little better knowing they layer well.
Rob_phillips
Chumono
No worries I've never actually done it myself on a crab apple but I have with my apple tree in the garden and that worked well and I separated that from start to separating 4 to 5 months and there where loads of roots.
Rob_phillips
Chumono
Hi all thought I would share a few pics of this tree in spring 2020 for you to see.
The tree is developing nicely this year i will be defoliating and rewiring in summer i need the main front to develop because as you can see it remains bare whilst in leaf.
The tree is developing nicely this year i will be defoliating and rewiring in summer i need the main front to develop because as you can see it remains bare whilst in leaf.
Rob_phillips
Chumono
What sort of shape pot and glaze would all of you lot choose for a future pot for this tree.
Its current pot was brought as a training pot and although a nice pot in itself I feel it's far too heavy and strong for this trees future say in 2 to 5 years time when I have refined it a bit more and got a bit more of a natural and ages look the the tree
Its current pot was brought as a training pot and although a nice pot in itself I feel it's far too heavy and strong for this trees future say in 2 to 5 years time when I have refined it a bit more and got a bit more of a natural and ages look the the tree
amcoffeegirl
Masterpiece
I have a Louisa shipping in June from him. I can’t wait.
MrWunderful
Omono
Light blue oval with a very thin lip and simple feet
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