Hinoki cypress ‘wells special’

[DavePa]

Nice tree, thanks for sharing. Looks great in that pot as well.

 

[Wood]

Another question, so I build my box and I’ve read some conflicting opinions about soil. The most consistent is “mixture of akadama, lava rock and pumice in a ratio of 2:1:1”
Does this seem right with trees everyone here had experienced with or is this just a matter of opinion or am I over thinking ?

One of Bjorn's recent Bonsai-U videos was about hinoki from nursery stock. He mentioned hinoki prefer to not dry out, so soil mixes for deciduous trees are usually good. If I recall correctly, he specifically recommended straight akadama, 4 parts akadama to pumice, or 4:1:1 mix. He also said if you're going from large nursery containers and heavily organic soil, a transitionary pot with mostly akadama and some organic soil will help the tree acclimate more easily

 

[Hartinez]

This was the article I used to help me along with my Hinoki. Followed almost to a T.

Taming the "Hinoki" Cypress

Chamecyparis Obtusa "Nana Gracilis" The Hinoki cyprees has long been a favourite of mine for bonsai culture. C. Obtusa is the easiest false ...

bonsaiwonders-art.blogspot.com

 

[Hartinez]

This is the Hinoki I did the work on.

B&B Hinoki

Starting the progress on this Hinoki. Bought this tree from Home Depot and it may not have been the most wise purchase. It was B&B and under the burlap it was hiding the graft. I looked through all of the ones available and couldnt see a graft on any of them, so I thought these didn’t have...

www.bonsainut.com

 

[DavePa]

First step in its journey. I removed about 1/2ish of the potting (so far no big graft lump).
It’s going to be put in the flat wooden training box I just made.
How much more soil should I remove?
For the next two weeks here in south central PA it’ll be mid 30*s in the morning and mid 50*s afternoon.