I want advice and suggestions on my plants

[ssvvss]

Hey guys I’m a starter, I got some plants I planted from seed and bought the rest of them.
I’d like to get advice and or suggestions on what to do next.
All seedlings were started in the same month.
It’s summer all plants are outside, get watered and fed.
It’s summer I know I shouldn’t be repotting but what about slip potting or should I wait to do that.
What about applying and reapplying wire.
I just want to learn more and keep them alive I’d like to hear your thoughts and opinions.
1)

Siberian Elm, leaves got chewed off by something if you were thinking it looks bare compared to the others.
Should I slip pot and rewire ?
2)

Another Siberian Elm got a got new growth during the summer and looks much healthier from the time I posted it in another thread.
Should I slip pot and rewire ?
3)

Siberian Elm it’s thin compared to the others is there anything I can do to fix it ?
4)

Loblolly Pine I’m experimenting on tried to turn it into a clump style.
5)

Blue Spruce Forest


Black Spruce if I’m right

Rocky Mountain Pine

6)


Green Mountain Boxwood I styled in May can be seen in from my thread history
I’m just trying to keep it healthy.
7)

Nursery Material Green Mountain Boxwood
8)

Nursery Material Juniper
9)

Juniper
when summer came around I moved it from a shaded spot to full sun, that’s when the foliage started to turn brown and drying up.
It just got worse from that day on.
It’s white and green when I scratch the trunk.
It’s back in the shade, I try to spray the foliage with water.
Is there anything else I can do to make it come back ?

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Hello. A couple things. Id remove all wire. Youre wiring is very sloppy and isnt actually doing anything for your trees. It doesnt appear that youre using it to get any movement or twists. Id watch videos on how to properly wire.

The last juniper is a gonner. It probably died from root issues.

Do the cups have holes in them for drainage?

 

[ssvvss]

Hello. A couple things. Id remove all wire. Youre wiring is very sloppy and isnt actually doing anything for your trees. It doesnt appear that youre using it to get any movement or twists. Id watch videos on how to properly wire.

The last juniper is a gonner. It probably died from root issues.

Do the cups have holes in them for drainage?

They’re wired loosely on purpose because their seedlings
And the cups do have holes in them

 

[SeanS]

They’re wired loosely on purpose because their seedlings
And the cups do have holes in them

Seedlings don’t need to be wired loosely.

Bad quality photos (they’re screenshots from a video) but here are some Chinese quince seedlings I wired a few seasons ago. You can wire them tightly in order to get exaggerated movement into them.

 

[ssvvss]

Seedlings don’t need to be wired loosely.

Bad quality photos (they’re screenshots from a video) but here are some Chinese quince seedlings I wired a few seasons ago. You can wire them tightly in order to get exaggerated movement into them.

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Okay I’ll wire tightly

 

[Shibui]

There are lots of things that can go wrong after slip potting so it is best seen as an emergency procedure. Much better to be thinking ahead instead of reacting as problems (like pots not big enough) come up.
The little conifers are slower growing so should be Ok in the cups until next spring.
The elms will probably be OK in the cups through summer but might grow a little more if they get a larger pot. Siberian elms are pretty tough so should be able to cope with summer slip pot, even if all the soil falls off while you make the transfer to a new pot. Try to keep most roots intact.
If you do decide to slip pot try to use similar potting soil. Different soil types cause problems. Also tease out any outer roots a little so they will enter the new soil otherwise roots can stay within the old soil and not grow out.

The second and third elm are showing signs of nutrient deficiency- pale older leaves - what are you feeding and how often?

Agree on wiring a little tighter to get best benefit and better bends. At this stage the wire probably only needs to be in place for a month before the tree has set into the new shape. Much better to do it well and remove before wire marks than to wire so loose to avoid marks.
Rewire whenever the tree needs shaping so if you think the elms need more shape rewire and bend again. Note that it is highly unlikely you will use the entire trunk in the final bonsai. The vast majority of bonsai are developed with grow and chop to get trunk thickness, bends and taper so wiring the entire trunk at this stage is probably not necessary.

Siberian Elm it’s thin compared to the others is there anything I can do to fix it ?

Time and growth are the only 2 cures for thin trunks. Care for it well to get maximum growth then chop back to reduce height. Chop will force branching, add a bend and, when the new shoots grow you will also have some taper in the trunk. Repeat as often as needed until you have the trunk thickness you want.

 

[penumbra]

Watch more, do less. Eventually it will reverse but on your own time schedule.

 

[Jrmcmich]

I assume these are outside and only came in for pictures? Nevermind saw at top about being outside