Japanese yew

[Bonsaipadawan]

I recently bought a yew online, I styled it, snupoed a lot of foliage and then decided to repot against my better judgment I allowed the excitement to get the better of me. I was looking at a pot and thought hmmm it might look good in there. I'll include the photos of the before and after. Let me know what you all think about the progression. As well as if removing a lot of foliage and probaly like 20 to 30 percent of root mass might spell utter disaster.
Do you all like the pot selection?
I am a bit happy with this at the moment.
I have two sides showing the side I show in the pot is what I decided should be the front.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

I like your pot choice. In the sunlight, the pot's color matches the yew's needles.

Being only a year into my bonsai Odyssey, I don't feel too qualified to say much else. But I'd add that last year I got a Hinoki cypress in similar sized pot, and trimmed it by about 40% and took maybe a quarter of the roots to put it into a shallower pot and it's been doing well since day 1.

Honestly, I don't know what the environment's like where Hinoki occur naturally, but I'm pleasantly surprised how well it's done in the sun thru 1 Missouri summer.

 

[Bonsaipadawan]

I like your pot choice. In the sunlight, the pot's color matches the yew's needles.

Being only a year into my bonsai Odyssey, I don't feel too qualified to say much else. But I'd add that last year I got a Hinoki cypress in similar sized pot, and trimmed it by about 40% and took maybe a quarter of the roots to put it into a shallower pot and it's been doing well since day 1.

Honestly, I don't know what the environment's like where Hinoki occur naturally, but I'm pleasantly surprised how well it's done in the sun thru 1 Missouri summer.

Thank you. I appreciate you sharing that because it is actually quite comforting. Maybe my little yew has a fighting chance.

 

[penumbra]

Keep an eye on the roots in that pot. Because it is a wasted pot it will tend to trap the plant. If it gets out of hand it will break the pot, or you may have to break the pot to get the tree out.

Also, I suspect that is not a frost proof pot.

 

[Bonsaipadawan]

Keep an eye on the roots in that pot. Because it is a wasted pot it will tend to trap the plant. If it gets out of hand it will break the pot, or you may have to break the pot to get the tree out.

Also, I suspect that is not a frost proof pot.

Thank you for the warning. I have heard of this happening with bonsai and really wouldn't want to break the pot. What would I be looking for in order to know that the roots are becoming too much for the pot?

The maker advertised his pots and vitrified and freeze proof.

 

[penumbra]

I would consider annual re-potting. You don't know what the roots are doing unless you look at them. Is the pot Chinese?

 

[Bonsaipadawan]

I would consider annual re-potting. You don't know what the roots are doing unless you look at them. Is the pot Chinese?

No it is made by an American maker