Korean Hornbeam no. 1
- Thread starter Shogun610
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Shogun610
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Shogun610
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I am obsessed with this pot .. I really don’t want to part with this tree but also know a bigger pot can do the tree well. Oh someone help.This is the pot I am considering
Shibakatsu
8.4" x 6.4" x 1.8"
Nybonsai12
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I’m biased as I almost always prefer Japanese made pots over everything and love a Korean hornbeam in a blue pot but I think the larger pot will benefit the tree.
n8
Chumono
The pot change is temporary. Focus on the tree. Bigger legs will help for year. Then move it back for a 2025 show.
Your KHB is looking good!
Your KHB is looking good!
Shogun610
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Yes master
Shogun610
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n8
Chumono
Doesn't have to be. You have your trunk.
I keep making mistakes with KHB where I wait too long to slow it down trying to get a just a little more caliper and I end up with a wonky top third. Let the tree lead, right?
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
You are just slowing down development in the shallow pot. BobbyLane told you that already and you know it to be true.
Look past your admiration of the pot and do what is best for the tree.
I had the same thing happen to me with a BRT. I loved the pot it was in but the tree didn't. I gave it a better pot for it and the tree thanked me by growing much better.
Look past your admiration of the pot and do what is best for the tree.
I had the same thing happen to me with a BRT. I loved the pot it was in but the tree didn't. I gave it a better pot for it and the tree thanked me by growing much better.
Shogun610
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He told me to put in a grow pot which I’m not doing. And they was before I needed to regrow a new leader
Shogun610
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Potted into a Nao green oval top dressing is hiding a bit of the base but this will help the tree grow more , develop better nebari than it had and overall growth , without sacrificing too much or too little in terms of pot size , and it still looks nice. Should be good for a couple growing seasons in here. And with closer buds I can cut back a bit on the bottom branches .. but also will be regrowing the top apex of the tree..
Shogun610
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Shogun610
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Just realized took the photo of the wrong side ugh
Shogun610
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Thanks , I’m gonna have to cut back to control the new buds for new leader .. but let it beef up a bit more
vancehanna
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On its way to becoming spectacular little shohin!
Shogun610
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I still don’t know if the front is this view or the side view shown above in this oval… it will be cut back again for the upper branches to even out the top once it starts to grow
Shogun610
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Did a hard cut back on some branches .. I didn’t like how I was getting leaf growth further out but have a lot of buds coming through .. this will serve much better this year now after this cut back.
