ColinFraser
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Nice; Mine too!
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My Gingko
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Brian Van Fleet
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Ditto....
AlainK
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Idem.
NB: I never wanted it to be styled as a "flame". There's one in a park, a young one, no more than 200 years I think, but it already has "shishi" and a "deciduous shape".
Very nice trees. I've got two of them One was chopped and grows in the ground. It'll be styled as it grows naturally, like your trees.
But here's my second, grown in pot. This one grows the branches horizontally, I've done some searching and it seems to be a quality of female trees. So I try to do my best, styled it different way... What would you say? Aren't the roots disqualifying it from bonsai...?
But here's my second, grown in pot. This one grows the branches horizontally, I've done some searching and it seems to be a quality of female trees. So I try to do my best, styled it different way... What would you say? Aren't the roots disqualifying it from bonsai...?
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whfarro
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Some debate over exposed roots and bonsai. Look up negari and you can see the discussions. I have seen many azalea and some pines with intricately developed exposed roots.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
The roots work for me...
But the heavy bends kill it..
Maybe soften them a bit.
Sorce
cmeg1
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More leaves.
Having a nice bonsai evening,and nothing else immediately.So took a few photos of trees.
Letting all the leaves harden for as long as possible .There is some shoots pushing here and there.And then there are the cluster bunches too.I read them cluster leaves can be reduced to 2-3 leaves with topmost leaf pointing outwards.Do this in Spring and October.
And also prune shoots to 2-3 nodes and also can top regularly.Seems like some good advice from this link. http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/bonsai.htm
Having a nice bonsai evening,and nothing else immediately.So took a few photos of trees.
Letting all the leaves harden for as long as possible .There is some shoots pushing here and there.And then there are the cluster bunches too.I read them cluster leaves can be reduced to 2-3 leaves with topmost leaf pointing outwards.Do this in Spring and October.
And also prune shoots to 2-3 nodes and also can top regularly.Seems like some good advice from this link. http://kwanten.home.xs4all.nl/bonsai.htm
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ColinFraser
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I think to be in a bonsai pot it should be a lot shorter . . . like chopped below all the current foliage shorter.
Right now it's in
territory, proportion-wise.If, instead, you're growing it out, then a much bigger pot is in order. Either way, something is amiss.
thumblessprimate1
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Nice Gingko! This reminds me that I have work to do on mine which is still in the ground for development.
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I don't like the looks of the pot I have it in (the colour in particular) ..... but the size of the pot is correct. The tree needs two things:
1). Smaller leaves.
2). Inspiration (placement of branches).
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Why not post a photo?
thumblessprimate1
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I'll create a thread later. Don't have pictures right now.
ColinFraser
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That's one way to put it; perhaps you could "place" some on the trunk
You have a foot-long straight stick of a trunk with no branches, no movement, no taper (I know, you're going to tell me it's "subtle taper"), and a poof at the end.
A bit of leaf reduction and change of pot color will do nothing to fix that.
ColinFraser
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Don't worry, I am just as critical of my own.
I repotted it into a tub earlier this spring, and it's grown like mad since then. The chop does seem to be callusing a bit, but I don't expect much.
More of a problem is the whole middle stretch with no branches (visible on the upper right). I just chopped the leader again (lower right picture), hoping to stimulate some buds in the middle of the trunk. If I don't get any, I'll eventually chop all the way down to the clump of branches near the base. For now, they can run and perhaps give the lower trunk a little more character/lumpiness.
As you can see, I potted it pretty deep. I hope to be able to deal with some of the ugly giant root situation at the next repotting. If not, it will never make its way into a bonsai pot.
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This bonsai will never have much movement (other than the subtle type) but Gingkos don't often display much movement anyway. I think leaf reduction and better branch planning will do wonders for the tree. The greatest attraction of the Gingko are its leaves. It's not the sort of tree that develops foliage pads or drama. A clean and subtle stature with balance and well-placed, showy leaves is the best thing to do with a Gingko. As far as the pot goes …. that's another thing entirely. If the tree is sorted out, it will just about chose the ”right” pot all on its own.That's one way to put it; perhaps you could "place" some on the trunk
You have a foot-long straight stick of a trunk with no branches, no movement, no taper (I know, you're going to tell me it's "subtle taper"), and a poof at the end. A bit of leaf reduction and change of pot color will do nothing to fix that.
whfarro
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My ginkgo clump this spring. Leaves are staying a bit smaller this year. Need to clean it up a bit.
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That's what I was talking about: No drama ... just lush, green and showy leaves. Beautiful! I like the earth-colour of the pot too. The flashy, blue-glazed pot I have demands too much attention and it detracts from the foliage that the Gingko is famous for. Nice whfarro!
cmeg1
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thumblessprimate1
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Love that birds eye view. Gonna look nice in fall too.
