My mame thread

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This recent pine is also mame at about 5.5 inches tall.



All these pines are mame

 

[Djtommy]

In japan nowadays these are often refered to as minibonsai, usually smaller then 10cm. Not an official name perhaps but most commonly used.

 

[aml1014]

Mame is up to 6 inches tall. It means small beans as in eda-mame for soy beans. It is considered a palm sized tree. Shohin seem large compared to mame because of the large bracket (mame bracket) they are in. Mame is only two inches shorter than shohin but three inches taller than shito which is three inches or smaller down to keishi which are 1 inch tall.
These are all under 5 inches tall.
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Thank you for clarifying that for me. I guess a few of these fall into the shito category as some are only 1.5-2" tall.
I quite like the mame pines, especially the short fat one in the last picture.

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Here's a little willow leaf ficus I repotted today into a smaller pot to make it into a mame. The tree is currently 5.5" tall but I'm going to put a little more bend into the trunk to try and shrink it down to about 4". We'll see how that goes.
I also cleaned up my JM atropurpureum this morning and decided that in spring I'll put it into a mame pot to continue training. This was actually my very first JM, it used to be about 16"tall (hence the large pot) but the bark got sunburned and killed the top last winter. Here's a picture with my 7"shears for scale.

It's only about 3.5 inches tall not including the pot. It's actually developed the grey bark under my care over the last 3 years at the base .I think it'll look nice in this pot.
Aaron

 

[just.wing.it]

Here's a little willow leaf ficus I repotted today into a smaller pot to make it into a mame. The tree is currently 5.5" tall but I'm going to put a little more bend into the trunk to try and shrink it down to about 4". We'll see how that goes.View attachment 125809
I also cleaned up my JM atropurpureum this morning and decided that in spring I'll put it into a mame pot to continue training. This was actually my very first JM, it used to be about 16"tall (hence the large pot) but the bark got sunburned and killed the top last winter. Here's a picture with my 7"shears for scale.
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It's only about 3.5 inches tall not including the pot. It's actually developed the grey bark under my care over the last 3 years at the base .View attachment 125811I think it'll look nice in this pot.View attachment 125812
Aaron

I like the willow leaf ficus!
Cool!

 

[aml1014]

I like the willow leaf ficus!
Cool!

Thanks, it's a 2 year old cutting. Now if I could stop hoarding these little bastards I might be able to make a little money off them lol if people were more interested in shito and mame at least. Propagation is a serious addiction!

Aaron

 

[just.wing.it]

Thanks, it's a 2 year old cutting. Now if I could stop hoarding these little bastards I might be able to make a little money off them lol if people were more interested in shito and mame at least. Propagation is a serious addiction!
Aaron

I know, it is addictive man, no lie....
I fell into that hole already with my p. afra cuttings....
Got so many, too many..... now I'm like, uh, ok, what now....?
I'll end up giving them away as gifts eventually.

 

[aml1014]

I know, it is addictive man, no lie....
I fell into that hole already with my p. afra cuttings....
Got so many, too many..... now I'm like, uh, ok, what now....?
I'll end up giving them away as gifts eventually.

Dear god stop while you have space! lol I did that with jades for 2 years until I had about 200, this year I took them to my bonsai club and literally was sneakin 1 or 2 to every persons seat when they weren't looking, the rest are in my cold frame doing suprisingly well even though it hits 32 almost every night in there. Maybe I'll start posting some of ny mame up on the Facebook auctions to see what kind of attention they may bring, I can always be hopeful.

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

So the phillipinensis did take to the transplant so I took a little rooted Brazilian Raintree cutting in it. It only had 1 long root so I coiled it in and added soil, hopefully it takes the transplant or I'll be sad lol
Aaron

 

[aml1014]

My buddy Adam gave me a fukien tea for Christmas back on saturday, so I immediately repotted into a shohin sized pot and chopped it. It's now about 4 inches tall, I'll allow it to grow for winter and I may try to get it into a smaller pot in late summer next year.
Seems to be happy 5 days after the work so I'll call it a survivor lol.

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

The baby bougie is coming back
Aaron

 

[Carol 83]

So the phillipinensis did take to the transplant so I took a little rooted Brazilian Raintree cutting in it. It only had 1 long root so I coiled it in and added soil, hopefully it takes the transplant or I'll be sad lolView attachment 126437
Aaron

How did you root the cutting? What sort of soil did you root it in, and did you use rooting compound? I'd like to try to get some cuttings from mine.

 

[aml1014]

How did you root the cutting? What sort of soil did you root it in, and did you use rooting compound? I'd like to try to get some cuttings from mine.

The were semi hardwood cuttings (lignified) put into a mix of 50/50 my bonsai soil mix and happy frog potting soil. No hormones and watered frequently to keep pretty moist. I also covered them with a 2 litre bottle with the bottom cut off, and in a semi shaded spot.
I had a 50 percent success rate, 5 out of 10 took

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

I potted up this 1 year old (super neglected) Siberian elm in this pot about a month ago, and it's gown so fast I did 3 more to make into shito/mame trees.
All were cut at about 1" tall (2.5cm) and of course I had to do root cuttings, so I'll post pictures of those when they start budding.

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

I recently had a spider mite invasion and I toasted 2 of the benjaminas. I took one of their pots and decided to pot up a baby silver maple.
The three elms are all budding as well, that's another reason I decided to try potting up the maple. I want to see if I can break dormancy early
Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Defoliated the willow leaf this morning as the leaves were blocking out Leer branches and they wee losing vigour. The fun balancing act we call bonsai!
Starting to develop a pretty decent branch structure.

Aaron

 

[sorce]

Bro....

Forgive me...
I don't know of it is just the sheer number of trees, the OCD, or the Robot Girlfriend..

But....
I see more tiny bits of potential lost in your collection than anywhere else.
(remember the cottonwood)

Tiny bits.

But those tiny bits inevitably add up.
And in your youth, this could make for big differences since you have more time than most of us for them to add up.

The stupid one....
Stupid because it could account for less than 5% of a difference.

I would have removed one of those opposing elm buds before they got signaled, let that signal energy go to one keeper, before it BULGES.
(also stupid because you can always cut it off later)

But the one that really gets me....
And I mean twists just about every peeve ever pet in my person...

"Balancing act"
(ha, I tried to "reply" that 3 Times and it wouldn't work, even my phone is upset!)

(in my best typed 16 year old blond voice)

Um....Un-Balancing act!

The top is still stronger than the bottom so you essentially just stalled the entire thing.
Worse, the top was stronger so it will probly bud faster and you essentially made your problem worse...(add up)

I would just keep the top defoliated most of the year.

I don't like cutting back more up there cuz then you got more ram and taper up there....
That's a catch22 I'm still hoofing.

My CIN...
Cure it now!
Ahh....cure it later...can't load a photo!
But cut the straipex off. Straight Apex.

Sorce

 

[aml1014]

The top is still stronger than the bottom so you essentially just stalled the entire thing.
Worse, the top was stronger so it will probly bud faster and you essentially made your problem worse...(add up)

I plan on pruning the top hard and leaving the lower branches alone. That should kick start then to grow since they are covered in buds. I could lose the straipex lol and bring a branch please into its position.
Why do you say you see potential being lost in my collection? I've been trying hard lately to get rid of excess trees that I don't "see" anything in lately, and focus on developing and acquiring higher quality stock. I vaguely remember you telling me that if one has to many trees, how can they plan to develop them all? You can't, they start getting neglected.
I will readily admit my OCD has been making an apparent come back in my day to day life recently, not good.
I did go ahead this morning and thin the elms so that they wouldn't have bar branching. The first is my favorite.

Aaron

 

[sorce]

Why do you say you see potential being lost in my collection?

I Just small shit like that.
But rather frequently it seems.

I am still counting on you as a developer of stuff from stuff other people wouldn't use so small details are important.

I feel bad for riding you, as I feel know it allish, but you know you are my desert dog.

I have written a song since, in regards to this...coming soon...classic...

OCD

My guy has labeled the indicas and sativas, it is great as I can use the right medicine for the right Times.
Sativas -work.
Indicas- sleep.

Really helps!

Sorce

 

[aml1014]

This elm was starting to wilt mid day so I'd water twice a day, then it started to be wilted in the morning when I got up. So it got its first haircut. Total height .75"
Sorry for the blurry pic, the smaller the tree, the harder it is to get a good picture lol

Aaron