Sean’s Trident Projects

[SeanS]

Shohin cascade trident

 

[SeanS]

Cut back and partially defoliated 2 Shohin tridents today




Considering removing the thick first branch in the left

 

[W3rk]

I really do get the most out of my Audi A3 hatchback

A new tree to me, picked up this landscape trident and a ginkgo on Monday for the equivalent of 19 USD/17 EUR/14 GBP each. The trident has a nice fat base and some low shoots already present. I plan on layering off 2 trunk sections further up and then working with the base next season.

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I really do get the most out of my Audi A3 hatchback

Hatchbacks rule! Great flexible utility without going all in on a pick up or full SUV.

Also really nice work with your Tridents, it's great to see, thanks for sharing.

 

[mapleseller]

Great thread. These tridents seedlings were sent from the @Shibui Nursery somewhere in highlands Australia I believe, to the big smoke Sydney.

The lower pic is much maligned and poopooed, maybe on another forum “fuse method”as found on Shibuis site .

TBH i was on board with the poopooing until a a guy paid $230 aud for one fuse last winter ie: without leaves so brave .
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[Lionheart]

Hah! Not sure how happy customs would be - but I'm planning on sourcing some seeds here for sure.

Did you find any? I’m interested too.

 

[badatusernames]

Did you find any? I’m interested too.

I used these folks

Sheffield's Seed Company

For over 30 years we've supplied the BEST seed available in the World for our customers. We guarantee that all the seed we sell has been collected from the named mother plant. In most cases this means it will produce seedlings that are true to name.

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[SeanS]

This ROR trident is one of the trees I’m most proud of. 3 years old with 2 years in the ground. This past season I managed to grow a section of trunk, start a new leader, and start on the branching, all while still in my grow bed. I’m so chuffed with how it’s turned out!

Freshly dug

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Potted up

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August last year and 2021 when I started it, using the @Shibui foil method

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Update on this ROR. 2nd cutback of the season and partial defoliation. I cut the leader a few weeks ago and left the resultant new shoots alone this time round. The next time I work on it will be to wire the new shoots. A small branch on the left was also wired and left alone to thicken.

 

[SeanS]

Separated a fat little layer today. This one had been growing through a washer for 3 season, I finally got around to layering it this season.
Interesting roots, will need to see what if it manages to fill in the gaps between now and spring.

 

[birchman]

Separated a fat little layer today. This one had been growing through a washer for 3 season, I finally got around to layering it this season.
Interesting roots, will need to see what if it manages to fill in the gaps between now and spring.

Very thick roots. What was the layering substrate?

 

[SeanS]

Very thick roots. What was the layering substrate?

Fine akadama around the layer site and perlite/coco coir mix below. Almost all of my layers (tridents and JM) have produced really thick, fleshy roots this season

 

[Maiden69]

This will be the first year I will be attempting to air layer my trident, I hope I can have the same success you are having down there! So far I have layered a few junipers, super easy with just a tourniquet. The one I will be layering is larger so a washer won't work, but I will make sure I girdle and clean up the site well.

 

[SeanS]

Gearing up for autumn work…

I’ve been doing a lot of pot pairings lately, this triple trunk will be going into its first bonsai pot next spring



The same tree back in August 2021, 3 seedlings I collected from a nearby garden threaded through a metal washer

 

[SeanS]

Chunky trident in one of my grow beds. The base is roughly 7” wide at the root level under the soil. The big chop is about 1/3 of the way healed, I’m hoping another season in the ground should have it mostly closed.

 

[pandacular]

I clicked into this thread at the above post right after reading through BVF’s shohin trident thread that you commented on. I thought the site bugged out and showed the wrong picture, but no the two trees really are that similar! Nice to have a formula to follow, eh?

 

[SeanS]

I clicked into this thread at the above post right after reading through BVF’s shohin trident thread that you commented on. I thought the site bugged out and showed the wrong picture, but no the two trees really are that similar! Nice to have a formula to follow, eh?

Yes threads by experienced Bnutters really help guide my development, both of my skills and my trees

 

[SeanS]

Worked a few tridents today.

Here’s a clump I started from collected seedlings in spring 2021. The original seedling on the right of the clump died in the first season. The next spring I added a new seedling and it too died! A third attempt the next spring was to approach graft a shoot to the base, which is the lowest trunk on the right you see now. It’ll go into a bonsai pot next spring. I’ll be focusing on the fine twigging now and developing the right side of the tree.

 

[SeanS]

Another Shoshin trident. It didn’t have an amazing season, looking back at the photo from August 2023 I didn’t get that much branching development done this season, but the root grafts seem to have taken so that’s a win




Root grafts cut back



Approach graft to add a back branch





August 2023

 

[clem]

Good job, the nebari and the trunk line are very good, great future for this tree

 

[SeanS]

Worked on 2 little tridents yesterday after work

Triple trunk. It was originally 5 trunks but 1 seedling died so I removed the 4th shortly after and grew it as 3 trunks. Started in spring 2021.




August 2021



Skinny taller trident, still only ~12cm tall. It has a great fat base under the soil which was the result of bad wire bite early on that has healed fully and swelled to become a fat little trunk base.

 

[SeanS]

Yet to lose their leaves and be worked on.

ROR semi cascade. I jammed the stone into a gap in the roots last spring and added a seedling to add some more roots around the stone. You can see the seedling and a small wooden skewer used to press it against the main roots in the last photo







Full cascade