f1pt4
Chumono
I picked up this Siberian Elm today at a sale. Love the bark.
Siberian Elm
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AaronThomas
Omono
Nice... congrats!
Love the pot too...
Love the pot too...
f1pt4
Chumono
The tree belonged to Geoff Lloyd, a local potter and bonsai artist. I believe he made the pot as well.
His whole collection was up for sale today. The trees themselves were quite nice.. And as an added bonus majority of them were potted in his pottery.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Nice....
It sucks...but I would ditch that lower first branch on the inside of the curve.
If you get anything to sprout lower...
It could still catch up.
Or let it swell that spot, and.....
Airlayer it there.
Sorce
It sucks...but I would ditch that lower first branch on the inside of the curve.
If you get anything to sprout lower...
It could still catch up.
Or let it swell that spot, and.....
Airlayer it there.
Sorce
AaronThomas
Omono
Goes to show ya.... I like it... Think there's nice movement there.
f1pt4
Chumono
I know it's against the holy rules of bonsai, but for now that branch works for me. Visually. Nothing will be done to this fella for at least a year. Just studying it, and it's species, and perhaps next year some decisions will be made. I was told though, by the original owner that after every winter it suffers some die back on the finer branching. I'm trying to figure that out too.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Judy says don't cut the Hackberry after the fourth of July....
Oughtta work for that one too.
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Judy says don't cut the Hackberry after the fourth of July....
Oughtta work for that one too.
Sorce
f1pt4
Chumono
Dooly Noted.
aml1014
Masterpiece
It's already after the fourth, but my Siberians need their first haircut by may, then about every 4-6 weeks there after until fall arrives.
Aaron
Oh and by the way, nice score!
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boguz
Mame
It looks like. How is the price in such a tree?
jeremy_norbury
Omono
Nice, but I'd probably put it in a bigger pot to recover because it's got almost no foliage. That's plain odd in the middle of summer - it needs to recover.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
These arent
The first post was in May. So by now it should like a bush on a stick.
jeremy_norbury
Omono
Doh.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Hi Mike, Siberian elms frustrate the heck out of me. Or at least the variety that was planted in hedges all around the GTA. Not sure if there are other types that are more stable.
A friend and me dug up an incredible 50ish year old hedge in Scarborough about 8 years ago, some of these trunks were absolutely stunning.
I've since gotten rid of them all due to the dieback issue, except one shohin that was once just a low branch on one of the big boys. At least with a shohin new branches can be regrown quixkly.
I've hypothesized that repotting every year may help the issue, but that is totally anecdotal.
Good luck with it. The idea of not cutting after July 4th is not practical, as you said. They grow much too vigorously.
A friend and me dug up an incredible 50ish year old hedge in Scarborough about 8 years ago, some of these trunks were absolutely stunning.
I've since gotten rid of them all due to the dieback issue, except one shohin that was once just a low branch on one of the big boys. At least with a shohin new branches can be regrown quixkly.
I've hypothesized that repotting every year may help the issue, but that is totally anecdotal.
Good luck with it. The idea of not cutting after July 4th is not practical, as you said. They grow much too vigorously.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I've yet to lose a branch. But I also believe rootwork every year could be key too. That and don't baby the things. Cold,cold,cold. They need to be outside all year. They won't die from freezing.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I don't know if it makes any diffy...
But I don't know my small leafed ones are pure Siberian.
Could be hybridized with anything, or Chinese elm entirely...
Don't much care!
But is it possible a purely Siberian Elm may show these symptoms more than others?
I can second the root work thing.
Well besides more pests...
This is the first year I went without repotting mine...and it isn't as viggy.
Sorce
jeremy_norbury
Omono
Your bait didn't tempt me. This fruit was too low hanging.
