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[KikurageOtomo]

Another big cut back on my Sansho and Szechuan peppercorns, partially motivated by a desire to build taper and fight their apical proclivities. And the other half is looting new propagations from them the Szechuan is establishing low branching much nicer, the Sansho has naturally started the building blocks for a respectable nebari.



Due to the lack of documentation on Peppercorn trees in bonsai I'm trying to push the boundaries of what I can get away with a little bit. The parent trees seem to respond well to harsh reductions and modestly sized cuttings have a fairly generous success rate. This year I'm trying a set of cuttings in a larger girth in tandem with another set of standard sized propagations.




Last year's cuttings that were formed into a small, mixed group have been looking decent all year, though I haven't seen much in the way of growth, presumably due to them establishing. I'd also placed them in my propagation area which recieves softer sunlight, I'm considering that may have been a factor and will relocate them next to the parent trees for the rest of the season.

 

[19Mateo83]

The Tornado is a giant, and iconic tree. I commend you for taking on the care taker role. I mean everything about moving it and keeping it healthy must be a planned out and meticulous process.
I hope you start a new thread on the tree and keep is in the loop.

Pic below of me finding some Passion flowers recently. The fruit/seed pods look like limes. I will come back when they are ripe so I can grow some of my own.

The vines can become invasive if left to grow unchecked. Ive also heard them called “may pops” by local old timers.

 

[PaulH]

Cleaned and wired this juniper with the intention of taking it to our club auction next month.... but the more I worked the more I liked it. Think I'll keep it for now. Collected by me at White Mountain California in 2020.

 

[Thegrants82]

Watered and just admired

 

[leatherback]

Tried to change some clothes!

 

[PerryB]

Decided it was time to put the Punica granatum 'Nana' (Dwarf pomegranate) back into a bonsai pot. It's spent the last 2 years either in the ground for the summer or in a big mortar mix tray in the greenhouse for the winters.
My greenhouse is going to be crowded this upcoming winter, so I needed to reduce the pomegranate's footprint. It was about 42" tall, now it's 16".
We had a cool day today and will have another tomorrow but then in the 90s starting Saturday and into next week, so it seemed like a good window for this work. I just barely began wiring today....there will be much to do later.

 

[PerryB]

Decided it was time to put the Punica granatum 'Nana' (Dwarf pomegranate) back into a bonsai pot. It's spent the last 2 years either in the ground for the summer or in a big mortar mix tray in the greenhouse for the winters.
My greenhouse is going to be crowded this upcoming winter, so I needed to reduce the pomegranate's footprint. It was about 42" tall, now it's 16".
We had a cool day today and will have another tomorrow but then in the 90s starting Saturday and into next week, so it seemed like a good window for this work. I just barely began wiring today....there will be much to do later.

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Pumice and coco coir, 50/50

 

[PerryB]

Also today, potted this little Cryptomeria 'Yatzu Katzu" dwarf that I bought from Meehan's Miniatures back in May at the National Arboretum show. The little 4" pot was a pot bound tangle of roots in potting soil. I wanted it to get a chance to settle in before winter. Pumice and coco coir, 50/50

 

[PerryB]

And... decided it was time to repot this little dwarf Hinoki. I had done a root reduction 2 years ago, but now I think it's ready for an appropriate sized (smaller) pot. Pumice and coco coir, 50/50

 

[Scorpius]

Collected some seeds from one of my JWP. Now to figure out how to germinate them.

 

[Weta]

Collected as a seedling from a county garden, I just threw it in a pot and left it, didn't know what it was.
After a few years just gave it the chop to see how it would respond and it went brown over winter and so emergency repot as it had never had one.
Happy to see today the first day of spring hints of green, after a little research I think its Sugi cedar and they can brown over winter

 

[Japonicus]

I haven't been getting notifications of new posts here for a while. Still in my watch list.
Did some weeding and new growth observation of 2nd flush on this dwarf EWP.

 

[snowman04]

My Bald Cypress arrived from down south (thanks Cajunrider) yesterday in great shape! Made a few trips to the local stores to finally locate the right size container for the next year or so. Looks like it belongs there...

 

[Hack Yeah!]

I bought a beautyberry cutting a couple of years ago at Kannapolis winter silhouette, admiring it today in the grow bed

 

[IzzyG]

Had to unload all of the trees off benches and collapsed the makeshift benches I’ve been using. Ordered some custom stainless steel benches and they finally arrived. Unloading from the semi was definitely “fun”. One down, 13 more to go!

 

[Scorpius]

Stainless benches. We don't live in the same plane of existence. Lol. Cool though, I'll give you that.

 

[Weta]

Had to unload all of the trees off benches and collapsed the makeshift benches I’ve been using. Ordered some custom stainless steel benches and they finally arrived. Unloading from the semi was definitely “fun”. One down, 13 more to go!

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Are you worried about reflected light to undersides of leaves and how hot the benches may become?

 

[IzzyG]

Are you worried about reflected light to undersides of leaves and how hot the benches may become?

There were definitely concerns when I was designing it and had discussed with Ryan(Mirai uses corten). I am overcoming the heat concern by placing the trees under some wooden “sleeves”(it’ll hug the stainless steel perpendicular to the bench and is about 18” width) as well as applying a finish on the stainless steel itself(it mutes the reflectivity and the heat absorption). Right now they’re sitting on the plastic turn tables that seem to remain at ambient temperature as a temporary measure until I finish the wood pieces.

Stainless benches. We don't live in the same plane of existence. Lol. Cool though, I'll give you that.

While not exactly cheap, they were relatively not too bad in cost. I used some of my contacts to get them for what it was going to cost had I built the benches using the smaller nicer stone(about $700 per bench).

 

[SubJeezy]

Roots ended up being much longer and thicker than I realized. Wanted to do a root over rock, but had to change direction. Will have to re work the canopy to level it out a bit. I think it looks good, tho. Pot also ended up being a bit smaller than it looked online. Happy little accidents.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

There were definitely concerns when I was designing it and had discussed with Ryan(Mirai uses corten). I am overcoming the heat concern by placing the trees under some wooden “sleeves”(it’ll hug the stainless steel perpendicular to the bench and is about 18” width) as well as applying a finish on the stainless steel itself(it mutes the reflectivity and the heat absorption). Right now they’re sitting on the plastic turn tables that seem to remain at ambient temperature as a temporary measure until I finish the wood pieces.



While not exactly cheap, they were relatively not too bad in cost. I used some of my contacts to get them for what it was going to cost had I built the benches using the smaller nicer stone(about $700 per bench).

Honestly, thats a great price for those benches. Stainless steel is not cheap. Retail would easily be over $1200ea.

Finished deconstructing the smaller of two crates at work for grow box wood/shed shelving/misc project lumber and transporting the wood home... in my Corolla. I looked like Mr. Incredible in his car driving home.