Orion_metalhead
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Acquired azalea... gnarly. Was absolutely drowning in muck. I sawed off a large amount of rotting roots. Hoping that it lives. Has some great features. Will slowly work the root plane down for a wide clump with deadwood.
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takira
Yamadori
No sir I don't know the cultivar. I just got it last Thursday the 7th, and I didn't cut any roots once I saw what was going on. I bought it on whim online (Etsy) sight unseen, after asking the seller a few questions about the graft etc. The soil it was in, was some thick Buford, GA clay and it took me over an hour to get all of it off. I wired it down on the front and back and it's really solid in the pot. Not real happy about the purchase, but I'm trying to make some lemonade, out of this one.I won't touch it again this year I just wanted to get it out of the clay ball it came in. And I appreciate all the advice I can get so fire away.
I had a bit of a sinking feeling when I saw your post, as I was tracking my most recent Etsy purchase... >_> I have a sneaking suspicion we bought from the same seller, and mine (I got two - one partly trained, one untrained) arrived today. Having had a bit of a heads-up, I ran to Home Depot and grabbed a couple pond baskets to plop them in for now - I know I'm more likely to accidentally over-water than under-water and I hoped this would give the poor things some oxygen.
At first the grafts didn't look too bad, and very close to the soil surface - then I got them out of the pots. There was a sort of a thin layer of potting soil around a ball of clay. The untrained one had more roots but they're pretty gnarly - maybe worth attempting exposed-root someday, but for now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that they survive the year.
Far more satisfying work was moving all my two-to-three year old JBP seedling cuttings from their eency 2" plastic pots to training pots. I'd had them all plopped in a larger pot with lava and pumpice just to keep them from tipping over, and they'd all escape-rooted into a MAT of roots at the bottom of that pot. Very vigorous. I hope they can set an example for the newly arrived JWP. -_-;;
vp999
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Put my Jujube that I bought from a friend last year into a mica training pot. This thing is a beast and I’m excited to work on it.
19Mateo83
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That’s a sweet tree, I love the face in the front!
vp999
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Now I see it lol.
Japonicus
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I was gonna say that face reminds me of someone I know.
Then the 2nd picture it really changed up close.
I saw it same time I saw the Camels
very cool tree.This is the time of year I two step my new repots. Storms rolling through.
Obligatory pic + one for past due
Michigan Tree Murderer
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cough-Zenbonsai-cough.
Thin layer of potting soil around a ball of clay is exactly what I had, plus a random piece of clear plastic on the bottom of the clay. It wasn't a bad purchase, but it's wasn't a good purchase. The seller saying "you can't see the graft" was odd since Helen Keller spotted it. Live and learn. tax man.
Looks like an angry pig.
Tahoebonsai
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I got into pottery this winter and one of my friends requested a pot but it to be a toilet pot. We are both plumbers by trade so it was fun to make, the glaze is called white mud crack 
sounded like the perfect name for the job and it made the toilet look disgusting lol had a good laugh picking them up from the studio
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Ruddigger
Omono
Repotted my newly acquired Trident into a grow box. This thing had three separate nebaris on it. I removed the top two and still had a decent amount of roots.
bonsaiwood
Mame
roberthu
Chumono
Japonicus
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Good to see you posting again.
Haven't seen much out of you lately.
My legs both jumped when I got to that 3rd picture. I mean it scared me I think. Whoa hope it pulls through.
Obligatory pic of one of my favourite trees in a Sara Rayner pot...Gotta open up the front to see the pot better.
19Mateo83
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I worked on one last pot…. For now…
RJG2
Omono
Not much to do around here yet, so happy early St. Patrick's day!
Orion_metalhead
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Thanks J.. yeah. Between work, kids, formalizing my own business, etc, I havent had the opportunity to be as active as in the past but all my trees are doing good and starting to wake up. Im still here. I check the site like... 4 times daily.
I hope the azalea pulls through. It was nothing but muck. I coated the big bottom cut in rooting hormone as well as some other roots. Im hoping with good care, heavy fertilization, I can get it back into a decent state of health and further tackle the roots from a position of vitality in a year or two. In the meantime, it gets a nice box to hang out in.
Photo Tax: the back hellebores are waking up. So far today... I did a bunch of boxwood pruning at a clients but for my client's privacy, I wont post photos of their property.
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KikurageOtomo
Shohin
Decided to seize the day and repot the Chojubai I'd acquired a few months back. Thankfully it was quite ebullient with roots, the only downside was having to ditch the small trunk toward the new front. I had initially planned to keep it in the design but after trying to work around the constriction of a new pot and not wanting to reduce roots closer to the older parts of the quince, I decided that it was the smallest sacrifice.
I might end up pulling the "raft-ish" trunk down to fill some of that space, but for the time being it's hands off! Next up I think my Katsura, Sansho and Szechuan Peppers are due for repotting on Sunday.
I might end up pulling the "raft-ish" trunk down to fill some of that space, but for the time being it's hands off! Next up I think my Katsura, Sansho and Szechuan Peppers are due for repotting on Sunday.
hampton
Shohin
Had a quick unplanned trip to the Charlotte area and the morning free I drove over to Bella Bonsai in Mint Hill. This was my first visit and I was able to talk trees with Larry for an hour or so. Super nice guy with a cool operation. Left with a beautyberry I have to carry onto the plane (I’ll add that pic later)
Mike Corazzi
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Made the REpot! SHEESH !!! 
I always expect Mr. Oak to be a repot bitch!
I wasn't wrong.
ROOTS !!! DENSE! I'm hoping the slightly larger pot will encourage OUTWARD root growth. I'm too old to fight another repot.
It was a mistake to put it in the oval mica pot.
(apologies for the picture exposure)
I always expect Mr. Oak to be a repot bitch!
I wasn't wrong.
ROOTS !!! DENSE! I'm hoping the slightly larger pot will encourage OUTWARD root growth. I'm too old to fight another repot.
It was a mistake to put it in the oval mica pot.
(apologies for the picture exposure)
hampton
Shohin
Beautyberry from Bella Bonsai, as promised earlier
