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[Mats Hagström]

I have one more tree I would love to get input on. Chapped coastal redwood. I’ve be looking a pictures of deadwood of redwood trees. They seem mostly fire related.

My thought is to take a small “cigar torch” and slowly burn the dead wood a bit at a time to minimize necrosis on live tissue. Put wet towels over live foliage and bark and just burn for maybe 10 seconds and repeat this once a week. Kind of a progressive, scrape and burn scrape, and
burn.

I don’t have that much experience working with power tools, but I suppose that is an option as well.

If anybody has input or has seen good-looking, deadwood on coastal Redwood, other than on the burl or lower trunk, I would love to hear from you.
The last picture is the look I’m going for but higher in the tree.

Thank you!!!

 

[snowman04]

I have one more tree I would love to get input on. Chapped coastal redwood. I’ve be looking a pictures of deadwood of redwood trees. They seem mostly fire related.

My thought is to take a small “cigar torch” and slowly burn the dead wood a bit at a time to minimize necrosis on live tissue. Put wet towels over live foliage and bark and just burn for maybe 10 seconds and repeat this once a week. Kind of a progressive, scrape and burn scrape, and
burn.

I don’t have that much experience working with power tools, but I suppose that is an option as well.

If anybody has input or has seen good-looking, deadwood on coastal Redwood, other than on the burl or lower trunk, I would love to hear from you.
The last picture is the look I’m going for but higher in the tree.

Thank you!!!

Do that while you're enjoying a Padron #26...

I have lost input on this tree:



Can't find any record of buying two of these but they are really popping out nicely. Does anyone recognize these???

 

[roberthu]

Spent the last 4 days on a repotting marathon with Ryan and Todd. Finished all of the yamadori that were collected in 2022 and some iconic trees in the collection(the Tornado, Bolt and El Capitan). Will be posting proper photos soon but here’s some BTS!

Ryan looks more and more like Santa

 

[roberthu]

Do that while you're enjoying a Padron #26...

I have lost input on this tree:

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Can't find any record of buying two of these but they are really popping out nicely. Does anyone recognize these???

Yes I recognize them. They are mine.

 

[snowman04]

So I bought two of these from you? And they are???

 

[Cajunrider]

Through the window

 

[leatherback]

Was invited to run a day long bring-your-tree workshop. Hard work!

 

[snowman04]

Was invited to run a day long bring-your-tree workshop. Hard work!

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Looks like fun!

Potted a small juniper that started me on this journey:

 

[leatherback]

Potted a small juniper that started me on this journey:

Looks like fun!



"Please dont break on me!"

 

[coachspinks]

I'm close to finishing up repotting and bought a new phone so I took a couple of pictures. I bought a Ryusen Japanese Maple to grow as patio plant. My wife saw this tall pot in my shop and suggested it. I've had this small bamboo for a couple of years and I put it in this pot. I'm including a pic of spring in Georgia. This is the path that leads to our garden.

 

[shohin_branches]

Spent the last 4 days on a repotting marathon with Ryan and Todd. Finished all of the yamadori that were collected in 2022 and some iconic trees in the collection(the Tornado, Bolt and El Capitan). Will be posting proper photos soon but here’s some BTS!

I really wanted to join but I couldn't take a day off work this week. Hope you all had fun!

 

[shohin_branches]

Had to brush the snow off my trees yesterday. Turned up the heat in my shed for all the deciduous trees that have already been repotted. Got about 6" of snow.
Some of my recent repots are in the chilly basement.


Today was repotting carnivorous plants. The shop I sell at is eager for a restock and I've been so busy with bonsai repotting I haven't had much time for splitting and uppotting venus flytraps and sundews. My life the last few weeks is work 8-10 hours a day and then spend the rest of my waking hours in front of the potting bench.

Potted up 18 venus flytraps and 12 sundew

 

[19Mateo83]

I visited @Piedmont Bonsai today. It was nice getting to meet another Carolina nut. He’s a super nice guy with some sweeet trees. I traded him a deshojo for a neshiki gawa and gave him some other Acer rubrums. He loaded me up with other goodies while I was there

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Acquired More Juniper Material from Work


Already created a cascade at work (to display and get customers interested in Bonsai) but this one is for home

Initial styling is complete and without wire (since the last of it was used to create a makeshift drainage screen and then anchoring tree into pot)


I’m satisfied with its natural shape and curvature for now


Initial deadwood/jin created

The natural curve of the branching used as Jin compliments the trunk movement

Root system is happy in 50/50 organic and pumice, received in first watering with liquid fish fertilizer and place 3 mesh pockets with the newly arrived BioGold to set the tree up for success and good health.

 

[Abhishek Dasgupta]

When you have to break the cheap Chinese pot just to get your shohin JBP out but then you see the roots and

Compact root ball with even mycorrhizae distribution all throughout

 

[Mats Hagström]

That is a nice root ball. Sometimes it can be challenging to distinguish between root aphids and mycorrhizae. It took me a while. I thought I was doing everything right when my teacher told me I had a pest problem and not the symbiotic healthy fungal growth. Root aphids are common where I live and they love pine roots. If the tree looks healthy I sometimes leave them as they are but usually I do a dunk in the insecticide du jour.

If we look very carefully we can sometimes see them moving. I find root aphids have a slight blue tint. The picture below is classic root aphids. The second picture is a close up of your picture. If you see little white tufts them it may be those little crawlers. Your tree looks healthy!!! It’s good to recognize these bugs and be on the look out. They seem to like moist environments.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Repotted a couple legacy trees today. Passed of from Father in law to Brother in law to us. Neither was worked on or repotted for over 8-10 years.

Both are not robust… a look under the hood showed this one had a grit core and decomposed bark, lava and perhaps 15% pumice. We had bent it in mid October when it looked more healthy. Likely the winter rains did a number on this guy. The repot was necessary, kind of edgey. Possibly only the right half will be used, or not…. we’ll see what this tree looks like in another year or two. Maybe graft shimpaku?



This tree had a core of field soil and the outer shell of 1/8” decomposed bark, lava with a little pumice. Ending up near bare rooted this guy. we will see how this progresses.


The plan is to grow out until robust, then graft the upper section with shimpaku and Jin the lower.

cheers
DSD sends

 

[Kievnstavick]

Initial deadwood/jin created
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The natural curve of the branching used as Jin compliments the trunk movement

A little advice on this guy, you'll want to fiver pull those newly created jins before they officially die. It will be a lot harder to create a natural looking dead wood once the wood dries out and dies.


Picture tax. Captured this interesting looking dead tree on my way down to Portland, OR today. I also visited the Japanese gardens in Portland, buy those pictures are on my stuck on my camera atm until I can go through them keep the good ones.

 

[Deleted member 47471]

Repotted a couple legacy trees today. Passed of from Father in law to Brother in law to us. Neither was worked on or repotted for over 8-10 years.

Both are not robust… a look under the hood showed this one had a grit core and decomposed bark, lava and perhaps 15% pumice. We had bent it in mid October when it looked more healthy. Likely the winter rains did a number on this guy. The repot was necessary, kind of edgey. Possibly only the right half will be used, or not…. we’ll see what this tree looks like in another year or two. Maybe graft shimpaku?

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This tree had a core of field soil and the outer shell of 1/8” decomposed bark, lava with a little pumice. Ending up near bare rooted this guy. we will see how this progresses.
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The plan is to grow out until robust, then graft the upper section with shimpaku and Jin the lower.

cheers
DSD sends

I like where you’re going with the trees Nice trunk and base also!

 

[Cajunrider]

Next weekend is the anniversary of the death of the wife of one of my dear friends. Since she loved my BC bonsai, instead of bringing flowers, I am composing this 2 tree display on a slab. It will be set at her favorite spot in the back yard.