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[R0b]

Repotting a Wisteria floribunda and Pinus sylvestris, no more big trees for me.

 

[circledisk]

Got around to doing my first thread graft on this hornbeam I collected a year ago. It’s very chunky but doesn’t have more than 1 or 2 live veins. I’m interested to see how the roots look in a year or so when I repot it from its current container.

It’s grown very well given the circumstances and will need tons of carving eventually. This is very much a practice tree, so it won’t bother me if this doesn’t take, but I sketched out how I’d like the final tree to look anyway

 

[circledisk]

Decided to do one more thread up top

 

[shohin_branches]

Potted up a natal plum cutting. Haven't had one of these in 20 years. Sometimes they get overwatered during our rainy springs but having a greenhouse now means I can have a little more control over the water situation.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Dug out a few yaupon hollies from a family members landscape.

 

[PowerTap]

Repotted my star magnolia into a nice pot. Hopefully not killing it in the process.

 

[Carol 83]

Sometimes they get overwatered during our rainy springs but having a greenhouse now means I can have a little more control over the water situation.

Is overwatering the reason for the coloration of the leaves? I've never seen anything but deep green leaves. I always wondered why more people don't use them for bonsai, the flowers smell wonderful.

 

[Charlo]

Repotted my California juniper. There were a couple of issues when purchased with containers, and it had some decline. The roots were not the best and it showed with the loss of some foliage. Changed position. Used a mica pot from Wigert’s 12X12 to give roots some room for the position change. Potted with mostly pumice and some akadama. Now it stands over 4 ft.

 

[snowman04]

Repotted my California juniper. There were a couple of issues when purchased with containers, and it had some decline. The roots were not the best and it showed with the loss of some foliage. Changed position. Used a mica pot from Wigert’s 12X12 to give roots some room for the position change. Potted with mostly pumice and some akadama. Now it stands over 4 ft.

I want a tree like this sooo bad....

 

[Kievnstavick]

I attended a class with John Eads today. We learned quite a lot and got to see the results of John's expirements.

Here us a picture that I took during the class. The hand in the frame was completely by accident but I love how it turned out in the picture.

 

[shohin_branches]

Is overwatering the reason for the coloration of the leaves? I've never seen anything but deep green leaves. I always wondered why more people don't use them for bonsai, the flowers smell wonderful.

The leaves are sunstressed from my grow lights. The second one I had in the propagator didn't get hit directly by the grow lights and is much greener.

 

[caffeinated]

I attended a class with John Eads today. We learned quite a lot and got to see the results of John's expirements.

Here us a picture that I took during the class. The hand in the frame was completely by accident but I love how it turned out in the picture.

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Was this a top down repot experiment? Just curious, looks like what the picture might be of. This is a Russian cypress I started that process on today having seen success recently on other trees.

 

[Big Country Bonsai]

Finally got this bad boy into a bonsai pot. I collected this post oak in 2019.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Still down sick. Forced myself to do two repots last evening.

One a Mother/daughter elm into an Erin tray.
I don't feel like fussing with photography. The tree nicknamed Tim Burton Acer into its commissioned Burtonesque pot by Victor Harris of Erin Pottery. I need to set the branches I wired. But I didn't feel up to it after the repots.

 

[Fidur]

Bought this 18 years old crabapple last august:



After prunning, carving and repotting, it's now ready for the spring:

 

[Kievnstavick]

Was this a top down repot experiment? Just curious, looks like what the picture might be of. This is a Russian cypress I started that process on today having seen success recently on other trees.

Yes it was a top down repot experiment. A class member got 4 repots done with professional guidance lol

Today before work I created a "grow-out" bed in an Anderson flat for my Katsura seedlings that didn't put on a lot of growth. They'll stay in here for another year to reevaluate the growth put on. I am almost in the position to toss the unsatisfactory ones (it's hard to do)

 

[Brain Treez]

I was reminded that I really do need to wear gloves when working with my communis junipers.

 

[shohin_branches]

I was reminded that I really do need to wear gloves when working with my communis junipers.

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I looked like I had measles after working on this Juniper during the group slash this Saturday though I didn't get a photo of the rash. I'm the idiot that thought rolling up her sleeves was a good idea.

 

[Brain Treez]

I looked like I had measles after working on this Juniper during the group slash this Saturday though I didn't get a photo of the rash. I'm the idiot that thought rolling up her sleeves was a good idea.
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Sabinas seem to give me the worst rash. I have wimpy skin!

 

[Scriv]

Finished a first styling of this Pygmy Cypress collected by the man, the myth, the legend... Mr. Bob Shimon.

First time working this species, pretty happy with how it turned out.

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Hey All,
I just uploaded a step-by-step transformation video on this coastal cypress tree.
Please go check it out if you're interested in learning more about how to approach these.
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