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[Nybonsai12]

little spending spree on these two pots. A Reiho(larger) and a Koyo(recently deceased I’m told!). I’ve sold off nearly half my trees in the last year so I didn’t feel bad about the spend to polish what I intend to continue to work on.

 

[Matte91]

Sifted soilmixes.
One box of pumice, lava and zeolite for shohin.
One box of pumice, lava and zeolite for big trees.
One box of moler clay.
And one box of yamadori mix.

 

[Ben in Kzoo]

Bought a trident recently that was in a pond basket. Roots had grown to the shape of the basket, some bigger than 1”!
Sawed the bottom off, and repotted in a new basket. Will keep that tree from freezing temps, and probably will trim off some branches to make it easier on the roots in early spring

 

[Carol 83]

It's a cold, gray day, so I gave the trop's a haircut.

 

[Underdog]

I walked around and checked on them. Smiled at the fresh snow and mild temps. Making plans for some. Norway spruce, hemlock, cryptomeria and hemlock all in progress

 

[August]

Finally got around to getting 5 gallon buckets for individual soil components and got a good bulk of DE, bark, and perlite sifted. No pics of that (boring) but I did do a few repots today.

This is some kind of ficus mallsai, something I got for free last spring from someone who's dogs I watch. It was in my "Turface Hell" mix I foolishly made last Summer. Decided to repot into something fresh. Buried it deep to promote a higher root plane

Trimmed up and wired my shito / mame sized port. Love this tiny dude. Looking fresh
Drilled some tie downs in a goodwill "pot". Excited for my 1 inch hole saw to get here.


And potted up a little kusamono. Initially bought it (pilea?) as a "mother" to use for my terrarium, thought it might look nice on my bench while it grows out

 

[Underdog]

Woops

 

[johng]

Here is a photo from the results of a one on one workshop I did with a new student over the weekend... tree needs to be wired but that will come with time.

 

[leatherback]

cheating, this was actually last night!

 

[HorseloverFat]

Made this little partially-dilapidated stone fence segment....

....with porcelain scraps left over from THIS piece I'm working on. (Not done with moist-work yet ((either piece, really)), just thought I'd share.

 

[19Mateo83]

Made this little partially-dilapidated stone fence segment....View attachment 469784View attachment 469785View attachment 469786View attachment 469787

....with porcelain scraps left over from THIS piece I'm working on. (Not done with moist-work yet ((either piece, really)), just thought I'd share.

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Aahhh…I see your masonry skills are improving grasshoppa

 

[19Mateo83]

I’m trying a cutting from a ginko. Dipped in hormodin 3 and put into a root riot cube. Stabilized in the cup with turface. We will see what this one does on a warm place. Probably nothing but you never know. I also walked my nursery area getting some ideas of what to do with some tridents, Osage and bald cypress. Contemplating some crepe myrtles and wild plums.

 

[HorseloverFat]

I’m trying a cutting from a ginko. Dipped in hormodin 3 and put into a root riot cube. Stabilized in the cup with turface. We will see what this one does on a warm place. Probably nothing but you never know. I also walked my nursery area getting some ideas of what to do with some tridents, Osage and bald cypress. Contemplating some crepe myrtles and wild plums.
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Native Prunus will be one of the best endeavors you take.

EDIT: adding picture.

I set up my third room for seedling starts (a big south-facing set of windows with a panel for supplemental)... On Feb 20th, I will turn my deck into a greenhouse with plexiglass... I'm GONNA squeak a longer growing season for starts somehow!

 

[19Mateo83]

Native Prunus will be one of the best endeavors you take.

I collected a single one and a clump one. They were root suckers but they survived. They are red leaf and stem variety with white/ pink flowers. I think it’s a prunus cerasifera atropurpurea. Pretty good for a road side find

 

[HorseloverFat]

I collected a single one and a clump one. They were root suckers but they survived. They are red leaf and stem variety with white/ pink flowers. I think it’s a prunus cerasifera atropurpurea. Pretty good for a road side find

Gotta go find some big, ugly, black-barked fellers, too.

 

[dbonsaiw]

Buried the pot of a new JM for the rest of the winter. Nursery topped off the pot with soil when I wasn't looking, so I dug that out to the nebari and replaced it with mulch. (someone please explain to me why they are using soil that looks exactly like the stuff I find outside - not even an attempt at bonsai soil - and then packing it in).

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Not much going on here so far. Stocked up for spring last fall…still too soon for most serious work here imho …except for perhaps this Trident thread graft.



Ye olde Trident Maple tree is on a 4-5 year rehab flight path!


Cheers
DSD sends

 

[19Mateo83]

I got a BC squeezed into a small 7”x2” pot i drilled a few weeks ago. I had flattened its roots last spring in preparation for this. I didn’t have to take too much off under this one just mainly trim to fit the pot and take off a few higher roots. I'd like this one to end up as a flat top under 18”. It’s going to live inside for the next month or so under the LED’s sitting in a water tray while it recovers.

It’s eventual home will be one of vance Hanna’s pots.

 

[August]

Sorry if I'm clogging up this thread, just finished a three day weekend

More repots to get stuff out of "Turface Hell". My house stays around 75-80 all winter (we have radiators yes, can we turn them off, no) so I'm not too worried for them.

Cestrum nocturnum, this one was actually doing okay in the clay. These shrubs can really take to anything though, really unkillable.
Before:
After: repot, trim up, wire replaced

Thought I might see if some cuttings strike, never tried before.

Did the same thing with my lantana... It too was growing at an invasive pace.

After: god these things look ugly after a trim.
Bonus little terrarium I made;

 

[Shibui]

Ficus time down here. Club meeting last night with the focus on ficus and other Aussie native plants so I trimmed and repotted some ficus last night and more this afternoon.


And some developing root over rock ficus