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[Weta]

Struggling without my garden shadow this morning, I'm not used to walking in a straight line as he would hug each step.
I was able to open the fridge without harassment, I miss him.
Picture of him after he had used the ladder to climb into the roof.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Struggling without my garden shadow this morning, I'm not used to walking in a straight line as he would hug each step.
I was able to open the fridge without harassment, I miss him.
Picture of him after he had used the ladder to climb into the roof.
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My cat Little Bear looks almost exactly like him except mine has white feet. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[The Barber]

Pruned on one of the Weigela I picked up today...man I love this material.

 

[19Mateo83]

I dug another beech today. This one was growing on top of a rock so the roots are

 

[BrianBay9]

I dug another beech today. This one was growing on top of a rock so the roots are
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Nice one! Rocky ridges are the best places to collect.

 

[The Barber]

Another of the Weigala I picked up today got chopped back.

 

[milehigh_7]

Struggling without my garden shadow this morning, I'm not used to walking in a straight line as he would hug each step.
I was able to open the fridge without harassment, I miss him.
Picture of him after he had used the ladder to climb into the roof.
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So sorry my friend. May your shadow forever live on in your best memories.

 

[pandacular]

Technically, this was yesterday. Removed flowers, then pruned and wired my dwarf rhododendron.


It ain’t pretty yet, but this will do a ton to reduce the current legginess.

I also cleaned the sap off several of my tools, but no picture for that except the cut I gave myself.

 

[Cajunrider]

Cutting an oval out of a piece of salvaged subfloor.

 

[milehigh_7]

Technically, this was yesterday. Removed flowers, then pruned and wired my dwarf rhododendron.
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It ain’t pretty yet, but this will do a ton to reduce the current legginess.

I also cleaned the sap off several of my tools, but no picture for that except the cut I gave myself.

Actually off to a pretty good start! I can see the future of this one!

 

[David P]

Today I dug out this California Coastal Oak from my growing bed. It’s been growing there for at least 10 years. It started its life as a seedling. It gave me a decent fight. It had a massive tap root that grew through the pot. Let’s see what I can do with it. I will repot it into a grow box tomorrow chop away.



I also repotted my Cork bark elm and sorted out the roots. I put it in a shallower grow box. Next year I will try and put it in a thin Bonsai pot.

 

[The Barber]

Pruned and potted up a second of the Weigela I picked up.

 

[19Mateo83]

Today I dug out this California Coastal Oak from my growing bed. It’s been growing there for at least 10 years. It started its life as a seedling. It gave me a decent fight. It had a massive tap root that grew through the pot. Let’s see what I can do with it. I will repot it into a grow box tomorrow chop away.

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I also repotted my Cork bark elm and sorted out the roots. I put it in a shallower grow box. Next year I will try and put it in a thin Bonsai pot.

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Those are awesome trees. Did you make any cuttings from the cork elm’s root trimmings?

 

[BrianBay9]

Today I dug out this California Coastal Oak from my growing bed. It’s been growing there for at least 10 years. It started its life as a seedling. It gave me a decent fight. It had a massive tap root that grew through the pot. Let’s see what I can do with it. I will repot it into a grow box tomorrow chop away.

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Nice to see what a verified, 10 yr old coast live oak trunk looks like. NIce oak.

 

[David P]

Those are awesome trees. Did you make any cuttings from the cork elm’s root trimmings?

Didn’t think of that, didn’t even know you could do that.

 

[circledisk]

Today I dug out this California Coastal Oak from my growing bed. It’s been growing there for at least 10 years. It started its life as a seedling. It gave me a decent fight. It had a massive tap root that grew through the pot. Let’s see what I can do with it. I will repot it into a grow box tomorrow chop away.

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I also repotted my Cork bark elm and sorted out the roots. I put it in a shallower grow box. Next year I will try and put it in a thin Bonsai pot.

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that coastal oak is gorgeous.

 

[August]

people are already repotting trees?! 🫠
I checked on my over-wintering plants and noticed buds pushing on my honeysuckle... this is going to be quite some spring huh? 50s and 60s for the forseeable forecast :/

 

[PaulH]

Thread grafted roots onto a trident to build nebari.

 

[Kievnstavick]

people are already repotting trees?! 🫠
I checked on my over-wintering plants and noticed buds pushing on my honeysuckle... this is going to be quite some spring huh? 50s and 60s for the forseeable forecast :/

I am one of those people haha. I am also in a very temperate climate. It is still fairly cool out and trees are waking up. I am expecting a fairly warm and early spring with a mid to late freeze.

I have been fairly busy with my repots. This is the second repotting of a dwarf Alberta spruce. It has a very large side root that after evaluation of the root system, I did not feel like I could address it without taking a large gamble. A grand majority of the fine feeder roots came off that awkward side root.

So my new plan going forward is to aim for a scene where the tree either got blown over and survived or it is growing on the hill/cliff where on side has collapsed over time. I'll let this tree take this year off for the most part before i start playing with the branches to simulate the scene more cohesively.

 

[takira]

I potted up my weird-looking collected American Larch! I was debating waiting a little longer (it was seventy degrees two days ago and is now QUITE a bit cooler - all the outdoor trees are still living in the garage until the weather's mood swings are a little less dramatic) but since it was already starting to push out growth, I wasn't sure waiting would be best.

Apologies for the extremely cluttered photos - clearly I need to clean up a bit more of the garage than JUST the bonsai area. >_>;;