Nybonsai12
Masterpiece
I bought this Itoigawa years back when it was quite small and put it in the ground. I think it was about the thickness of a marker in a one gallon container when I received it. Buying large developed material can get expensive, so it doesn't hurt to buy smaller stuff and plant out each year and forget about it. After some years the rewards will start to come in. I'm trying to document things better so although this isn't a bonsai yet, i'd like to track it's journey here.
I'd like this one to be bigger but I have other Itoigawas and kishus growing out in the ground so I picked this one to start developing. I didn't know much about junipers when I planted out and I know only slightly more than that now. So here we have very raw stock, stout trunk. I haven't really dug junipers before and I was cautious while digging to get as much roots as possible. They were somewhat flat and spreading because like everything else I put in the ground years ago, i put it over a tile. I was bold and did pretty much a bare root to get all the garden dirt out before getting it into a proper mix.
I built a cedar box, a large one. The box is super heavy after i finished filling with soil. Hurt my damn back lifting with poor mechanics!!
I'll continue to see how she grows but will need some severe cut backs to get to that trunk. I'm looking for input on timing of when I can start the cutbacks and the amount I can take off after the recent dig. I could let it go another year to do major work, but i was thinking that if it was showing me signs of good growth this summer that I could start opening it up with some cutbacks.
I'd like this one to be bigger but I have other Itoigawas and kishus growing out in the ground so I picked this one to start developing. I didn't know much about junipers when I planted out and I know only slightly more than that now. So here we have very raw stock, stout trunk. I haven't really dug junipers before and I was cautious while digging to get as much roots as possible. They were somewhat flat and spreading because like everything else I put in the ground years ago, i put it over a tile. I was bold and did pretty much a bare root to get all the garden dirt out before getting it into a proper mix.
I built a cedar box, a large one. The box is super heavy after i finished filling with soil. Hurt my damn back lifting with poor mechanics!!
I'll continue to see how she grows but will need some severe cut backs to get to that trunk. I'm looking for input on timing of when I can start the cutbacks and the amount I can take off after the recent dig. I could let it go another year to do major work, but i was thinking that if it was showing me signs of good growth this summer that I could start opening it up with some cutbacks.
