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Yamadori
I'm making a trip to Atlanta in a couple of weeks and thought about visiting the bonsai monks. Has anyone been there lately? If so, is it worth the trip? Do they still have a pretty good selection of supplies and pots?
Anyone Been to the Monastery in Conyers, GA Lately?
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coachspinks
Chumono
I was there last week. They still have a great selections of pots and supplies. The tree selection is down right now. There are some higher $$$ trees in the back of the greenhouse that have been put away for the winter.
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Yamadori
OK great; thanks!
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Yamadori
Thanks! I hadn't heard of that place. Will try to make it up there as well.
Stan Kengai
Omono
@-norwegian_blue- the Monastery has a better selection of pots, though not what it has been in the past. But Plant City Bonsai has a much better selection of plants in variety, quantity and quality. It's farther away from the City, but worth the trip.
True.
Neither has what I would consider “nice” pots. The Facebook auctions have those. Both the Monastery and Plant City have “production” pots.
coachspinks
Chumono
Adair,
When I was at the Monastery recently they had one shelf with some nicer pots. A few were handmade. It wasn't a large selection but there were a few.
I did a fair amount of work with Brother Paul on the old greenhouse and in the grow areas behind it. When I started back into bonsai last year I visited the Monastery and was disappointed in what they had in regards to plant material. However, in the last few months I see an effort towards doing more.
Plant City in Clermont is a really good place to visit. Not just because of what they have to sell but also to just talk with Steve.
When I was at the Monastery recently they had one shelf with some nicer pots. A few were handmade. It wasn't a large selection but there were a few.
I did a fair amount of work with Brother Paul on the old greenhouse and in the grow areas behind it. When I started back into bonsai last year I visited the Monastery and was disappointed in what they had in regards to plant material. However, in the last few months I see an effort towards doing more.
Plant City in Clermont is a really good place to visit. Not just because of what they have to sell but also to just talk with Steve.
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You do know I teach classes at Plant City?
coachspinks
Chumono
Yes, I hope to make it to a class one day. It is close to a 2 hour drive for me.
Velodog2
Chumono
The tree in my avatar came from there. I was in the area on business and stopped in on the last evening where I found that tree, much taller then, in a nursery pot with a story about a recently deceased local man who had grown it for some time. I bought it and then spent several hours in their pot warehouse with the woman who was in charge of the business chatting and building a box to ship it in the next day. It was a nice, memorable experience and I (like a lot of pple) was disappointed when they scaled back the business.
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Yamadori
Checked out the monastery last weekend. Not much to see there at the moment, but they did have a few shelves of nice pots. Picked up a nice Sara Rayner. Also had time to visit Plant City Bonsai. Steve wasn't there, but Sandy was; we spent quite a bit of time there. Pretty cool place to browse! Picked up a pretty awesome piece of Ginkgo stock that came from Masaru Ishii!
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
Gingko.....pictures?
coachspinks
Chumono
I was at the Monastery yesterday and their inventory of trees and pots was down. They have been busy so far this year.
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Yamadori
These aren't the best pics, but they're what I have at the moment. Steve was kind enough to take a call, so I did speak with him a bit re this tree. It seems that the roots were worked last month and it was put back into this nursery pot. My plan is to let is run a year or two, then figure out my first moves.
Anyhow, what caught my eye is the structure. That is, most ginkgo that I've seen (and all of the other ginkgo that they had) are trained in the flame style or similar (I know how they grow naturally.
). Steve said that this is the only one to leave his nursery with this structure.
Well, the reason the “roots were worked” is that it was likely shipped to him bare root!These aren't the best pics, but they're what I have at the moment. Steve was kind enough to take a call, so I did speak with him a bit re this tree. It seems that the roots were worked last month and it was put back into this nursery pot. My plan is to let is run a year or two, then figure out my first moves.
Anyhow, what caught my eye is the structure. That is, most ginkgo that I've seen (and all of the other ginkgo that they had) are trained in the flame style or similar (I know how they grow naturally.
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That shape pot is quite possibly the worst possible shape to be growing that tree in!
It’s not too late to fix it. It really hasn’t started growing yet. Take it out of that pot, and discard the potting soil it’s in, wash off the roots (bare root it) and repot it in a shallower wider container. An Anderson flat would be ideal.
And, really, ginkgo make great flame shaped trees! That shape is pretty much unique to them.
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