Beng
Omono
Just an update pic taken last month...
I definitely liked the tree best back when it had this front, with this potting angle, and the lower left branch. Maybe you can grow a new branch in the same area you like better.
Collected Boxwood (Buxus)
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I definitely liked the tree best back when it had this front, with this potting angle, and the lower left branch. Maybe you can grow a new branch in the same area you like better.
Poink88
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Thanks Beng. This front is definitely not totally out of the running yet but to grow another lower branch is. I really like that the trunk is hi-lighted better w/o it.
I am considering removing (or drastically reducing) the right branch on the top (V branch right now) though. I can fill that area with smaller branches later. I think that is throwing the image of the new front for now since it overlaps with the one on front (left on this old front pic).
Poink88
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As of today 04/18/2013..re-styled and did a minor carving
Dirty Nails
Shohin
That looks nice Dario. It is looking more balanced now although hard to tell from above. You have a good eye. Thanks for the progression.
berobinson82
Omono
That was fast. How bout a 360?
Poink88
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Less than 14 months since collection.
Certainly need some more filing but I think I have the general structure down. I have 2 grafts planned but still growing the "donor" whips.
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Poink88
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It is actually at eye/mid level...the pot is just tilted towards the front which will be the proper orientation when I repot.
berobinson82
Omono
Bonsai pot in 2014?
Poink88
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october
Masterpiece
Its looking very nice. As far as the repot. Just a word of caution. Generally, collected trees are not repotted again until 3-5 years after collecting. I would hate to see you lose this tree or have some major health set backs with it just to get it into a pot a year earlier. Seriously, it is not worth risking the health of this nice tree, just to get it into a pot for no other reason than to get it into another pot.
Rob
Rob
fourteener
Omono
I was at an old conference center in San Diego in February. They had the most awesome boxwoods in containers that has been there for years. If I lived there I would bring a bunch of new ones from the nursery and ask if they would let you exchange some new for old. Is was hard to focus on my conference when the jewelry store was outside!!
Poink88
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Thanks Rob. Your advise is taken into consideration.
Poink88
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rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Boxwood are extremely tough customers. I've reduced rootmasses about the size of this one by 75 to 80 percent getting the tree into a four inch deep bonsai pot a year after collection. No problems at all.
Of course, this all depends on the individual root mass. Large thick roots have to be cut back to nothing. If they old and have a very substantial amount of feeder roots attached, then you have to slow down a bit.
Of course, this all depends on the individual root mass. Large thick roots have to be cut back to nothing. If they old and have a very substantial amount of feeder roots attached, then you have to slow down a bit.
Poink88
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My thoughts exactly and all the big roots were reduced enough to fit the pot. I am thinking a repot will reduce the root mass by 35%. I have to remove the highest root at the back (only kept to date because it is used as anchor on my guy wires) or notch it and pull it down if possible.
It's looking great Dario!
I would generally consider the 3-5 year repot after collection far more important for conifers than deciduous. Rob, I mean no offense in the least, but why do you treat deciduous the same? (I suppose boxwood is technically an evergreen...lol...but still not a conifer)
I would generally consider the 3-5 year repot after collection far more important for conifers than deciduous. Rob, I mean no offense in the least, but why do you treat deciduous the same? (I suppose boxwood is technically an evergreen...lol...but still not a conifer)
davetree
Omono
That is a nice tree. I hope you have a suitable pot picked out, it's going to look great. Good work.
october
Masterpiece
Hi Dan, I do not have any deciduous. I personally would let any tree rest for a couple years or so. Develop it and see how it progresses. Not messing with the roots just so I could get the most out of the branch and foliage production. This is just my opinion. I did not read that you should let deciduous rest for a few years after collection. I do realize they are treated much different than conifers. I guess my actual thinking is, if the tree is not going into competition, the soil is good, the tree is growing well and in development why bother. Well, with the exception of just wanting to put it in a pot. I very much understand this. I have waited a few years to get some of my trees in bonsai pots. I think we all get a little impatient sometimes.
When I visited my teachers home, he had some trees in training. I think he had a maple in a terra cotta pot that he had been training for 10 years. I'm not saying it was in the terra cotta pot 10 years, just saying time lines for people tend to differ. Some repot often, some wait years etc.. Nothing wrong with it as long as the tree can take it.
Rob
Poink88
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Rob,
One of the reason I want to repot (other than being impatient ) is because it still has mostly old/original soil in it. This is one of the first I collected and I did not clean the roots, just chopped it close enough and left all the original soil in. It is actually flourishing but I feel it will grow better with uniform bonsai soil.
Some of my other trees started to struggle due to this condition though and I have been doing partial soil replacement on those (pie slice method) with good results.
One of the reason I want to repot (other than being impatient
) is because it still has mostly old/original soil in it. This is one of the first I collected and I did not clean the roots, just chopped it close enough and left all the original soil in. It is actually flourishing but I feel it will grow better with uniform bonsai soil.Some of my other trees started to struggle due to this condition though and I have been doing partial soil replacement on those (pie slice method) with good results.
october
Masterpiece
Rob,
One of the reason I want to repot (other than being impatient
Some of my other trees started to struggle due to this condition though and I have been doing partial soil replacement on those (pie slice method) with good results.
Oh, then that is a different story. Then yes, I agree. Health is always first.
Rob
