em42
Seedling
On July 7, I bought this Aronia melanocarpa tree/shrub from Home Depot's 50% off area - originally marked as $19.98 and purchased for $10. I'm brand new to bonsai but I have a tiny seedling Chokeberry that was really pretty when it bloomed this spring so I thought it'd be nice to have a bigger one to play with.
It was really root-bound with a full mat of roots outside the pot. I didn't intend to mess with the roots very much but I couldn't help myself and ended up doing quite a number on this poor guy. I put it back in the same pot with the same soil, trimmed a few of the long branches and chopped off a few of the big branches.
I watered it a bunch over the days since and it seems okay so far. The chipmunks love the berries!
I'm having trouble uploading pictures here - maybe because I'm a newbie? - but I'll keep trying and get them here asap.
EM
It was really root-bound with a full mat of roots outside the pot. I didn't intend to mess with the roots very much but I couldn't help myself and ended up doing quite a number on this poor guy. I put it back in the same pot with the same soil, trimmed a few of the long branches and chopped off a few of the big branches.
I watered it a bunch over the days since and it seems okay so far. The chipmunks love the berries!
I'm having trouble uploading pictures here - maybe because I'm a newbie? - but I'll keep trying and get them here asap.
EM