Littlejoe919
Shohin
I see a raft in it's future. What do you think?
Facebook .99 auction find
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I like the look of the roots.
I'd let it grow kind of like that...
And use that first branch to cut back to eventually...
It looks playful..
I like it how it is...ish.
Sorce
I'd let it grow kind of like that...
And use that first branch to cut back to eventually...
It looks playful..
I like it how it is...ish.
Sorce
Velodog2
Chumono
Erm ... yeah, for .99 I'd take that root base and be pretty happy with the deal. The trunk curvature may be too artificial and lack of taper to much to overcome without a lot of time, although maybe the first branch ... as Sorce says. But for that price - I'd have bought it too!
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Don't often see a JM cascade.....?
Velodog2
Chumono
Not sure where it went but I thought I saw a post somewhere telling me that .99 was the name of the auction site, not the cost of the tree, which of course makes perfect sense. In my defense I may have posted after a holiday party when my critical thinking abilities were a bit dulled. But in clearer light of day I still think this tree has worthwhile characteristics if the price was reasonable. I'd still probably cut it back at least to the first branch and see if I could get budding nearer the base.
mattspinniken
Omono
A good species, a good start with the roots. If it was mine I would want it bigger, I would plant it in the ground or a wooden box and re-visit it in 3-5 years. That is, if my patience held up that whole time. To each his own though.
Littlejoe919
Shohin
The tree was $35.
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
$35
? Hiway robbery! Develop tree from first branch perhaps? Use rest of tree as sacrifice branch. Decent root base and too good to waste on raft style
. Might one suggest putting in bigger growing container?
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
I thought it was .99 cents too!
Ha!
And I agree with sorce!
Ha!
And I agree with sorce!
aml1014
Masterpiece
I would just bought a 10 dollar one from Dallas bonsai, and cranked it over with some wire myself. We live, we learn eh?
I actually quite like the root flare on this one.
Aaron
I actually quite like the root flare on this one.
Aaron
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
That flare in the base and the mostly radial roots is well worth $35 to me....
And I'm a cheap Ass!
Unfortunately....it seems the roots are above the soil for the sale pic!
Get them on a board and screw that Bitch down in spring....cover em up!
This is a killer start.
Sorce
And I'm a cheap Ass!
Unfortunately....it seems the roots are above the soil for the sale pic!
Get them on a board and screw that Bitch down in spring....cover em up!
This is a killer start.
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
They say buy trunks....
I say buy Nebari.
Sorce
I say buy Nebari.
Sorce
aml1014
Masterpiece
No kidding, a trunk you can grow, a good nebari also can be grown, but there's a huge time difference between the 2. Especially if you have a great developed trunk, with crap nebari, you almost have to start from scratch.
Aaron
Littlejoe919
Shohin
Advice please.
The root spread is about 4". How big a board? How big a box, and how deep do I bury it?
Thank you
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
My answer would be, go big!
Study here...
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ebihara-maples.18215/
And I recently noted how just a little cover helped Mach5 on these...
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/year-in-review-i-2016.25735/
I wouldn't cut a lot of roots off in year one...
Just splat em out radial, screw it down solid and correct, and let a good year of root growth set your initial flattening...
You may get some tears under....which should heal easy with a lot of roots, but bare, it may abandon them.
Health dependant, cut the roots back harder year 2 or 3.
IMO.
Sorce
Littlejoe919
Shohin
Thanks Score.
So an 8" board and a 12" box about 6" deep sound good to start with?
Merry Christmas!
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Littlejoe919
Shohin
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Bury the roots down in the soil. At least two inches deeper than it is now. Reduce that long root on the right by at least half. Even though the trunk goes to one side, you want the roots to be even all around.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
The photo was of a tree with leafs...on first post. What happened to the foliage?
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