That's a nice write up I obviously haven't read it all yet but I will be for sure. Is that your project? It seems like I need to treat it alot like a cedar on first glance with the "everything slow and precisely timed" strategy. I felt like having a Mugo seems like a right of passage. I seriously told myself I was just going to walk around the nursery to get out of the house and here we are again. I did talk myself out of the $200 container grown "jakobsen" Mugo so I'll call it a win. Now I need more shelves because it's getting a bit tight out there.Nice tree!
I just started one a little bit ago too. Not sure what they can take. But ..
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Bonsai from nursery stock - Repotting a mugo pine - Growing Bonsai
STarting a new tree. A Mugo pine this time. Step one, assessing and getting it in syubstrate: Weak points, strong points and repottingwww.growingbonsai.net
HahahahahahahahahahahahaI seriously told myself I was just going to walk around the nursery
Yeah, my compilation of suff I think to learn, and some progressions of some trees.Is that your project?
Nah, treat it like a pine. I have found cedar to be unpredictable. Pine is predictable for me. Pine dies.like a cedar
I'll have to check more out. Progressions are nice to see. It can be easy to see a nice tree in there but knowing what to do to promote specific growth in specific spots seems really hard deciduous seem easy enough. I have a hard time planning conifers though. I will say I'm mostly using cedar as my benchmark since they are the bulk of my current conifers.Yeah, my compilation of suff I think to learn, and some progressions of some trees.
And so the new line research begins!Nah, treat it like a pine. I have found cedar to be unpredictable. Pine is predictable for me. Pine dies.
Come to think of it, the one cedar I had died upon the first repot. But then again.. I did a "broadleaf style repot". Barerooted, and cut all roots back. Early days..
If you have any thoughts for new articles that you would like to see there, let me know.I'll have to check more out. Progressions are nice to see. It can be easy to see a nice tree in there but knowing what to do to promote specific growth in specific spots seems really hard deciduous seem easy enough. I have a hard time planning conifers though. I will say I'm mostly using cedar as my benchmark since they are the bulk of my current conifers.
I thought so! I'm just hoping I can make the nebari agree this is a nice front. They had about 10 of them and I thought this one seemed like the best most interesting one. There were a couple close runners up though so I'll try to stop myself from getting moreLooks to have pretty good bones.
I am not sure how close you are to fall. But I am sure @Vance Wood has the experience to give you some realistic ideasWould you say I'm dangerously close to the end of summer to do any summer work (repotting)?
Will do. I cleaned up all the dead needles already and wondered if I should leave or pull the little weeds.
Yeah I was reading through the @Vance Wood tutorial for Mugo and saw the repot in summer in the notes. I'm currently on the don't do it side of the fence. I'd rather wait, than go for a "might still be OK" it looks like we're about a month out from first frost I am reading though that these wintergold Mugo are hardy to zone 2. Basically I could keep it in my deep freeze over winter.I am not sure how close you are to fall. But I am sure @Vance Wood has the experience to give you some realistic ideas
don't do it side of the fence. I'd rather wait, than go for a "might still be OK