BunjaeKorea
Omono
Oh you mean the really tiny pot......
No idea........
Some type of supertough something.....starting to leaf out.....you may be able to tell me once it does
Mame contest idea
- Thread starter defra
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No idea........
Some type of supertough something.....starting to leaf out.....you may be able to tell me once it does
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
No...the weeping one which is dormant.
Starfox
Masterpiece
Well I thought only one of my bougies survived the winter but just noticed the second one is waking up now too so that is a bonus. My ficus cutting doesn't appear to have taken, none of the cuttings are showing any sign of life so I think I'm down to two entries now. Going to wait until summer then see how they go in proper pots.
This winter has taught me that I really need to have a greenhouse that I can heat on the colder nights and one that wont blow away in the wind which I think is the bigger challenge.
This winter has taught me that I really need to have a greenhouse that I can heat on the colder nights and one that wont blow away in the wind which I think is the bigger challenge.
jeanluc83
Omono
I managed to get my American hornbeam repotted. The pot is probably not the final pot but it is what I had on hand.
Before:
Lots of roots:
Fewer roots:
Potted up:
It still needs a major cut back but I'm planning on letting it recover before I remove much more.
Before:
Lots of roots:
Fewer roots:
Potted up:
It still needs a major cut back but I'm planning on letting it recover before I remove much more.
my nellie
Masterpiece
Really? How low the temperature gets at zone 10b I wonder?
my nellie
Masterpiece
I can see there are six different trees on those photos.
May I ask which of them are the three candidate for the contest trees?
Haven't got enough time to search previous posts of you.... so if you have stated this before, please ignore my question.
my nellie
Masterpiece
The Lonicera was the first one to be repotted early in April.
Has been pruned and from now on I am hoping it will get dense and compact.
We'll see....
The pot is an ordinary one but it has a distinct feature, a small sea shell on one of its corners.
If the tree ever flowers I think its white blossoms will complement the white shell.
Has been pruned and from now on I am hoping it will get dense and compact.
We'll see....
The pot is an ordinary one but it has a distinct feature, a small sea shell on one of its corners.
If the tree ever flowers I think its white blossoms will complement the white shell.
my nellie
Masterpiece
The other two were repotted yesterday. A little later than the first because Bougainvillea and Olea as well like to be repotted in hotter weather.
The Olea has been pruned but it needs wiring.
I will do this after the tree has recovered from the repotting stress.
Looking forward to future compactness.
It is into a hand made pot by my friend Elena Stathopoulou.
And here is the Bougainvillea into an ordinary conical square pot, deeper because the tree is a flowering species.
The form is closer to broom and I will style it based on that.
No pruning for this yet.
The Olea has been pruned but it needs wiring.
I will do this after the tree has recovered from the repotting stress.
Looking forward to future compactness.
It is into a hand made pot by my friend Elena Stathopoulou.
And here is the Bougainvillea into an ordinary conical square pot, deeper because the tree is a flowering species.
The form is closer to broom and I will style it based on that.
No pruning for this yet.
Starfox
Masterpiece
Well this last winter was particularly bad, for the first time since I have been here it got to minus temps. It's not exactly normal here but the damage was done at about 1 & 2 Deg C which was made worse by the relentless winds. Normally it is rare to get to zero and is manageable.
A greenhouse should be a good buffer zone for my tropicals and would probably keep my bougies in leaf all year round. Plus a wind shelter.
my nellie
Masterpiece
TyroTinker
Shohin
Well my crepe myrtle didn't make it through winter. And I haven't touched my Norway maple yet. And I just opened my airlayer today (It seemed to late in the year to separate last year)
But I opened it to find that it just calloused up, no roots but it didn't bridge the gap
Anyone know why that might have happened?
So I carved away at it again and this time I used sphagnum moss and saran wrap like I should have the first time.
Fingers crossed
PS sorry for the poor photos my phone is broken, I can only use the front camera and it was getting late too
But I opened it to find that it just calloused up, no roots but it didn't bridge the gap
Anyone know why that might have happened?
So I carved away at it again and this time I used sphagnum moss and saran wrap like I should have the first time.
Fingers crossed
PS sorry for the poor photos my phone is broken, I can only use the front camera and it was getting late too
my nellie
Masterpiece
@TyroTinker sorry for the loss of the Lagerstroemia.
You did very well with the renewal of the air layer and I do hope this time it will sprout new roots.
You did very well with the renewal of the air layer and I do hope this time it will sprout new roots.
TyroTinker
Shohin
Thank you! I felt like I was going a little to deep but I tried to make it similar to others that I have seen on this site.
Starfox
Masterpiece
I missed this, as much as I would love to reveal the pot at the final stage I get the feeling that making up a little training pot whether it be out of wood, plastic, terracotta or what not may defeat the purpose of keeping the trees alive in a mame pot for the duration. Stoneware would behave differently and would truly represent the trees survival over the contest. At least that is my thinking. I'm torn on this. In a good way though. That said I do see the benefit of reducing the pot size over time to a smaller pot, one pot I was considering does worry me that the initial shock may be too much.
I have one pot chosen and naturally the tree I wanted it for has had winter dieback but I think it will work with the other tree anyway so just have to change my tact.
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Starfox
Masterpiece
For some reason I was positive that these two were my entries but in going back and checking turns out I only entered the one on the left. lol
Oh well, still going to work the other as a mameish one so all good.
For the update thread do they need to be in the pot yet?
defra
Masterpiece
Part two:
prepare it and get it in the mame sized pot.
1 year and 3 months
(20-08-2017 -- 20-11-2018)
no it doesnt have to be in the mame sized pot yet it does by 20-11-2018
you have entered this trees i pulled out of the entry thread:
1 Bougainvillea Mini-Thai.
2 Ficus root cutting
3 rough start
Starfox
Masterpiece
lol, rough start?
I have just the one entry left the bougie.
I have just the one entry left the bougie.
