nursery pot to pre-bonsai pot
- Thread starter Lhasa
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Any juniper that is not a bonsai is a pre-bonsai. Not sure what your question is...
Thank you for your reply. I am very new to bonsai. I will try to give and example of my post. I went to home depot in central Florida planting zone 9. I purchased a 3 gallon juniper. I want to take it out of the nursery pot and cut the root ball in half, and re-pot it in a large plastic bonsai training pot. Thank you again. I don't understand the differences for working on plants for bonsai for the following.
- Store to large plastic training bonsai pot
- Large plastic training pot to smaller plastic training bonsai pot
- Smaller plastic training bonsai pot to ceramic bonsai pot.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
It's a difficult question.....
Cuz every tree is different.
If the tree is badly rootbound......
Repot.
If it's ok, just leave it in there and style it.
That's year one.
@Vin ?
How does Florida fit into this scenario?
Lhasa.....being new.....you'll Probly have more "fun" styling than repotting.
Your high humidity should help repotting success.
Sorce
Cuz every tree is different.
If the tree is badly rootbound......
Repot.
If it's ok, just leave it in there and style it.
That's year one.
@Vin ?
How does Florida fit into this scenario?
Lhasa.....being new.....you'll Probly have more "fun" styling than repotting.
Your high humidity should help repotting success.
Sorce
Thank to all. The juniper has roots coming out of the bottom. Thank again to all.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Your scenarios aren't necessarily steps to follow, but in each case, here would be a reason for doing it:
1. Is when you want to reduce the root ball, getting it ready for a smaller bonsai pot, but can't safely reduce it to final pot size without risking the health of the tree.
2. Is basically the same as 1. Usually, if you buy a tree and want to grow it out for bonsai, you move it from a smaller pot to a larger pot.
3. Is when the tree has been developed to a point where it is ready to stay or be shown in a bonsai container.
If you don't know much about bonsai, here are a few links to do some reading:
https://nebaribonsai.wordpress.com
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/articles.htm
https://bonsaial.wordpress.com/elm-zelcova-and-hornbeam/
http://bonsaitonight.com
Thank you Brian. I will put your scenarios with my steps, which now are making a little more sense.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Like Brian said. You can basically skip step 2. The training pot will be it's home until it is ready for a bonsai pot. It's up to you if you want to train in the nursery can or training pot. Most nursery junipers are rootbound pretty badly so sawing off half of the rootball and getting them into a colander or training pot isn't a bad idea.
Remember to remove soil from the top down to the rootspread. A lot of nursery material is buried up the trunk.
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Shohin
It’s almost middle July, I bought some less than 5yrs old maples. Is it a good idea to take out nursery pot and into a well drainage bonsai training pot? Or keep it in nursery pot until next spring
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
Its almost always better to wait until late winter / early spring when plant is just beginning to awaken yet gives few visible signs other than bud swelling.
1368-1644
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Keep it in a nursery pot until next spring... unless there is an emergency where the tree is looking like it is having root problems. Even then, repotting in July is usually the last resort.
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Shohin
What about a pot where the soil is not optimum, can I change out to the aoki blend for better drainage and no roots cutting. Btw y’all the best!!! I literally just send in the last question couple minutes ago
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Shohin
Tree not in best shape for past few weeks but now see little red budding on some branch. Can include pics after rain
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
Ming, let us know where you are. Climate means everything. Put your location in your profile.
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Shohin
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
The temperatures in your area during the day has been in the mid to upper 80s.
If you really would like to kill the trees, by all means repot them.
Messing with the roots on a deciduous tree in the summer heat when it is relying on its roots the most for water transport is pretty much a guaranteed death.
And yes, simply changing the soil IS messing with the roots
I have bought maples in the middle of summer and kept them in the nursery pot until the following spring when it is the right time to repot with out any problems.
It isnt an emergency to get them out of the nursery pot in most cases.
How about just being careful about watering until you can get them repotted at the proper time?
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Shohin
Sounds like that’s the consensus right thing to do
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Shohin
Hey everyone, here are 2pics of the current situation. Couple weeks back the seigen had leaf scorch and mildews so I cut most them off. Can someone take a look and lmk if my tree heading towards the right direction and what can I do to help it out or do nothing(sometime that’s best).
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Shohin
I repotted seigen and arakawa roughly a month ago before I found out it’s a bad idea. I saw somewhere that if you can get it out of nursery pot then it’s better for trees.
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