Mellow Mullet
Masterpiece
Since we are social distancing, I took the opportunity to drink some beer and trim and repot this azalea. I don't know the cultivar, it has hose in hose red flowers and really dark green foliage. It is also one of the first azaleas that I started trying to bonsai. It has suffered greatly, but hung in there through my learning curve.
Here it is, finished blooming:
I like to start by removing the spent flowers:
I then start by trimming all of the straight up growth and downward growing grow growth. Then reducing the branches back to the profile, here"s the result:
Now for the repotting, here it is removed form the pot:
I comb out the roots and reduce it by about half:
The pt is readied:
All tied in:
If you have it tied in properly, you should be able to do this:
The pot filled with the soil, and chop sticks were used to make sure to fill all of the voids:
Here it is, finished blooming:
I like to start by removing the spent flowers:
I then start by trimming all of the straight up growth and downward growing grow growth. Then reducing the branches back to the profile, here"s the result:
Now for the repotting, here it is removed form the pot:
I comb out the roots and reduce it by about half:
The pt is readied:
All tied in:
If you have it tied in properly, you should be able to do this:
The pot filled with the soil, and chop sticks were used to make sure to fill all of the voids:
