TN_Jim
Omono
that pot is something special
RED CHOJUBAI [Chaenomeles japonica]
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
One of the best...very nice!
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
This one I want to see in person, I love your direction for it as well.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Now beginning to push along with lots and lots of tiny flowering buds that seem to appear almost from nowhere. Table is a bit too heavy and not the best choice but it will do for now. As I've mentioned, I like to extend the canopy towards the right side this year. Took a few photos last night.
luvinthemountains
Chumono
Sergio, every time you post I have to physically hold myself back from running out and spending much more money than I should. You quinces are incredible. And by the way, I like the stand, even if that shows my ignorance on such things more than anything else. But the profile matches the pot so well, and the scrolling complements the...window (?)...on the pot so well. The red tones in the wood play with the colors in the tree in a way that I love. Why do you not like the pairing?
Great pot choice, Sergio!
I couldn’t find anything suitable in my pot inventory, so I had to settle for this Gyosan:
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Yes I agree Christian with many of your observations on the stand. So overall it's not bad. For me it would have been better if the scrolling woodwork would have been open to visually lighten up the table and mimic the intricate branching of the chojubai.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Nybonsai12
Masterpiece
Holy cow Serg....
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Looking great Serg. Really nice photographs pick up the fresh green contrasting with the old white glaze. I shot a bunch of fresh growth against their pot’s glazed rims the other day just for a theme...haven’t edited any of them down yet.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Thanks Bri! Looking forward to seeing them.
badatusernames
Omono
seems safe to say its happy. been hitting it with biogold, grow power, hanasaku, and seawees foliar fert and its been hauling ass
luvinthemountains
Chumono
Nice! Is it a chojubai? Looks a lot like my texas scarlet!
badatusernames
Omono
To my understanding it is, yes!
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Chojubai today. Second growth spurt just starting to appear.
JonW
Shohin
Looks great!
Hope you don't mind I ask a question...
I potted mine in a larger pot last fall and its growing vigorously, but most of the growth is on a handful of random branches, kinda like how vine-like trees grow (I'm thinking of bougainvillea). I pruned those longer shoots and didn't get much response - the same shoots grew back vigorously, but only 1 new shoot (no added ramification). The shoots that leafed out but didn't grow weren't stimulated by pruning. When I pruned, the shoots were probably 10+ nodes long, I cut back to 2-3 nodes (directional pruning), and the stems were no longer soft and green but more of a brown color, so semi-hardwood. Any thoughts or suggestions?
luvinthemountains
Chumono
I have seen a couple of blog posts on this topic:
https://crataegus.com/2018/08/31/how-to-develop-an-old-chojubai/
http://www.internationalbonsai.com/files/1708315/uploaded/FLOWERING QUINCE ARTICLE.pdf
JonW
Shohin
Thanks! I've read those, they are helpful. Any idea how you get the whirl type growth? Or just keep pruning and it will eventually occur?
luvinthemountains
Chumono
Well, I got them from Google so not surprising.
I do not know myself, other than my impression is that repeated pruning over a number of years, done at the right time, is how it is done. I wonder also if root ramification has something to do with it. I saw an article (was it @Brian Van Fleet's?) recently about a grower who puts chojubai in colanders and just stacks them one on top of the other. Might be worth a try!
SeanS
Omono
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Jonas - https://bonsaitonight.com/2020/03/03/onumas-mini-bonsai-growing-techniques/Well, I got them from Google so not surprising.
