The 2021-2024 bonsai time capsule

[Brian Van Fleet]

1. Ilex serrata

2. Japanese Red Pine

3. Japanese Maple

All rolled over from the 2021 time capsule… https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/2021-the-three-year-bonsai-time-capsule.33673/
Whew…just in time.

 

[Hartinez]

1. Ilex serrata
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2. Japanese Red Pine
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3. Japanese Maple
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All rolled over from the 2021 time capsule… https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/2021-the-three-year-bonsai-time-capsule.33673/
Whew…just in time.

time capsule police were watching you...

 

[LemonBonsai]

Dang

 

[leatherback]

And with a squeeking sound the door of this vault closes, not to be opened for another 3 years.

==== Thread Closed Till Sep. 2024 ====

 

[leatherback]

Creeeeeeeeeeeck...

The vault is opening!

Calling @Hartinez , @Gert @PeaceLoveBonsai @AZbonsai, @Clicio , @Colorado @dlquick, @Yamabudoudanshi @Jake @jerzyjerzy @elDud, @Eckhoffw @Kadebe @Beanwagon @Brian Van Fleet

What have you got?

I was poorly organized and I need to still go out and collect some shots.

 

[Hartinez]

Creeeeeeeeeeeck...

The vault is opening!

Calling @Hartinez , @Gert @PeaceLoveBonsai @AZbonsai, @Clicio , @Colorado @dlquick, @Yamabudoudanshi @Jake @jerzyjerzy @elDud, @Eckhoffw @Kadebe @Beanwagon @Brian Van Fleet

What have you got?

I was poorly organized and I need to still go out and collect some shots.

I’ve got 2 of 3 still kicking. I’ll need to tidy them up and take a few photos.

 

[Colorado]

I’ve got one left. I sold the other two. Will update with a pic!

 

[Gert]

From post #4
The juniper's top keeps wanting to go adult foliage, which I think is too large/leggy for such a small tree. Been trying to fight it back with trimming.
The chinese elm forest got a new smaller pot and a little re-arrange which I think better suits it.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Well, the Ilex serrata died early last year in the cold snap. I’m not sure where the maple is, I’ll have to check and see if it made the move.

However, the Japanese Red Pine is becoming nice, and will get wired out this fall. I candle-cut it for the first time this summer and it is filling out. Lots of movement in the trunk, which will need to be somewhat reflected in the branches. The ‘21 shot and a couple from today:

16 years from seed.

 

[Hartinez]

First tree. Started with what was going to be a triple trunk. Currently sits with 2. May eventually become 1. This tree should and probably just needs to go in the ground in order to increase trunk girth.

 

[Hartinez]

I can never predict this trees behavior. I’ve tried over wintering in the garage and outside on the ground. I always lose branches. I’m going to chop back hard next spring and see what I get. May be on the chopping block in the coming years. Probably needs a more hot and arris environment that doesn’t get as cold.

 

[Colorado]

Here’s my alder. In these 3 years I’ve managed to get it into a shallow bonsai pot and also start work on the primary branching.

Doesn’t look like much at the moment, all bushy and grown out:


Nice start to a base and nebari, maybe I’ll do some root grafts in the coming years:


Here’s a leafless pic from last winter:


In the future I’ll be looking to compact the canopy and build more ramification!

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

So, is there going to be a new time capsule for 2024 to 2027? I think I'm ready to get my feet wet.

 

[Eckhoffw]

I accidentally disqualified myself from the time capsule. Looking for the two apples I originally posted, and remembered that I snuck into the time capsule, pulled them out, and planted them in a forest group.
Oops.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

@Colorado nice. Is that a Ron Heinen pot?

 

[PeaceLoveBonsai]

Hornbeam died. The juniper is in the ground, recovering from some sort of disease.

But the pine is coming along nicely.

 

[Colorado]

@Colorado nice. Is that a Ron Heinen pot?

Yes it is a Ron Heinen…love that pot!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Yes it is a Ron Heinen…love that pot!

He does good work. We used to work on trees together every Sunday afternoon back in the late ‘90s when we still lived in Iowa.

 

[Yamabudoudanshi]

Update on my original post (#14)

Ginko clump: 3 trunks still alive, no sign of fusion really, and it's getting boxed up and sent to a seller who bought some of my ginko culls tomorrow.

Ezo Spruce: put it in a silly pot this year, and it seemed to suffer. Could also just be the Tokyo heat, but the lowest branch died off. Might add character, but not sure.

Sekka Hinoki air layer: this tree has been repotted twice since separation, and has started growing pretty well the last few years. Currently 5 trunks that all share a base. This picture is after I cut back the strong shoots.