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Underdog's Fall Contest Attempt
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Me too. Had to have it. My only real bonsai pot to date. Contest gave me an excuse...
Only 42 bucks but still worth more than the tree. LOLView attachment 121343
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I bought this ugly Nana as a back-up couple days after I got the Blue Star. $16 at Walmart. Looked green and healthy inside the store. Within days it was all brown. Dunno what I did. Too much sun too soon maybe. Didn't like it much anyway. Maybe it will live. Looks like "The Bat Bush"
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Trying shade and part sun. More water/less water for three weeks of steady decline.
I broke the dry long branch while barely bumping it.
It was dying or dead already after 3 weeks in my care and no way it was going to survive winter as is so I gave it a last chance or finished him off last week.
I pulled most of the dead folage off with fingers only.
I pulled the very small and freshly over potted rootball out of the potting soil. Rinsed a bit and gently repotted in oil dry mixed with the bark and some original soil from the rootball in a pot I had which fit the roots without cutting anything. Too late in the year but we've had a warmer than usual streak. 78 next 2 days
It was sooo green when I got it off the shelf "indoors" at walmart. Even under the canopy was bright green foliage everywhere. 2 days in part late fall sun cooked it?
It is showing some hints of greening up since the repot last week. Prolly dead...
Glad my original is doing well as I think I killed this one by sitting it in the yard.
Ya win some and ya loose some. I just like to learn from my mistakes. Dunno...
I broke the dry long branch while barely bumping it.
It was dying or dead already after 3 weeks in my care and no way it was going to survive winter as is so I gave it a last chance or finished him off last week.
I pulled most of the dead folage off with fingers only.
I pulled the very small and freshly over potted rootball out of the potting soil. Rinsed a bit and gently repotted in oil dry mixed with the bark and some original soil from the rootball in a pot I had which fit the roots without cutting anything. Too late in the year but we've had a warmer than usual streak. 78 next 2 days
It was sooo green when I got it off the shelf "indoors" at walmart. Even under the canopy was bright green foliage everywhere. 2 days in part late fall sun cooked it?
It is showing some hints of greening up since the repot last week. Prolly dead...
Glad my original is doing well as I think I killed this one by sitting it in the yard.
Ya win some and ya loose some. I just like to learn from my mistakes. Dunno...
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It looks as dead as fried chicken. It was probably that way when you bought it. They can stay green for a long time.
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Love your contest tree though! The second to last pic of your entry is my favorite; I think the bricks make the tree and pot both stand out more.
I've heard that but man it looked so healthy. Not a brown needle to be found for 2 days. LOL
It was obviously repotted very recently but man. I agree. RIP Nana. I'll park him in skid row with a couple others I have hopes of resurrection in spring.
That's my shop wall. LOL I went to all the trouble to find a black table cloth and you like my dirty old garage wall!
I kind of like the block look too now that you mention it. Looks better than my house siding which needs power washed again.
Thanks for the comments.
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