leatherback
The Treedeemer
Finished a 3 year conversion from a straight horizontal branch into a young bonsai.
What did you do today? Show us Pic Required
- Thread starter Underdog
- Start date
Tidal Bonsai
Omono
Arakawa air layers are looking great!
michaelj
Chumono
I would love to see progression photos of that one.
shohin_branches
Omono
Were you actively fertilizing when you defoliated? I don't do total defoliation on anything but ficus anymore. Partial defoliation does a really good job of triggering secondary growth and giving smaller leaves for most species I've worked with without the stress of total defoliation.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
Cleaned underneath a couple of branches
The lower trunk is now prepped for wiring but without wire I can set the pot down on same level as lower apex. Sits weird and not safe in wind but at least it doesn't blow off the bench. Pot is very lightweight.
The lower trunk is now prepped for wiring but without wire I can set the pot down on same level as lower apex. Sits weird and not safe in wind but at least it doesn't blow off the bench. Pot is very lightweight.
Jrmcmich
Chumono
How do you store this in winter? Always wondered with larger cascade and wintering them
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
As with wiring, flex lower trunk how it will naturally to lay flat on the ground. Don't cram it and it will be fine. If not place pot on a clean brick or upside down pot or similar and mulch.
I think full cascade would be easier to just lay flat due to flexibility. Semi cascade more rigid.
Checked on 2 yr old cuttings.
Attmos
Shohin
No fertilization. And I did it right at the hottest time of the year. I made several mistake.
They might have also been suffering a little root rot.
Russ1
Mame
Rounded 2, defoliate, prune, root prune and repot an other BRT, approx 26 yrs from small cutting.
Originally styled with Suthin at one of his workshops, many years ago when it was just a youngster in a 4 inch Bonsai pot.
Also a couple smaller repots. Picture #1796 of one of the smaller ones.
Originally styled with Suthin at one of his workshops, many years ago when it was just a youngster in a 4 inch Bonsai pot.
Also a couple smaller repots. Picture #1796 of one of the smaller ones.
bonsaibandit
Sapling
Did this take?
Baron von Smoogle
Yamadori
19Mateo83
Masterpiece
It did and is still going!
Ravaginggoatman
Sapling
I like how the root base sit in the crevice. and the veins make the rock look more like a granite bolder than a rock.
Drohnen
Sapling
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
Pick up tree again. It was propped to sit level.
6 trees yesterday with unusual East winds even though they were in storm mode already thankfully.
6 trees yesterday with unusual East winds even though they were in storm mode already thankfully.
oranjeaap
Yamadori
I'm airlayering one right now!
Main trunk as thick as my ankle. I'm scared it will fail, I didn't do any research beforehand. But your pictures gave me some peace of mind!
Mine are in full bloom now actually.
I've never seen them with this much flowers, probably thanks to crazy sunny and warm spring.
I have a massive bush with medium sized blue / purple -ish flowers and a smaller one with massive white flowers. They grow like crazy in my garden, I would call them borderline invasive.
Pictures later!
Drohnen
Sapling
The large one first pictured in my post was an air layer the size of my wrist. I had another one same thickness off of the same hibiscus tree at the same time. Both were quite successful! You got this. Hibiscus are great!
WIlliam_Butler_Yeets
Mame
nothing special today, just watered the trees and took a moment to admire the weird leaf shape of a crabapple cutting i'm growing out
leatherback
The Treedeemer
I'll do better. A video is in the making
oranjeaap
Yamadori
Pics as promised.
Airlayering the purple variety.
One with the white flowers doesn't have any interesting branches to airlayer but looking at the flowers I might actually start one next spring anyway.
