ZELKOVA #02

[JudyB]

So interesting the locations of the "barking up" of the tree. Missed this one the first go round, zelkova are a wonderful species, good to see something other than a shohin.

 

[MACH5]

So interesting the locations of the "barking up" of the tree. Missed this one the first go round, zelkova are a wonderful species, good to see something other than a shohin.

Judy, also a bit out of the norm is its branch configuration. Almost always you see broom bonsai where branches come out from more or less the same point. In the wild you see this form often but not usually used in bonsai.

 

[RJG2]

So interesting the locations of the "barking up" of the tree. Missed this one the first go round, zelkova are a wonderful species, good to see something other than a shohin.

I was thinking the same thing - looks like it's in places that have had some scarring.

@MACH5 how did the large, epoxied, wounds do over the growing season?

 

[MACH5]

I was thinking the same thing - looks like it's in places that have had some scarring.

@MACH5 how did the large, epoxied, wounds do over the growing season?

The epoxy areas are moving but not as fast as I expected them to. I am scoring the edges to keep them moving. I think eventually they will close but it may take a while.

 

[JudyB]

Judy, also a bit out of the norm is its branch configuration. Almost always you see broom bonsai where branches come out from more or less the same point. In the wild you see this form often but not usually used in bonsai.

Yes like the large ones we have in the landscape, although they don't always have such a distinct single trunk. They do form brooms, but certainly not as strictly controlled as the bonsai broom versions. I have several large ones here.

 

[INDIGO-STEVE]

A little more progress. This year it will be kept in this oversized pot but I will put the brakes on the fertilizer to start slowing it down and begin to develop finer ramification.

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What is your fertilizer regimen for deciduous trees in refinement?

 

[MACH5]

What is your fertilizer regimen for deciduous trees in refinement?

BioGold with an occasional application of fish emulsion. That's basically it.

 

[coh]

Really nice tree. Do you get good fall color on this one? Some zelkovas produce amazing colors in the fall.

 

[MACH5]

Really nice tree. Do you get good fall color on this one? Some zelkovas produce amazing colors in the fall.

Not yet Chris. It was seriously jacked up on Osmocote. When you do that, colors are not as good and the chlorophyl tends to remain longer into the season.

At the moment I don't concern myself too much with color until the tree gets more developed and refined.