BunjaeKorea
Omono
Just want to say that this thread is inappropriately named Smoke. You dont have a yard you have a forest fool....lol
Whats Going on in Smoke's Backyard?
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Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Actually NO....I have a Bunker!
AND......I really don't have that many trees. Ask Bonsainut he was just here in Dec. A very modest collection.....
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
When I repotted all the shohin elm cutting with the exposed roots into ceramic pots they were all root pruned. Since they had been growing in colanders in cut down water bottles, they had long root extensions. All of the root cuttings were saved and planted out in a couple terra cotta dishes. Over fifty root cuttings were planted. I am getting requests all the time to provide workshop material and I just don't have it anymore. I need to grow some.
The two pots on the left are the root cuttings. The basket contains a large elm cutting from a branch off the cork elm. It has been in the pot since Christmas and should be sprouting soon. It has a 3/8 trunk and some corking already. It will be cool if it roots. No hormone used. I havn't used hormone in over 6 years. I get better success without it. The pot in the back with all the sticks sticking out contains 30+ cuttings from the privits after pruning back and potting. All those long shoots were cut off and cut into 3 inch long pieces and planted out.
I purchased these two privits on my trip to So. Cal. last Saturday.
The two pots on the left are the root cuttings. The basket contains a large elm cutting from a branch off the cork elm. It has been in the pot since Christmas and should be sprouting soon. It has a 3/8 trunk and some corking already. It will be cool if it roots. No hormone used. I havn't used hormone in over 6 years. I get better success without it. The pot in the back with all the sticks sticking out contains 30+ cuttings from the privits after pruning back and potting. All those long shoots were cut off and cut into 3 inch long pieces and planted out.
I purchased these two privits on my trip to So. Cal. last Saturday.
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BunjaeKorea
Omono
Dont be so modest! Quality not quantity...hehhe
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
This year in April, I have been tagged to provide a demo for the yearly Koen-Nai No Bonsai at the Clark Collection at Shinzen Gardens. It is at the gathering of prestigious bonsai that we hold the yearly Kazari, a holdover from the days in Hanford at the Museum for Japanese Art. Last year after a two year hiatus the fifth annual was held.
My entry 2016
This year I will be entering the Cork bark elm I recently styled for the competition. I needed a stand for the tree. Something preferably round and low. I looked and looked and could not find exactly what I wanted. Then this became available and I did not hesitate because these things have a way of disappearing. An antique square table 10 x 10 x 4. A perfect size and lots of patina. Just what I was looking for. Should be here next Tuesday. I think I will buy a lottery ticket .....
My entry 2016
This year I will be entering the Cork bark elm I recently styled for the competition. I needed a stand for the tree. Something preferably round and low. I looked and looked and could not find exactly what I wanted. Then this became available and I did not hesitate because these things have a way of disappearing. An antique square table 10 x 10 x 4. A perfect size and lots of patina. Just what I was looking for. Should be here next Tuesday. I think I will buy a lottery ticket .....
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Smoke
Ignore-Amus
OK..ok certainly not a forest!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
So honestly.. How many trees? Less than 50? 100? 250? ...?
Shima
Omono
Forgive him....he's German.
BunjaeKorea
Omono
Dass is gut!
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Danke...
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Paul Bunyan came by and cut down the trident clump. All the way down to the damn soil!
BunjaeKorea
Omono
bitte
namnhi
Masterpiece
Could you please explain what you are doing here? Why chop them all the way down to the soil?
barrosinc
Masterpiece
namnhi
Masterpiece
Yeah, am aware of this blog just not sure why he did it so early when the trunks are still quite small and far apart.
barrosinc
Masterpiece
Oh sorry... I find it weird too as my understanding is that the center one is the only one to be used.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
The simple explanation is that I want this years energy concentrated in the first few inches of tree above the soil. Look at the canes on the ground, they are 13 feet long. If the new spring growth starts, it starts at 13 feet away from the base of the trees. One should not expect much growth at the base when the power plant is 13 feet away from it. Also these chop wounds will heal quite quickly with the growing activity so close. Much of what we/I do in bonsai is based on lots of common sense. Not theory, but actual work done with the species over decades.
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Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Keen observation and quite correct. Next year after 13 feet of growth I can expect trunks about 3 inches across. If I had left the center one long or longer, the four outside would have been larger by fall. Possibly starting next year for 2018 the outside ones will be left longer and the center still cut short to continue to build the pyramid in the center. Leaving the 4 outside longer will help keep the sides sloping and the nebari flattened. Always remember that short makes big. One builds a big tree by repeated chops and grow outs. After girth desired is achieved then longer growth between chops will build taper. Chops still won't exceed more than 2 or 3 inches.
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barrosinc
Masterpiece
just thinking out loud here... the more trunk even if farther from the base should produce certain cross section area of the trunk caused by the amount of sap the tree needs to feed all the leaves. If you cut it you go back to zero.
My thoughts would be the larger the tree the more the thickening. But that's just what my thoughts tell me without any real experience on it.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Remember the part above about " common sense" if you think about what you wrote you answered your own question.
Hint; it's in the back to zero part!
