I’m leaning towards early spring is almost always the best time. I tend to always wish I had bought earlier so I could have worked roots first, and then get into a training pot.
I'm in the same boat lots of nursery and grow pots. I'm alright with that though I'm trying to let most of them grow a bit anyway. I've done some slip up-potting but I stopped bonsai potting probably end of April. I'm gravitating towards the larger side of bonsai it seems and honestly I'm enjoying watching them grow.
Well that doesn't help me talk myself out of going out and buying more trees! Hahaha
That would make sense it could be dead or dying instead of just naturally leafless. It seems to me since all the decent sized true cedars here come in burlap and clay, maybe I need to hold off til early spring too.
Why would we want to do that?!?! Lmao I shop out of season trees in the clearance section. Got a small ficus for $4.48, let it recover for a couple months since it was dry as a bone and almost no dirt in the pot. Last night after doing a massive amount of trenching (≈300ft) I went to repot the focus for the first time. It was supposed to just be planted buuuut I wound up mixing a bunch of my own potting soil together to stretch what I had because it was actually 5 trees in a one gallon pot. Only had one colander available and no screen on hand so I had to make do. Put one over a rock in a colander (pic won’t load) in bonsai soil the others I potted up in my home made nursery mix and will let recover again lol. Guess they’ll wait till next year to get put in bonsai soil. Good luck!
I moved to Utah less than a year ago so I'm renting a house right now while I get to know the area and find a house to buy. I am seriously considering digging up part of my back yard and just try to fix it after then hoping my landlord doesn't notice half the yard being full of little trees. Man that move would be horrible though, when it's time.
Good luck with that! Find something long term before you start putting in waterlines and stuff! You could tell him you’re into “potted plants” and ask if he’d approve you running water/power to where you want it. Pitch it as in upgrade to his property and he may even pay for supplies or to put it in. That’s what I did, plus landlord (mom lol) is going to retire to that house eventually so all my work will directly benefit her.
Cedrus trees can be a bitch about their roots. I would buy those in spring only. At least if they're burlapped. Potted up would be fine anytime except winter.
Ding! Fall and winter is a great time for bargains, especially in hedges, raggedy looking junipers, etc. You might find a nice old juniper for $15 that's on his way to the trash heap. Good excuse for a field trip, if nothing else
... I jumped the gun)
That is awesome! I was hesitant to buy alot of the maples this summer because there was a ton of brown and burnt leaves on alot of them. Knowing what I do now and seeing how the little guy I bought bounced back in full sun at almost 100f I'm thinking they were over shaded by the big boys or underwatered for this heat because even my little maple is super thirsty.i like to buy deciduous nursery stock when the trees are naked because i can see what im paying for then
can even begin my styling/wiring process and see what and not to keep. oct through to feb for me. at this time there isnt much to do, so searching for nursery stock tickles my itch.
i find it therapeutic plucking the brown leaves off a beech or hornbeam to reveal the naked structure, or uncovering a hidden nebari, its like finding treasure
you can imagine my joy when i found this bad boy, work began on it straight away
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Yeah I'm learning that the hard way. I didn't realize inside there was going to be a 3 foot diameter disc of brick clay encasing the poor little roots. It just seems everything here comes that way if it isn't 10 years out from useful size.
Definitely have to be a good nursery for that to avoid situations like @Wires_Guy_wires had. I love the idea though!i like to buy deciduous nursery stock when the trees are naked because i can see what im paying for then
can even begin my styling/wiring process and see what and not to keep. oct through to feb for me. at this time there isnt much to do, so searching for nursery stock tickles my itch.
i find it therapeutic plucking the brown leaves off a beech or hornbeam to reveal the naked structure, or uncovering a hidden nebari, its like finding treasure
you can imagine my joy when i found this bad boy, work began on it straight away
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