My giant trident.

QuintinBonsai · Jan 19, 2013

I got this from Don Blackmond a little over a month ago. Here it is late January, and it's already pushing out buds. Awesome! I plan on reducing it's size once it finally leafs out. I've already decided that an air layer should be the perfect choice to do so. I have a member at the club who is willing to help me with that. One thing that I'm not all too thrilled about is the nebari. One of the roots is over-lapping the other, and over all, the root spread could be better. I was thinking maybe some thread grafts near the roots could help with that.

Poink88 · Jan 19, 2013

The overlapping root is damaged or dead anyway...just remove it.

bwaynef · Jan 20, 2013

Poink88 said:
The overlapping root is damaged or dead anyway...just remove it.

The overlapped root will be damaged also.

NewWorldBonsai · Jan 20, 2013

Has great potential. Keep any trident seedlings handy or propagate some for future nebari grafting. You'll be amazed at how much the roots can improve in a few years. Don't be timid when trunk chopping this tree! Smaller is often better, good luck, looks like fun

QuintinBonsai · Jan 20, 2013

Oh yeah, a trunk chop, and grafts are definitely future plans. I see good things with this tree. I just removed the overlapping root today, and the root under it has some bad damage. It's not dead or anything, but it is a major eyesore. I'm sure this root could be removed, or left as is, and the scar could give it character.

On a side note, I have to water it quite frequently. After a good watering I'll notice maybe a day or so later that the soil is getting dry. I don't know if it's just the size of this monster that it requires lots of water, or if it's just our dry weather which causes this.

NewWorldBonsai · Jan 21, 2013

Intriguedbybonsai said:
Oh yeah, a trunk chop, and grafts are definitely future plans. I see good things with this tree. I just removed the overlapping root today, and the root under it has some bad damage. It's not dead or anything, but it is a major eyesore. I'm sure this root could be removed, or left as is, and the scar could give it character.

On a side note, I have to water it quite frequently. After a good watering I'll notice maybe a day or so later that the soil is getting dry. I don't know if it's just the size of this monster that it requires lots of water, or if it's just our dry weather which causes this.

It's in a really small pot for that size of trunk. To grow that would probably require a 30-45 gallon container or like 10x-15x the size of pot it is in now.

I have tridents with 1" trunks in 2 gallon containers in nursery soil that are watered daily. They are never overly wet, but I also use a mix intended for daily watering.

Just wait until your first root prune, it'll pop with good surface roots

jkd2572 · Jan 21, 2013

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My giant trident.

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jkd2572

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