Poink88
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I was at Boon's Fall Intensive last week, and he showed me photos of great zelkova. The owner turned down an offer of $1 million for it.
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I was at Boon's Fall Intensive last week, and he showed me photos of great zelkova. The owner turned down an offer of $1 million for it.
hello,Dan.Turning the zelkova seedling into somewhat of a cutting after first two leaves stabilize was actually recommended in the Bonsai Today#71 article that I got this 'from seed' method.I tried it and did not have good results,as they shriveled up in about 5 minutes.Maybe they need to be kept in shade when you cut the tap root of the young sprouts.I don't know if this is done very often with deciduous (in most cases I don't think it's necessary)...but would it possibly help solve "one sided" root problems to make cuttings out of the fresh seedlings like you would with pine seedlings? I tried this with a Japanese maple seedling, put it in a small orchid pot with fast draining mix, and ended up with a very fine root system all the way around.
Well,I ordered the wrong size bonsai pot's this year.I am shipping them back and I have ordered 20 of the 8" colanders to plant this years seedlings into.I know I will definately get some instantly fibrous root systems.We will see if they are more radial around the trunks this time.Have you considered a more "root-advantageous" pot like a colander or pond basket instead of a bonsai pot?