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just.wing.it · Jun 26, 2016

Tuber chop.

I didn't get a pic of the final cut before potting. I cut is at a steep angle to change the planting angle and hopefully get good roots where I want them...

Carol 83 · Jun 26, 2016

Wow, I didn't know you could do that. I have a focus with tubes just like that, not sure I'm that brave, but something to think about.

aml1014 · Jun 26, 2016

just.wing.it said:
Tuber chop.
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I didn't get a pic of the final cut before potting. I cut is at a steep angle to change the planting angle and hopefully get good roots where I want them...

You did the right thing, but IMO you should have cut the tubers completely off. Now, new roots will emerge from the cut ends which are still tubers. I would have gone and cut to just were the roots emerge from one spot. Just my 2 cents.

Aaron

namnhi · Jun 27, 2016

It will be back!!!

Cypress187 · Jun 27, 2016

aml1014 said:
You did the right thing, but IMO you should have cut the tubers completely off. Now, new roots will emerge from the cut ends which are still tubers. I would have gone and cut to just were the roots emerge from one spot. Just my 2 cents.Aaron

Yeah, I think I agree, chopping it flat. But seeing the pot, I think he has chopped it further then the first picture suggests (maybe)

Leo in N E Illinois · Jun 27, 2016

I would have chopped the tubers even shorter. But good job, that's what it needed.

They will periodically reform, and lift the tree out of the pot. Not much you can do. It is the nature of the species.

just.wing.it · Jun 27, 2016

Leo in N E Illinois said:
I would have chopped the tubers even shorter. But good job, that's what it needed.

They will periodically reform, and lift the tree out of the pot. Not much you can do. It is the nature of the species.

I did chop much shorter. I didn't get a picture of the final cut, but I didn't leave much. I left just enough to make the future trunk base look very fat and squat, hopefully...
And on a lean... the way it is potted now, the base of the cut is parallel to the bottom/rim of the pot, is basically the way it will be.

just.wing.it · Jun 27, 2016

Leo in N E Illinois said:
I would have chopped the tubers even shorter. But good job, that's what it needed.

They will periodically reform, and lift the tree out of the pot. Not much you can do. It is the nature of the species.

I cut it at an angle to get rid of this scar, it was already there when I got the tree. It looks like a tuber was removed at some point. So that's why it is leaning now.

just.wing.it · Jun 27, 2016

The other side of my I cut is somewhere around here...

KennedyMarx · Jun 28, 2016

I have one where I cut the tubers off the base. Mine was cut flat on the bottom without any of thr leg looking parts left intact. I'll have to make a thread about it.

Yours has that nasty looking area (graft?) where the two trunks meet at the base. I don't think it will ever look any better even if you let it grow out. I would have cut both the trunks off and planted them as cuttings rather than leave them attached to the base with that eyesore area.

just.wing.it · Jun 28, 2016

KennedyMarx said:
I have one where I cut the tubers off the base. Mine was cut flat on the bottom without any of thr leg looking parts left intact. I'll have to make a thread about it.

Yours has that nasty looking area (graft?) where the two trunks meet at the base. I don't think it will ever look any better even if you let it grow out. I would have cut both the trunks off and planted them as cuttings rather than leave them attached to the base with that eyesore area.

Yes, it's quite an ugly graft. I might remove one of the two trunks eventually, and whittle it down to create proper taper.
It's never going to win any awards, but it's fun still.

sorce · Jun 28, 2016

just.wing.it said:
fun

Drinking beer and staring at those yew is also fun....

Throw it out!

Sorce

just.wing.it · Jun 28, 2016

sorce said:
Drinking beer and staring at those yew is also fun....

Throw it out!

Sorce

Indeed, I ain't throwing nothing out until is been dead for a week or two.
I can't wait to put more wire on my first yew.

just.wing.it · Jul 9, 2016

So far, so good

just.wing.it · Jul 25, 2016

Looking healthy still. Can't wait till next season to see the roots and get it into a very small pot.

just.wing.it · Aug 4, 2016

A pic from today and a question....
If it has this much foliage after the chop and defoliation, do you think there is a significant amount of roots already?
It has been approximately 5.5 weeks.
I haven't fertilized it at all, just water twice daily.
I have noticed that the substrate has firmed up, leading me to believe that the pot may be full of new roots already.
By firmed up, I mean that when I water, and the pot fills momentarily, the soil doesn't move around anymore.
We have had many 90+ degree days (Fahrenheit) and usual high humidity.
It seems to be thriving.
Basically what I'm getting at here is, would it be safe to repot this sometime this year? I know I'm being impatient, but I figured I'd ask the tropical experts first...

sorce · Aug 4, 2016

Just wing it!

Sorce

just.wing.it · Aug 4, 2016

sorce said:
Just wing it!

Sorce

Yeah, the name kinda went with my initial attitude towards bonsai, you know....how hard can it be....
Dumbass I was....
Though I still do just wing it sometimes, especially with my yews....

aml1014 · Aug 4, 2016

Id say leave it! It's better to be safe then sorry. Even if it has new roots which it probably does, they haven't stregthened enough to allow you to tug on the tree out of the pot without damage. I've done it to many times, be patient and it'll be for the better!

Aaron

just.wing.it · Sep 17, 2016

More growth!
Lots of interior budding this time! Give me something to cut back to.
Gonna start to smooth out the graft a little this winter....one side is already good.
And some roots are starting to come through the drainage holes!

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