aml1014
Masterpiece
Yesterday at my regular club meeting I was selling some trees. I noticed a rough looking silver maple at the person's house and traded a young cottonwood for it. He said it was in the ground for about 6 years at which point it was blocking a path and was removed. It spent the last 3 years in a pot, and it looks to have been neglected the whole time.
Well the main reason I wanted the tree was that they do great where I live. I've also been starting seeds every year and growing then out for trunk development. I don't really know how this species acts as bonsai but why not try?
This tree will never be anything special and will more then likely be sold in the future so somebody in my club. But for now I will use it to learn how they act under bonsai culture as in pruning, defoloiation, wiring, and everything we do to say an Acer P.
As said this tree was neglected so it was quite over grown. I gave it a hard pruning and wired what was flexible still.
Nothing great, but something to learn the techniques of this species with, otherwise I very well may be wasting my time with the species.
I guess we'll see!
Aaron
Well the main reason I wanted the tree was that they do great where I live. I've also been starting seeds every year and growing then out for trunk development. I don't really know how this species acts as bonsai but why not try?
This tree will never be anything special and will more then likely be sold in the future so somebody in my club. But for now I will use it to learn how they act under bonsai culture as in pruning, defoloiation, wiring, and everything we do to say an Acer P.
As said this tree was neglected so it was quite over grown. I gave it a hard pruning and wired what was flexible still.
Nothing great, but something to learn the techniques of this species with, otherwise I very well may be wasting my time with the species.
I guess we'll see!
Aaron