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Shohin
The layer may be cooler than the parent tree! Either way, well done!
I don't think anybody said that. I switched to a pot because I didn't want to tease long roots out of a ball of sphagnum (potentially breaking them) at separation. It is my suspicion that the sphagnum method might get roots going faster, so there maybe a trade off. That's why I switched part way through. Also, in a pot it needs to be watered daily/regularly, so I use the sphag-N-bag if the tree isn't in my backyard.[Juniper nana]
So starting it in the pot in the first place would have had more or a better effect?
Perhaps you should start a thread. Some pictures would be useful, and you could keep track of it and solicit more advice.[Juniper nana]
Interesting because I'm air layering a juniper raft in a pot.
I couldn't use the spagh method on it though because the pot shape and size was shallow. What difference do you think that will make if any?
Mine has a timed drip watering schedule "me". Greenhouse circulation + ceiling fan on low during the sunniest and hottest hours of the days.
A pine tree can stay bright green in a living room for the entire month of December, but that doesn't mean it's rooting . Two weeks would be pretty darn fast to see much action. With a layer, the main roots are still feeding the upper foliage, so it could grow and stay green for a long time (like over a year), even with no roots at the layer point.And for the last 2 weeks the bright green foliage hasn't changed, so that tells me it's rooting or at least the rooting is starting to take.
The lower half below the pot foliage, changes shades constantly, and is back budding in the strangest places.
I don't think I've ever sealed any cut on a juniper.What did you use to seal the chop with?
Layers seem to do that often... Especially with the layer of Sphagnum on top, it is basically like the tree doesn't realize it has even been separated yet! Which is another reason I do not like the sphag-bag technique as much! I wind up with a mass of roots all tangled up in the sphagnum when I repot it, and generally the tree keep throwing roots higher up the trunk, which can ruin the nice radial nebari I was trying to achieve in the first place! The roots you got on this one using the pot method are a clear example of the benefits of layering with a pot and using a coarse substrate. GREAT roots all around the tree and the substrate comes right off the new roots with no damage, showing you exactly what you have to work with!It's pushing more roots above the moss level - silly tree! At least it bodes well for its vigor:
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The tips are looking good too, so I'm hopeful for its survival.
I have a it posted but it's been a month since anyone looked at it, and it's buried under newer posts. I can't even find it.I don't think anybody said that. I switched to a pot because I didn't want to tease long roots out of a ball of sphagnum (potentially breaking them) at separation. It is my suspicion that the sphagnum method might get roots going faster, so there maybe a trade off. That's why I switched part way through. Also, in a pot it needs to be watered daily/regularly, so I use the sphag-N-bag if the tree isn't in my backyard.
Perhaps you should start a thread. Some pictures would be useful, and you could keep track of it and solicit more advice.
All 12 of the threads you have started since joining are here: http://www.bonsainut.com/search/3922635/I have a it posted but it's been a month since anyone looked at it, and it's buried under newer posts. I can't even find it.
Thanks. The middle tree won't be much to look at, so it will probably go in a grow pot, but it seemed like a waste to cut it off!Looks like you will have three nice little trees Colin, great job! The base has some nice movement now it seems and it looks like you left some good sized stubs for deadwood... Will be a dramatic improvement over what you had!
Haha, thanks! The lava lamp is a giant- couple of feet tall, and I have a pair . . . bulbs have been out for years though, so they just gather dust!
It's been almost exactly a year. Here is the bottom piece and the top piece side-by-side the other day
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