All aboard the Mugo train!
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Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
I believe you're referring to this: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/a...completely-different.23330/page-4#post-368445 @just.wing.it I think you'll find the information rather surprising.
Soldano666
Omono
Cant stop wont stop. As purchased the morning
exposed the base a little better. And found out it was repotted recently so I back filled and lifted the tree up some. Ill worry about a repot next summer
Diliberated on desing, knuckles, and cut out about 50% of the foliage out. The left side is being left as a sacrifice and I diddnt dare remove anymore.
And some wire.
exposed the base a little better. And found out it was repotted recently so I back filled and lifted the tree up some. Ill worry about a repot next summer Diliberated on desing, knuckles, and cut out about 50% of the foliage out. The left side is being left as a sacrifice and I diddnt dare remove anymore.
And some wire.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I assume you have no shade where you keep your trees? If you are watering your trees frequently getting overly hot should not be a problem. You could warp with a towel of some sort. I prefer the wooden boxes the Colander is next then the pond baskets.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Thanks for that, buddy!
SS is a bad conductor of heat and electricity....makes perfect sense....
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Here is the promised update from last night. More on this tree to follow as I get the time.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
tree4me
Shohin
AHHHH...I know what I'll be doing this weekend. You guys sped this train up now I gotta catch up. Seeing some good starts.
Also 100 + pages, 2000 + posts AWESOME.
Also 100 + pages, 2000 + posts AWESOME.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I'de give this one a rest for the rest of the season.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Tis the plan, I added a nice layer of chopped sphagnum to the top too... Thanks Vance! You da man!
All hail Lord Mugo!
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Until it's time to grab the pitch forks, axes, shovels and heavy ropes to storm the castle and lynch the fat, bald little bastard.
Well, after staring at this Mugo for two days I have decided that the best way I can see to thin this baby out is in the following pictures. Let me know what you guys think! The trunk actually leans away in this picture so this view will probably be the back. I will also tilt the tree slightly towards the camera when I repot..... anyways... thx 4 the input!
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Under Pugo Mine since before Father's day through till now.
The Dabbing Mugo Pumillo. Working hard and perfect!
@Vance Wood some of my buds are setting fat and lighter...
Is this a sign of too late to cut...too early? Correct time.?
Fitting to repot one or 2 here soon.
Sorce
The Dabbing Mugo Pumillo. Working hard and perfect!
@Vance Wood some of my buds are setting fat and lighter...
Is this a sign of too late to cut...too early? Correct time.?
Fitting to repot one or 2 here soon.
Sorce
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tree4me
Shohin
And so it begins. Removed from the nursery pot. Note, When I originally purchased I cut the pot down to soil level so to allow slow washing off of the loose top soil while watering. This morning I cleaned off about an inch of top soil, using chop stick, plastic brush and a little raking. What would be next step, prune to desired future shape?
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I am not sure what you are referring to cutting? If you are talking about cutting off the new growth in order to get back budding,--- you probably do not want to do that right now. Without reducing the tree down to some sembalance of direction you want to develop, you are just going to exacerbate the "The Mugo is a Bush" observation. This is why Mugos are seen in the shape they have in the nursery. They respond like no other Pine and can be made into shapes like this. This trait makes them great landscape trees and this trait makes them great bonsai if you control it.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Most of the trees many of you have posted in this cycle are trees that need to be leashed in and their growth controlled. I'm seeing some great trunks but things up from that point seem to be questionable. You need to look for the decent second step. If you don't see it just thin the tree out a bit and let it be until you can see a direction to go. It will reveal itself to you, or actually your personal growth will start to see things you did not earlier. This is why the pond basket, colondar, and Screened in planter box is valuable. It makes fine roots and makes the drastic reduction of the root system possible.
tree4me
Shohin
OK, so I cut off about 2" from the bottom of the rootball, felt like I left a good amount, and repotted in this pond basket, 12"x 12"x 12". Started to thin out. Question, can/should I cut back to new buds? Did I leave to much foliage? Can I add more wire just to help with seeing the direction it will go?
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I would leave the tree alone for the rest of the year and see how it does. I see a good possibility in your second photo #2876.
I posted a larger version on the original picture and I enlarged the center portion of the photo to detail the trunk . Try to remember we are trying to isolate a decent trunk line. The trunk is the foundation of all bonsai, especially Mugos because as I have told earlier in this thread, a Mugo bonsai has to be built from the bottom up. In the chopped photo I have zoomed in on the trunk do you see a possibility here?
I posted a larger version on the original picture and I enlarged the center portion of the photo to detail the trunk . Try to remember we are trying to isolate a decent trunk line. The trunk is the foundation of all bonsai, especially Mugos because as I have told earlier in this thread, a Mugo bonsai has to be built from the bottom up. In the chopped photo I have zoomed in on the trunk do you see a possibility here?
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