20 Year Kingsville Boxwood Repot

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Today I assisted my teacher Rodney Clemons repot a huge Kingsville boxwood forest with stones that hasn't been repotted in close to 20 years. It was an all day affair and I am thrilled to have been a part of it. Thanks Rodney and Charlie for including me...

Here is the planting in the before phase. The pot is hand made concrete and is at least 5' long.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Here is the planting out of the pot and the pot placement on the bench.

 

[onlyrey]

How common is it for a bonsai to be in their pot for so long? I thought repotting had to be done periodically to keep the trees' health.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

These photos show the master at work.

 

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Here is the planting in place back on the pot and the placement of stones. Note the fossil in the last pic...

 

[jkd2572]

How common is it for a bonsai to be in their pot for so long? I thought repotting had to be done periodically to keep the trees' health.

These guys grow real slow. And they are usually little. I bought 6 19 year old this winter that were 7 inches tall.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

And finally, the finished composition. Thanks for looking, it was a great day!

 

[GO-OK]

Cool stuff! Great composition too. Was the pot one of the old concrete pots produced by the monastery back in the "old" days??

Thanks for showing a piece of bonsai history. I believe Rodney was a student of E. Felton Jones. And part of a small group in Atlanta including Father Paul Borne, Warren Hill and a good friend of mine named Richard Cantrell.

Thanks for sharing.
Neil

 

[lordy]

I have never experienced a repotting of this magnatude. It appears that the design/composition remained unchanged, so I am curious as to what was really done other than change out a small layer in contact with the tray. I cant detect any real soil changeout on top. Can you provide any details on what was done?
Thanks for the experience!

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Thanks for your views and replies. The concrete pot was made for Rodney by a friend back when the planting was originally done 20 years ago, and I do believe these trees came from Father Paul.

We cut back the upper, lower and outer roots of the composition to clean it up, remove weeds and stimulate new growth. Some of the rocks were changed out and the positions of stones is different from the original. As well, the right side trees were pulled in, slightly clock-wise toward the viewer to help break up what he saw as the line of trees being to linear.

 

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Here are before and after shots for comparison.

 

[Fangorn]

Very cool, thanks for posting these pictures. Rodney is definitely a "go to" guy for boxwoods as well as one of the nicest people in bonsai

 

[johng]

Good Stuff...thanks for sharing...is the 8' long rock planting next?
J

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Good Stuff...thanks for sharing...is the 8' long rock planting next?
J

Cheers John. You never know!

 

[lordy]

Thanks for the before & after. That made it easier to see a bit of what happened.
I will be in a BYOT workshop with Rodney next month. Guess what tree I'll be taking?