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Chumono
Picked up this Satsuki at a local bonsai nursery. Base is 1.5” or more. Thickest branch is at least 1”. It is in a a 3 gallon nursery pot.
It was at the exit and the pot was filled with weeds. I kneeled down and stared looking at the trunk and thought it had some potential. To my surprise the owner said $30 and you can have it. So I took it home and cleaned the weeds and now it look a lot nicer. It doesn’t look very healthy but the roots seem to look fine. My guess is it had not been fertilized adequately and was put under too much sunlight. It was under full sun where I picked it up at the nursery...
My plan is once I get it back to full health in a year or two, I will air layer some of the branches/trunks for shohin and keep the base and one or two trunks as a medium size bonsai. Total height is going to be 12”- 18”
It was at the exit and the pot was filled with weeds. I kneeled down and stared looking at the trunk and thought it had some potential. To my surprise the owner said $30 and you can have it. So I took it home and cleaned the weeds and now it look a lot nicer. It doesn’t look very healthy but the roots seem to look fine. My guess is it had not been fertilized adequately and was put under too much sunlight. It was under full sun where I picked it up at the nursery...
My plan is once I get it back to full health in a year or two, I will air layer some of the branches/trunks for shohin and keep the base and one or two trunks as a medium size bonsai. Total height is going to be 12”- 18”