Lee Brindley
Yamadori
My Mugo
All aboard the Mugo train!
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Dave E
Shohin
nice jobMy Mugo
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Paradox
Imperial Masterpiece
Took this one to my Bonsai class yesterday. It got its first styling.
Sorry for the not so great pic, I was having a hell of a time getting a good one, finally settled for this one.
Before:
After with one of the sacrifice branches that will be removed next year hidden to show the plan.
Sorry for the not so great pic, I was having a hell of a time getting a good one, finally settled for this one.
Before:
After with one of the sacrifice branches that will be removed next year hidden to show the plan.
Lee Brindley
Yamadori
Thanks dudes. I can't really take the credit though - the tree was styled at a workshop with Pavel Slovak. I will take some updated photos soon with something to give a better idea of scale. The type? Wild/yamadori collected by Pavel in the mountains near his home.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Very nice job. It's great to see, good Mugos starting to crop up here and crop up there, today the INTERNET tomorrow the World. Thanks for posting I really appreciate it. Incidentally I really like what you have done. This could be a very nice bonsai in a couple of years.
JoeR
Masterpiece
So far my mugo seems to be doing good. I leave for Montana early the 2nd, which is a little more than two weeks after the repot, and will return the 14th. You said I should know whether it survived in about two weeks so is it safe to assume it made it? I need to know if I can put it in full sun before I leave or if it needs to stay in the shade.
I have found watering to be so very difficult with this one. The new substrate needs watered daily while the old never seems to dry out fast enough (old is potting soil and the new is grit, turface, lava, pine bark). Ive been watering the new soil daily but not the old until its dry. Should I just water the whole thing when the new soil is dry?
It also seems that some of the buds are opening.
I have found watering to be so very difficult with this one. The new substrate needs watered daily while the old never seems to dry out fast enough (old is potting soil and the new is grit, turface, lava, pine bark). Ive been watering the new soil daily but not the old until its dry. Should I just water the whole thing when the new soil is dry?
It also seems that some of the buds are opening.
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
It wont hurt to stay in the shade but if it is hot where you are full sun could be bad if your not there to watch what is going on.
Dalmat
Shohin
Any chance for this to happen?
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Maybe,----- time is starting to become an issue.
JoeR
Masterpiece
Its going to stay under the shade cloth for another two weeks then.
The buds are for sure breaking again as a product of the repot.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Maybe this is why Pugo Mine is still growing?
Top down view in nightly "mostly sunny" conditions.
That's a floodlight. I water this thing a lot. Sometimes twice a day.
The Depot has them at 7 bucks now.
But I haven't found any nice ones yet.
Sorce
Top down view in nightly "mostly sunny" conditions.
That's a floodlight. I water this thing a lot. Sometimes twice a day.
The Depot has them at 7 bucks now.
But I haven't found any nice ones yet.
Sorce
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Too many growers tend to grow Pines too dry. Mugo is one of them that will not do well if kept dry all of the time. I have mentioned it before but it should be repeated: Mugos like to have a lot of water but do not like to be kept wet. They need a decent soil mix that drains really well and they like that soil and their roots flushed often. This means that they need to breath. Remember: Water in forces air out. Water drains out quickly and draws air in. Air in and air out is breathing and that is what a Mugo needs to do; breath. Keeps root pathogens at bay.
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
Hey, that's pretty damn nice!
Leo in N E Illinois
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Can I jump aboard the Mugo train? I'm a partner in a property in Michigan, between South Haven and Pawpaw. We just bought it. And, I bought a mugo this last Saturday. From Milwaukee Bonsai Swap Meet, Jorge sold it to me. Has had a fair number of years of work into it already. I will let it grow this season, start working on it next summer. Nebari consists of just 2 thick roots, a Y shape. They will be a long term project. Rest of the tree just more and better placed branches, and it needs ramification. It has a lot of small buds from last year's candle pruning.
First branch seems in a good place, and a nice start on ramification. I need to "live with it" a year or two before I decide what to do with the rest. None of the upper branches are really bad, but I am not convinced this is the best arrangement of branches 2 through 5. I'll let it grow a year or two before I do any major changes.
So that's my tree. Suggestions are welcome.
And a big thanks to Vance for outlining how to grow these and other single flush pines in shorter summer season climates.
removal.
First branch seems in a good place, and a nice start on ramification. I need to "live with it" a year or two before I decide what to do with the rest. None of the upper branches are really bad, but I am not convinced this is the best arrangement of branches 2 through 5. I'll let it grow a year or two before I do any major changes.
So that's my tree. Suggestions are welcome.
And a big thanks to Vance for outlining how to grow these and other single flush pines in shorter summer season climates.
removal.
Joedes3
Shohin
This looks like a great beginning. Keep us posted on your progress.
Joedes3
Joedes3
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Ooooo. A nice one!
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Yeuup,tis a nice one and I have some ideas we can discuss later.
Paradox
Imperial Masterpiece
Ok here is the first mugo I ever purchased.
Ive made some mistakes with it because it is the 3rd tree I bought when I started doing bonsai. It has survived in spite of me.
Purchased in September 2011.
The first time I repotted it in May 2012 (mistake #1) , I put it into a regular shaped plant pot (mistake #2). It survived the butcher job I did to its roots (mistake #3).
I repotted it the next year (August 2013) into a better shaped training pot, but it was a sand and gravel mix which Ive since learned stays too damn wet (mistake #4).
I repotted it again 2 years later (this past July 4 or so) into a lava, gravel and pumice mix sieved to 3/8" size. I also picked a trunk and cut off the second one it had.
All I can say is that it is a tough little tree.
Ive made some mistakes with it because it is the 3rd tree I bought when I started doing bonsai. It has survived in spite of me.
Purchased in September 2011.
The first time I repotted it in May 2012 (mistake #1) , I put it into a regular shaped plant pot (mistake #2). It survived the butcher job I did to its roots (mistake #3).
I repotted it the next year (August 2013) into a better shaped training pot, but it was a sand and gravel mix which Ive since learned stays too damn wet (mistake #4).
I repotted it again 2 years later (this past July 4 or so) into a lava, gravel and pumice mix sieved to 3/8" size. I also picked a trunk and cut off the second one it had.
All I can say is that it is a tough little tree.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
The next passenger boarding the train!
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