Bonsainoob88 5 year azalea competition entry

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Hi all here is my entry for the 5 year competition, all be it a feeble entry , it's the taking part that counts right ? šŸ˜
 

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All right, thatā€™s the stuff! Good luck on your design.
Do you happen to know what cultivar your entry is?
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Got that, do you know which cultivar, or type?

Not being picky and itā€™s not totally necessary, but it will really help you know the specific growth characteristics of that particular cultivar of Japonica azalea. This will aid in your design and cultivation practices.

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Got that, do you know which cultivar, or type?

Not being picky and itā€™s not totally necessary, but it will really help you know the specific growth characteristics of that particular cultivar of Japonica azalea. This will aid in your design and cultivation practices.

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Cant find much info on it dont know if "conny" is the name I should be googling.
 

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What a unique structure!!!

*rubs hands together*

ā€œYesss this will do NICELYā€

Seriously though.. iā€™m very envious of this trees movement.. the character of the very plant screams ā€œI am an individual, feast your eyes!ā€

I will be watching... zealously.
 

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Welcome to the contest. Be sure to seal those cuts and post progression pics of your entry.
 
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Ok so I just had my 1st tough lesson in patience. I think I killed my azalea entry . It was doing nicely in the pot which I put into a bigger planter . I decided it wasnt good enough . So I bare rooted the plant , made up a potting mix then repotted and placed on my shelf . Unfortunately the leaves were still very fragile and I think the sun has killed it off this week as it's looking frazzled to say the least .
I am actually not to fussed about it and think it was a good lesson learned . Certainly know what not to be doing in the future. I'm sure I seen sorce say something about knowing when to shut the burner off , well now I know how to not cook my azaleas in future with regards to repotting and pruning hard in a short space of time . So there i think it is, my first plant murdered through over caring for it . Goes to show you can post on this site all day every day , take advice from the pros. But sometimes the hard way is the best way in my case .
 

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Sorry. Thatā€™s a tough lesson to learn. Bonsai is first and foremost about the trees health, then all the fancy stuff.

Anyways donā€™t give up the ship! I encourage you to select another azalea with a good form and try again.

Better still, get a couple, like I did, so you have a back up!šŸ˜‰

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(@Pitoon has this potential eventuality in the rules.)
 
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Sorry. Thatā€™s a tough lesson to learn. Bonsai is first and foremost about the trees health, then all the fancy stuff.

Anyways donā€™t give up the ship! I encourage you to select another azalea with a good form and try again.

Better still, get a couple, like I did, so you have a back up!šŸ˜‰

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(@Pitoon has this potential eventuality in the rules.)
I have another 4 šŸ¤£
 

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It might still be alive, even though those leaves are toast.

You are not the only one where this happens. This competition is compiling some nice evidence that after a hard prune, azaleas backbud well. But azaleas also are very susceptible to drying out. All leaves gone so no shading of the trunks. And the new shoots losing a lot of moisture. A chopped azalea cannot be put in full sun during summer, without this being a possible outcome.
 

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If it IS deceased, Iā€™m sorry.
tough lesson to learn. Bonsai is first and foremost about the trees health, then all the fancy stuff.

Yes INDEED! ...lots of us are being ā€œeducatedā€ in this throughout the competition. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

But I still wouldā€™nt give up on him
It might still be alive

Gotta believe!.... like Tinkerbell...

šŸ‘šŸ½
 

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You are welcomed to resubmit a new entry if your original entry dies. Just read the rules fully and start off with a fresh untouched plant.
 

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Spring is here and your azalea could be blooming (depending on your location) or starting to leaf out with this seasonā€™s flushā€¦ā€¦itā€™s time for updates!

I would also like to add at this time we have 3 prizes to award. Many thanks to @Forsoothe! and @Deep Sea Diver for donating. I am also donating a prize as well.

If you are no longer interested in continuing in the Azalea Contest, please let me know so we can close your thread, thanks.
 
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