Johnathan
Omono
So, I got a couple of Myrtles from @butlern and I decided I wouldn't do anything with them this year at all. All this time they have just been hanging out on the porch and in the flower bed.
I needed to get some pics of them for an update, and also wanted to take a closer look at the moss growing on one of them.
These have been in a more shaded area than my other trees, because I don't know if they can tolerate full Oklahoma sun, but they get watered daily and fertilized like everything else. Now that I have a "shade bench" I may move them there so they will get more sun.
After taking a closer look today for the pics, I'm quite discouraged. While they are growing, they are obviously (I think) not at optimal conditions.
I know that its probably to late to repot them, but I think the bigger of the two is in a flower bed on a couple paint stirring sticks like 1/8th inch off the ground. I think it may have become infested with ants as I saw a bunch crawling around on it as I was taking these pictures.
The smaller one is my favorite and mother loved it when she came in town for Mother's Day, so I would love to get it as healthy as possible and give to her for Mother's Day next year. Its clearly in need of something to "mound" around the nebari, as my bro @tstrum suggested when he saw it in person, I just don't really know what to put onto it, or how to keep it mounded in place. I didn't remove the moss because I belive its insulating the exposed roots there.
So I come to you all my fantastic bonsai brethren for advice on how to get these babies going strong in the 2nd half of the year.
PLEASE ADVISE FREELY. Thanks in advance!
I needed to get some pics of them for an update, and also wanted to take a closer look at the moss growing on one of them.
These have been in a more shaded area than my other trees, because I don't know if they can tolerate full Oklahoma sun, but they get watered daily and fertilized like everything else. Now that I have a "shade bench" I may move them there so they will get more sun.
After taking a closer look today for the pics, I'm quite discouraged. While they are growing, they are obviously (I think) not at optimal conditions.
I know that its probably to late to repot them, but I think the bigger of the two is in a flower bed on a couple paint stirring sticks like 1/8th inch off the ground. I think it may have become infested with ants as I saw a bunch crawling around on it as I was taking these pictures.
The smaller one is my favorite and mother loved it when she came in town for Mother's Day, so I would love to get it as healthy as possible and give to her for Mother's Day next year. Its clearly in need of something to "mound" around the nebari, as my bro @tstrum suggested when he saw it in person, I just don't really know what to put onto it, or how to keep it mounded in place. I didn't remove the moss because I belive its insulating the exposed roots there.
So I come to you all my fantastic bonsai brethren for advice on how to get these babies going strong in the 2nd half of the year.
PLEASE ADVISE FREELY. Thanks in advance!
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