SalvatoreAAmico
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Hello everyone!
This is my first post on Bonsai Nut, but I have around 30 bonsai and have been working with them for approximately five years. I recently went on vacation for six days, and to keep my plants alive, I placed them in a circle with two sprinklers in the middle. All my bonsai are in fast-draining soil; with how hot it's been in my area recently (North Shore Area, Massachusetts), I sent the watering controller to water daily at 6 AM and 6 PM for 20 minutes to ensure saturation. I got back yesterday, and all the plants look great, some even better than when I was watering manually! I noticed my Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) appears to be rooted above the soil near the bottom. I wondered if anyone had seen anything like this and if I should try to protect these roots with something similar to an air layer with a cage of sphagnum moss. Below I'll post pictures of 1 the Dawn Redwood, 2 the alleged rooting, and 3 a Chinese Elm I got at a garden center I'm air layering to attempt to make a clump-style bonsai.
Regards,
Sal
Figure 1. Dawn Redwood
Figure 2. Dawn Redwood "Rooting"
Figure 3. Seiju Chinese Elm with Air Layer in Progress
This is my first post on Bonsai Nut, but I have around 30 bonsai and have been working with them for approximately five years. I recently went on vacation for six days, and to keep my plants alive, I placed them in a circle with two sprinklers in the middle. All my bonsai are in fast-draining soil; with how hot it's been in my area recently (North Shore Area, Massachusetts), I sent the watering controller to water daily at 6 AM and 6 PM for 20 minutes to ensure saturation. I got back yesterday, and all the plants look great, some even better than when I was watering manually! I noticed my Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) appears to be rooted above the soil near the bottom. I wondered if anyone had seen anything like this and if I should try to protect these roots with something similar to an air layer with a cage of sphagnum moss. Below I'll post pictures of 1 the Dawn Redwood, 2 the alleged rooting, and 3 a Chinese Elm I got at a garden center I'm air layering to attempt to make a clump-style bonsai.
Regards,
Sal
Figure 1. Dawn Redwood
Figure 2. Dawn Redwood "Rooting"
Figure 3. Seiju Chinese Elm with Air Layer in Progress