EM42's Aronia Chokeberry 50% off

em42

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On July 7, I bought this Aronia melanocarpa tree/shrub from Home Depot's 50% off area - originally marked as $19.98 and purchased for $10. I'm brand new to bonsai but I have a tiny seedling Chokeberry that was really pretty when it bloomed this spring so I thought it'd be nice to have a bigger one to play with.
It was really root-bound with a full mat of roots outside the pot. I didn't intend to mess with the roots very much but I couldn't help myself and ended up doing quite a number on this poor guy. I put it back in the same pot with the same soil, trimmed a few of the long branches and chopped off a few of the big branches.
I watered it a bunch over the days since and it seems okay so far. The chipmunks love the berries!
I'm having trouble uploading pictures here - maybe because I'm a newbie? - but I'll keep trying and get them here asap.
EM
 

19Mateo83

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Pretty nice choke cherry! Looking forward to seeing what you can do with this.
 

em42

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Here’s the Aronia now. Open to suggestions to “kickstart” its top growth which seems to have stalled out but I’m thinking that’s because of the media so I repotted it in boon mix & it seems it’s budding up again so maybe it’ll turn the corner soon I’m not giving up on it eIMG_2069.jpeg
 
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