willw86
Yamadori
Hello Nuts
I have been lurking in the shadows for a while, but wanted to post, so here goes. I have dabbled killed a few trees since maybe 2014, but I really got the itch in May and now I have the humble beginnings of a collection.
Most of my trees are tropical pre-bonsai and I have them growing under a Mars Hydro LED light - 90W I think. The reviewers for this light on Amazon weren't growing bonsai, but boy did their plants look healthy. The trees are all sitting on plastic serving trays with lava rock/gravel that I try to keep wet. I also mist them daily-ish. In the last month or so that I have had them indoors, everybody has been growing well except the Ficus 'Too Little', but I have read on here that benjaminas are finicky.
Anyway, this Golden Gate I purchased from Meehan's Miniatures in May. Did not go there in person, but my experiences with them have been great - Martha is very sweet. I have done some pruning, but no wiring yet. It is planted in a mix of turface, lava rock, and pine bark. It will definitely be some years until this tree is presentable, but that's part of the fun, right? Excuse the magenta from the LEDs.
Front:
Back:
I know that one of the lower branches in the front has to go at some point; I'm working myself up to it.
Was very excited to see this shoot growing from the pruning scar near the apex. Should help with rolling over that scar.
The bottom ~15% is buried from repotting about a month ago, from which it has bounded back swimmingly. At the actual base, it has some really nice trunk flare. What concerns me is the knob.
Is this a grafted tree, or is this just a healed-over pruning scar? It is kind of unsightly and I want to do something about it. Probably would wait until Spring to do anything drastic, but it would be nice to have a plan in place. I have thought about thread grafting a branch below the knob, then air layering the top off and ending up with 2 trees. Is this a little too ambitious? Is the thread grafting an unnecessary step? I would also appreciate any styling tips to get this going in the right direction.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Looking forward to sharing more and learning from you guys.
Will
I have been lurking in the shadows for a while, but wanted to post, so here goes. I have dabbled killed a few trees since maybe 2014, but I really got the itch in May and now I have the humble beginnings of a collection.
Most of my trees are tropical pre-bonsai and I have them growing under a Mars Hydro LED light - 90W I think. The reviewers for this light on Amazon weren't growing bonsai, but boy did their plants look healthy. The trees are all sitting on plastic serving trays with lava rock/gravel that I try to keep wet. I also mist them daily-ish. In the last month or so that I have had them indoors, everybody has been growing well except the Ficus 'Too Little', but I have read on here that benjaminas are finicky.
Anyway, this Golden Gate I purchased from Meehan's Miniatures in May. Did not go there in person, but my experiences with them have been great - Martha is very sweet. I have done some pruning, but no wiring yet. It is planted in a mix of turface, lava rock, and pine bark. It will definitely be some years until this tree is presentable, but that's part of the fun, right? Excuse the magenta from the LEDs.
Front:
Back:
I know that one of the lower branches in the front has to go at some point; I'm working myself up to it.
Was very excited to see this shoot growing from the pruning scar near the apex. Should help with rolling over that scar.
The bottom ~15% is buried from repotting about a month ago, from which it has bounded back swimmingly. At the actual base, it has some really nice trunk flare. What concerns me is the knob.
Is this a grafted tree, or is this just a healed-over pruning scar? It is kind of unsightly and I want to do something about it. Probably would wait until Spring to do anything drastic, but it would be nice to have a plan in place. I have thought about thread grafting a branch below the knob, then air layering the top off and ending up with 2 trees. Is this a little too ambitious? Is the thread grafting an unnecessary step? I would also appreciate any styling tips to get this going in the right direction.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Looking forward to sharing more and learning from you guys.
Will