This is my little Golden Mop. chamaecyparis
I’d like to throw this out for your advice and suggestions.
I got this plant looking a bit rough 2/16
It had very little good roots making it easy to pot in this little trainer with half original potting soil and half NAPA Oil Dry with a little bark. I was afraid to mess with the small unhealthy looking rootball much at the time. 5 gal pot with a quart of roots.
Looking for suggestions about where to go from here. I like this little guy and want to keep it small. I know they don’t backbud but so far have been able to keep folage close in. It grew well and was trimmed once late summer.
I’d like to go back after the roots this spring if it’s not too soon. The root ball was barely the size of the moss patch which came in the original nursery can. Hope they look better by now. At least I want have a look and hope to rake out and clean out more of the original soil I’d left behind.
I’d like to get it into a proper pot and would like to hear suggestions on that. I know it’s not worthy of much yet but a shape and color?
I have wired and removed once. Only now have a wire on the (hopeful) apex branch and one other. What to do with the first branch. Strong and healthy. Building trunk is my thought now but it’s so low. Wondering if exposing more root and raising/tilting at repot.
Lay it on me as I’ll appreciate your time good or bad. I’ll attach too many pictures for this little tree. I have no show ambitions LOL but It makes me smile. It’s good winter fun planning.
I’d like to throw this out for your advice and suggestions.
I got this plant looking a bit rough 2/16
It had very little good roots making it easy to pot in this little trainer with half original potting soil and half NAPA Oil Dry with a little bark. I was afraid to mess with the small unhealthy looking rootball much at the time. 5 gal pot with a quart of roots.
Looking for suggestions about where to go from here. I like this little guy and want to keep it small. I know they don’t backbud but so far have been able to keep folage close in. It grew well and was trimmed once late summer.
I’d like to go back after the roots this spring if it’s not too soon. The root ball was barely the size of the moss patch which came in the original nursery can. Hope they look better by now. At least I want have a look and hope to rake out and clean out more of the original soil I’d left behind.
I’d like to get it into a proper pot and would like to hear suggestions on that. I know it’s not worthy of much yet but a shape and color?
I have wired and removed once. Only now have a wire on the (hopeful) apex branch and one other. What to do with the first branch. Strong and healthy. Building trunk is my thought now but it’s so low. Wondering if exposing more root and raising/tilting at repot.
Lay it on me as I’ll appreciate your time good or bad. I’ll attach too many pictures for this little tree. I have no show ambitions LOL but It makes me smile. It’s good winter fun planning.
