Ihaveaspaceship's Little Christmas Tree Entry

[ihaveaspaceship]

Here is a Dwarf Alberta Spruce I picked up from Home Depot for $7.99. Of course I could not help myself and I did dirty things to it.
If it lives past spring I think I'm gonna aim for an informal upright. It has some nice long branches that I can wire up further down the road too.
For now i'll probably leave it be till summer.

 

[B.uneasy]

Nice, lol what did you do to it?

 

[Warpig]

Nice, lol what did you do to it?

Dont think you want to know.

 

[B.uneasy]

Dont think you want to know.

I contemplated for 10 minutes how I would ask that question

 

[just.wing.it]

Nice, lol what did you do to it?

Gave it the ol' Chop 'n Plop.

 

[ihaveaspaceship]

Nice, lol what did you do to it?

Reduced the root ball by A LOT, then chopped it down a bit. It was far too tall for my liking.
It's in a nice mix of pumice/lava/akadama.

 

[ihaveaspaceship]

April update - movin' along nicely

 

[B.uneasy]

Looks very nice

 

[ihaveaspaceship]

Looks very nice

Thanks!

 

[cishepard]

We are coming closer to the end of the Little Christmas Tree contest. Final photos should be posted in your individual threads, and will be voted on by the general membership starting on April 30.

Time to start thinking about your repotting, final design, wiring, pruning and generally getting the trees in shape for the contest!