drew33998
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I didnt know Mach had anywhere not pristine enough in his garden for a grow bed! Was this at the in-laws?
Japanese maple from my growing bed
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MACH5
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Ha! It is a small one nearby the garden. Last year I built a larger raised bed to start growing air layered maples for bonsai. These grow beds are a pain since I cannot stand weeds on them. But I get them and don't always have the time to take care of them.
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RobertB
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there is one of his old trees that has a thread about it on facebook for sale.
MACH5
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need an apprentice ?I'm great at pulling weeds!
Yes, I do!!!!! And I can do better than just weeds LOL!!
drew33998
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Somebody needs to take Mach up on this. Too far for me but man that would be some really great experience. He has the best maples in the U.S
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@drew33998 i'm working on it! i'm going to propose 10 years of full time hard labour in exchange for #5, without the Chinese pot.
what would you propose? lol let's get the offers going!
what would you propose? lol let's get the offers going!
River's Edge
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Nice root work, great basic structure. Keeping so many little branches will continue to help with the healing going forward. Well done.This is a Japanese maple that's been growing for several years in my growing bed. It started as a small tree and I grew it specifically to make a shohin out of it. Occasionally I have taken it out and worked the roots as well as chopping it back and letting it grow out all over again. This year I decided to dig it out and start to refine it and build a small tree from this material. It now has a trunk of 3" with a pretty decent spreading nebari that I will keep fine tuning and improving.
Below are pics of just before I dug it out of the growing bed.
Just as it was pulled out of the ground.
The tree was roughly 5' tall.
Roots being washed and cut back. I also pruned it back to create an initial structure keeping only the fine, smaller growth.
And finally potted into a wooden training box. When I get a chance I will do some wiring and let it grow all season long. Next year I will asses what I have and begin the process of more careful branch selection and refinement.
Large chop at the back is almost completely healed.
PS: i love starting at the beginning of threads to see the foundation.
what a shame, would have loved to see an update. is the buyer on this site? if you are please post it for us.
MACH5
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Yes but I rather let that person post here if he wishes.
