JM - Sharp's Pygmy

[RJG2]

Got this at an "intermediate" class at Bonsai West. Wasn't too impressed with the class, information seemed much more beginner. Basically just did a repot and light pruning.

This is my first "real" JM, so we'll see how it goes. It is a grafted tree, but the graft isn't bad.

At the class:





Leafed out:

 

[RJG2]

There are some heavy branches I wanted to eliminate during the class, but left them to air layer later.

Now is later.

Test fit:



Ring the bark:



Hormone:



Done (about 65% milled sphagnum, 35% small grain akadama and pumice):

 

[RJG2]

Once I'm done with the air layers, I'll get to wiring.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Sharp's Pygmy is an excellent cultivar for bonsai. That was a nice workshop tree!

 

[RJG2]

Sharp's Pygmy is an excellent cultivar for bonsai. That was a nice workshop tree!

Biggest lesson from the day: sit close to where the stock is lined up.

I went with @yashu - I got the second to last one, he got the last one. I got lucky, he did not

 

[yashu]

Biggest lesson from the day: sit close to where the stock is lined up.

I went with @yashu - I got the second to last one, he got the last one. I got lucky, he did not

Truth.


I’ll make something of that damn thing yet!

 

[Mad Tabby]

So what do you do about the graft mark if anything?

 

[RJG2]

So what do you do about the graft mark if anything?

On this one I'll probably do nothing. It should blend in as it ages. The green will turn grey/tan just like below the graft.

Take a look at the color of @MACH5's, not grafted, but the color is the same:

Acer palmatum sharp's pygmy [#07]

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