Just for the record, don't ever do this!

[Beetleman72]

This was one of my first ever "pre bonsai" back when I didn't have a clue what I was doing and kind of went of half cocked an ended up doing this which ultimately resulted in the death of my little tree.

 

[JudyB]

did the turtle live???

 

[Poink88]

LOL at Judy's comment.

If you want us to learn, we need more details. What did you do wrong?

What plant? When was the deed done? etc.

 

[Jaberwky17]

Well

This was one of my first ever "pre bonsai" back when I didn't have a clue what I was doing and kind of went of half cocked an ended up doing this which ultimately resulted in the death of my little tree.

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Duh....sideways planting will probably never have great results.

 

[Beetleman72]

Hahaha! It was just a garden variety azalea and I planted in a pot covered with miss and then not knowing any better I planted that miniature hosta with it which needless to say sucked up all the water and nutrients and my azalea was dead in a year...

 

[Dav4]

Hahaha! It was just a garden variety azalea and I planted in a pot covered with miss and then not knowing any better I planted that miniature hosta with it which needless to say sucked up all the water and nutrients and my azalea was dead in a year...

I doubt that cute little hosta killed your azalea. Hostas are pretty much indestructable in pots. They love moisture (but will handle some dryness, too), do well in heavy soils, and will survive signicantly less then ideal potting situations...unlike azaleas. With or without the hosta, I think an azalea or other shrub would have had trouble in that pot with that soil. Fwiw, in the ground where I live (thin, rocky,dry soil), azaleas universally do better then the hostas.

 

[Beetleman72]

I doubt that cute little hosta killed your azalea. Hostas are pretty much indestructable in pots. They love moisture (but will handle some dryness, too), do well in heavy soils, and will survive signicantly less then ideal potting situations...unlike azaleas. With or without the hosta, I think an azalea or other shrub would have had trouble in that pot with that soil. Fwiw, in the ground where I live (thin, rocky,dry soil), azaleas universally do better then the hostas.

At the same time that I potted that one I also potted two more that I bought at the same time, all with the same soil and all in very similar pots. The other two are still alive and doing well which is why I suspect the hosta as the cause of this tree's demise

 

[Beng]

Must have been the turtle...

 

[Beetleman72]

Must have been the turtle...

Those stone turtle bastards!