Literati Prunus Mume?

[SeanS]

Little overgrown, after flowering a big cutback is planned! I foresee a nicer pot

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@leatherback any truth in the branch/growing tips needing to be pointed up for best health? Ryan Neil has said Ume branches need to be pointed up at the ends or they can die.

 

[leatherback]

@leatherback any truth in the branch/growing tips needing to be pointed up for best health? Ryan Neil has said Ume branches need to be pointed up at the ends or they can die.

I guess God Neil knows something I do not.

 

[SeanS]

I guess God Neil knows something I do not.

I was genuinely asking for my own knowledge, not to question what you’ve done. I’m very new to Ume growing so am trying to learn what works and what doesn’t

 

[leatherback]

I was genuinely asking for my own knowledge, not to question what you’ve done. I’m very new to Ume growing so am trying to learn what works and what doesn’t

I understand. But who am I to contradict him?
I wired the branches down, because I see no risk there.

 

[Pat4]

Well.. Not many flowers. But preettyy

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Is it Hokkai Bungo? It’s on my wish list. Beautiful tree!

 

[leatherback]

Hokkai Bungo

Thank You!
I never tried to identify it, but from what the internet shows me.. It must be!

 

[leatherback]

So.. Looking at pots. Me being horrible with pot-pairing..

What are the thoughts on this pot? It is a little large, but I *think* that with the upper crown maturing & expanding it will balance out?

 

[Juanmi]

What are the thoughts on this pot? It is a little large, but I *think* that with the upper crown maturing & expanding it will balance out?

I like it, but yeah, it feels a bit weird to me... maybe it's too large.

 

[rockm]

The tree is too tall...

 

[Corrado]

I agree ,too tall especially since the upper trunk diamter shows no taper ,has 2 non attractive abrupt bends and keeps the diameter the same too long. Pot size looks fine but Im not a fan on the earhty color for this tree.

 

[penumbra]

I don't have any problem with this pot for this tree in its current state of development. You have the pot so you may as well use it.

 

[leatherback]

Unfortunately this was flowering during the weer that I was away. A last minute snapshot, just before the flowers come down..

 

[LAS]

Well.. Not many flowers. But preettyy

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stunning pics

 

[LAS]

@leatherback I have a small mume that I need to grow out and i cant decide if I should put it in a 10 gallon container with regular soil or a standard bonsai soil. My climate wont allow planting in the ground. Any advice here?

 

[LAS]

I missed this thread when it was posted, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Looks like you had success doing both a chop and repot at the same time.

The good thing about the ones in my grow bed is that they were grown in a colander for a year prior to planting them in the grow bed. So, they *should* still have roots close to the trunk to make for easy collection.

This is a picture of one of them from last spring. It has grown substantially this year

@JoeR are your grow beds filled with standard bonsai soil or a different mix?

 

[leatherback]

@leatherback I have a small mume that I need to grow out and i cant decide if I should put it in a 10 gallon container with regular soil or a standard bonsai soil. My climate wont allow planting in the ground. Any advice here?

Maybe post your question in a new thread, to avoid mixing things up here?

 

[LAS]

Maybe post your question in a new thread, to avoid mixing things up here?

Im sorry. You are right.

 

[JoeR]

@JoeR are your grow beds filled with standard bonsai soil or a different mix?

I wish! That would be super expensive though. Leftover/used bonsai soil, mostly dirt from other projects around the yard, couple bags of topsoil, and aged manure from our chicken coop. Not sure what I did right but the plants seem to love it.