This is the very first tree I started out with for bonsai.
Went out on my driveway and grabbed on to it and pulled she right out of the ground.
It was the middle of summer , took all the soil off with a hose, cut all the roots off and put it in this very pot with a mix of sand and some crap from my compost pile....
It's been 3 years it it's still alive !
Today I decided out of boredom to take the top ( mostly dead wood) off carve some of the side and then but it with the torch to stop the bleeding.
Hopefully it's still alive come spring.
There is some good trunk flare under the soil that I'll reveale in the spring when I repot.
I think I have some old pics on here of the first year I had it and will post on this thread of I can find it for a before and after.
Went out on my driveway and grabbed on to it and pulled she right out of the ground.
It was the middle of summer , took all the soil off with a hose, cut all the roots off and put it in this very pot with a mix of sand and some crap from my compost pile....
It's been 3 years it it's still alive !
Today I decided out of boredom to take the top ( mostly dead wood) off carve some of the side and then but it with the torch to stop the bleeding.
Hopefully it's still alive come spring.
There is some good trunk flare under the soil that I'll reveale in the spring when I repot.
I think I have some old pics on here of the first year I had it and will post on this thread of I can find it for a before and after.