New proyect: Buergerianum miyasama satsubusa RoR

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Here you have some photos of this new little experiment

First of all, I made a hole in the rock in order to be able to attach it to a wooden board

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Then I washed the root of a two years old sapling
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and I wrapped it to the rock
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After that, I applied sphagnum moss and a plastic cover
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The plan is that the roots grow over the rock, and when they reach the board, turn horizontally. We'll see the next year if it works....

One of my big crasula was dead by frozen, so I used its pot, almost filled with arlita (baked clay)
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And the rest with akadamama and pumice 50%
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Too many roots, theyll fuse
 

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Too many roots, theyll fuse
Thanks for your comment, but IMHO, that's not a problem.

Take a look at Acer buergerianum/Trident Maple bonsai by Enzo Ferrari
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I wouldn't mind if mine resembled to it ;)
 
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I am just waiting for the next post someone explaining why this really is a terrible idea :)
Well, if you do a hole in the rock with a drill, the rock can be broken :rolleyes:

In my case, two slabs were cracked when doing the hole
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so I had to fix them with glue. I hope the roots won't tear apart them again.
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We'll see!


I don't know its composition, It was purchased here as "dragon's eye aquarium rock" but no more info provide. Any thoughts will be welcome!

Cheers!
To me it looks like sieryu, but wanted to confirm that. I have some trident saplings, I may give this a try before they wake up.
 

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Rock screwed onto a flat surface?

No, just sitting in soil mix in an Anderson flat. Each year I lower the soil. The roots are initially held against the rock with wires, though they have been removed.

However this rock is lying flat. If I had a rock that I wanted to plant at an angle, I would definitely try to give it a stable base. Drilling rock is difficult because of the chipping/splitting issue, but I could see anchoring the rock to a piece of slate with epoxy.
 

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Needless to say, depending on the rock, you can sometimes cut it with a saw with a diamond blade so that it sits flat. Another effective method is to score the rock all the way around with a diamond blade, and then break it with a masonry chisel. At least - that's what I do when doing masonry work with real stone. You can also cut the back of the rock with a diamond blade, and then break the rock with a sledge, so that it breaks mostly along the cut line, but leaves you with a natural front edge (versus a flat artificial cut).
 

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I put the wood in order to emulate Mr. Ebihara technique, not to gain stability. (In my head sounds spectacular :cool:)

There were many possibilities in the rock,


Ones more steady than others.

Greetings.
 
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