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In November 3, 2015... I obtained this Hackberry as part of Styling Competition, where you paid $25 Dollars, got the tree, and could win a possible award of a $100 gift certificate to the Nursery putting on the event... obviously if you won.
In years past, I had participated and won, but this year when they plopped this particular piece of material in front of me... I new where I wanted to go with it, but also knew if I went in the direction I wanted to take it... Well, lets just say, I wouldn't of had a chance in hell of winning!
Here is the Tree...
So, I just kinda began to style something with some kind of interest and character... I didn't get very far... and wasn't actually anywhere near being done when the... OH, By the Way... Did I mention it was a 30 Minute Styling Competition? So, after the event, I took it home and decided to just finish it, so I could at least take a picture so I could remember what and how the tree was styled for the Competition...
And it looked like this...
So... here is where the fun begins...
As soon as I finished taking the pictures... I put down the Camera, Picked up the saw... and cut the whole thing down to about 2 1/2 inches above the soil! To what it was I originally wanted to do with it, when I first got the tree for the Competition! In November...
Afterwards, I just said to myself... Self... Well, that is one Hell of a way to Force a Tree into Dormancy !
And I figured what is the worst that could happen? It just stays Dormant longer? Or Dormant Permanently?
But, you know what's funny? Sure as shit... the damn thing started sending out a ton of growth less than a week later... and just skipped being Dormant Last year.
And in February of 2016, it looked like this...
Well it looked a tad bit different earlier that day... seeing these photos were taken after I spent the day wiring it up, for movement.
The rest of the year I let it grow, and did some trimming, let it grow... the usual.
This Winter... it did go Dormant, which is fine... seeing that's what it is suppose to do. But, seeing our Winters aren't really that cold, we just have off and on nights of freezing... It has started to awaken from its slumber this past week and send out some new growth, so I decided to do a small amount of work to it. Mainly wire some movement into new growth before I cant, and fix a couple of ones I was allowing to grow out last year.
And tonight... One Year and a couple of months later... I looks like this...
Now... Sure... I didn't win the Competition... But, for $25 Dollars and some fun???
Don't let people tell you Don't waste your time on a Piece of Material... They don't know what they are Talking about. Oh, and also... don't rush to take shit out of Nursery soil, or dirt if it is draining and happy!
If Bonsai Soil is meant to slow the speed of your trees growth down... Then make the change when you want to slow the trees growth down.... Not when you are trying to still grow stuff out!
Will see about posting some more pics as it develops, as well when it actually fills in, as in another month .
In years past, I had participated and won, but this year when they plopped this particular piece of material in front of me... I new where I wanted to go with it, but also knew if I went in the direction I wanted to take it... Well, lets just say, I wouldn't of had a chance in hell of winning!
Here is the Tree...
So, I just kinda began to style something with some kind of interest and character... I didn't get very far... and wasn't actually anywhere near being done when the... OH, By the Way... Did I mention it was a 30 Minute Styling Competition? So, after the event, I took it home and decided to just finish it, so I could at least take a picture so I could remember what and how the tree was styled for the Competition...
And it looked like this...
So... here is where the fun begins...
As soon as I finished taking the pictures... I put down the Camera, Picked up the saw... and cut the whole thing down to about 2 1/2 inches above the soil! To what it was I originally wanted to do with it, when I first got the tree for the Competition! In November...
Afterwards, I just said to myself... Self... Well, that is one Hell of a way to Force a Tree into Dormancy !
And I figured what is the worst that could happen? It just stays Dormant longer? Or Dormant Permanently?
But, you know what's funny? Sure as shit... the damn thing started sending out a ton of growth less than a week later... and just skipped being Dormant Last year.
And in February of 2016, it looked like this...
Well it looked a tad bit different earlier that day... seeing these photos were taken after I spent the day wiring it up, for movement.
The rest of the year I let it grow, and did some trimming, let it grow... the usual.
This Winter... it did go Dormant, which is fine... seeing that's what it is suppose to do. But, seeing our Winters aren't really that cold, we just have off and on nights of freezing... It has started to awaken from its slumber this past week and send out some new growth, so I decided to do a small amount of work to it. Mainly wire some movement into new growth before I cant, and fix a couple of ones I was allowing to grow out last year.
And tonight... One Year and a couple of months later... I looks like this...
Now... Sure... I didn't win the Competition... But, for $25 Dollars and some fun???
Don't let people tell you Don't waste your time on a Piece of Material... They don't know what they are Talking about. Oh, and also... don't rush to take shit out of Nursery soil, or dirt if it is draining and happy!
If Bonsai Soil is meant to slow the speed of your trees growth down... Then make the change when you want to slow the trees growth down.... Not when you are trying to still grow stuff out!
Will see about posting some more pics as it develops, as well when it actually fills in, as in another month .
