Agriff
Mame
So I bought a yew nursery stock at a bonsai club auction yesterday. It was a $20 gamble because I bought it sight-unseen, assuming that it had a good chance of being purchased in the first place because it was a decent bonsai candidate.
Nebari is lacking from what I can see now, but I haven't gotten down to all of the roots yet.
My question is, what's more important: directing the energy flow of this stock by pruning and styling, or getting it out of it's nursery pot? I'd be plunking it into a home depot pond basket.
My gut says I need to get it out of it's original soil ASAP, because I've heard yews are susceptible to root rot, but I've also seen a few yews on here that have been styled in their original pots.
If I so in fact need to look at a repot, should I bare root or play it gentle and leave some soil on? And following the one insult per year rule, should I wait to style until next spring, or are yews able to take a beating?
Nebari is lacking from what I can see now, but I haven't gotten down to all of the roots yet.
My question is, what's more important: directing the energy flow of this stock by pruning and styling, or getting it out of it's nursery pot? I'd be plunking it into a home depot pond basket.
My gut says I need to get it out of it's original soil ASAP, because I've heard yews are susceptible to root rot, but I've also seen a few yews on here that have been styled in their original pots.
If I so in fact need to look at a repot, should I bare root or play it gentle and leave some soil on? And following the one insult per year rule, should I wait to style until next spring, or are yews able to take a beating?