Swill
Sapling
I caught the bonsai bug last year though I admit up front to having practically no horticultural knowledge so I got a tree to just test stuff out on basically. I chopped it and practiced wiring a few branches but it all ended in a bit of a disaster. The bottom branch and a branch I had wired to be the new apex broke off in a wind storm when the tree crashed to the ground (that was an important lesson learned). One branch also has some nasty wire damage. It wasn't brilliant material to start with and now it's a real mess.
Moving forward I'm thinking of sticking it into a grow box or maybe a large container like a plastic concrete mixing trough to give myself a little practice with trimming roots. I've heard the most ideal time to re-pot maples is before the tree leafs so is it a bit later than that for this maple?
Moving forward I'm thinking of sticking it into a grow box or maybe a large container like a plastic concrete mixing trough to give myself a little practice with trimming roots. I've heard the most ideal time to re-pot maples is before the tree leafs so is it a bit later than that for this maple?




