ihaveaspaceship
Shohin
Hello Bnuts! My first progression thread! I've been bitten by the bonsai bug HARD. Its been about 14 months now since I acquired my first few trees and I now have about 20-25 that I care deeply about. It's a sickness, that I am ok with! I'm already trying to get collection permits!
This juniper is one of the more glamorous pieces of material I have purchased. Picked up from California Bonsai Stuido in Thousand Oaks, CA. Honestly, not sure anymore what kind of juniper this is. Either a San Jose or a Procumbens. Either way, I never saw corded foliage as of yet. So we will see what happens over time. I cut it back hard shortly after. Cut it back to about 2 shoots and removed all the branches I deemed unworthy for my design. I plan to do a bit of stylizing/carving to it in autum/winter.
I re-potted it about 2 weeks ago (1:1:1 pumice, lava rock, & akadama) and recently moved it into the sun full-time. This was the longest re-potting I have done on a tree. I spent a good 2.5 hours sorting the matted compacted root-ball. Not sure if I should sphagnum moss coat the top soil or just leave it be. I know these guys like to be on the dry side. Though we get some serious dry weather + santa anna winds that rip through my valley.
Here are is a photo from a few months back with new growth pushing out. This is the back
And today this morning, looking sexy! This will most likely be my front.
Anyways, Cheers!
This juniper is one of the more glamorous pieces of material I have purchased. Picked up from California Bonsai Stuido in Thousand Oaks, CA. Honestly, not sure anymore what kind of juniper this is. Either a San Jose or a Procumbens. Either way, I never saw corded foliage as of yet. So we will see what happens over time. I cut it back hard shortly after. Cut it back to about 2 shoots and removed all the branches I deemed unworthy for my design. I plan to do a bit of stylizing/carving to it in autum/winter.
I re-potted it about 2 weeks ago (1:1:1 pumice, lava rock, & akadama) and recently moved it into the sun full-time. This was the longest re-potting I have done on a tree. I spent a good 2.5 hours sorting the matted compacted root-ball. Not sure if I should sphagnum moss coat the top soil or just leave it be. I know these guys like to be on the dry side. Though we get some serious dry weather + santa anna winds that rip through my valley.
Here are is a photo from a few months back with new growth pushing out. This is the back
And today this morning, looking sexy! This will most likely be my front.
Anyways, Cheers!