FourMileMarc
Mame
Hello all
Ok its finally going to happen a permanent commitment to pot culture or some might say bonsai.
A little history first:
I got this Western Redbud from an arbor day fest back in 1995 as a 1 yr. seedling, way before I even knew what bonsai was, but I am an arborist so I like trees. It went to a 5 gallon in 1997 and then a 10 gallon in 2000 and then in the ground in 2003. In 2004 my place sold and I dug it up into a 25 gallon in native California coastal loam mixed with rocks. There it lived untill now. With my new found root pruning passion and recent success I decided againsed planting it out in the landscape and built a screened bottom box for it 28" wide by 12" deep.
Chronology:
Pic one:
A half girdle SGR (stem girdling root) not good but to late to fix now. The interesting trunk shape happened after a night of much celebration. In my anebriated state and trying to unlock my door I fell over backwards into the tree and broke the trunk in half. I am now coining a term for this, "Drunken-eda".
Pic two:
The tree as it stands now is 9 feet tall. All top growth will be left for root growth this year and hopefully by next spring I will do chop at 2 feet. There is some good potential with existing branches.
Pic three:
One rootbound SOB
Pic 4 and 5:
A good lession in soil breakdown and root rot! Roots began to colonize the lower 1/3 of soil column early on but quickly this broke down to "Bay Clay". All root in this area died and rotted and the smell of anaerobic bacteria was very delightfull.
Ok its finally going to happen a permanent commitment to pot culture or some might say bonsai.
A little history first:
I got this Western Redbud from an arbor day fest back in 1995 as a 1 yr. seedling, way before I even knew what bonsai was, but I am an arborist so I like trees. It went to a 5 gallon in 1997 and then a 10 gallon in 2000 and then in the ground in 2003. In 2004 my place sold and I dug it up into a 25 gallon in native California coastal loam mixed with rocks. There it lived untill now. With my new found root pruning passion and recent success I decided againsed planting it out in the landscape and built a screened bottom box for it 28" wide by 12" deep.
Chronology:
Pic one:
A half girdle SGR (stem girdling root) not good but to late to fix now. The interesting trunk shape happened after a night of much celebration. In my anebriated state and trying to unlock my door I fell over backwards into the tree and broke the trunk in half. I am now coining a term for this, "Drunken-eda".
Pic two:
The tree as it stands now is 9 feet tall. All top growth will be left for root growth this year and hopefully by next spring I will do chop at 2 feet. There is some good potential with existing branches.
Pic three:
One rootbound SOB
Pic 4 and 5:
A good lession in soil breakdown and root rot! Roots began to colonize the lower 1/3 of soil column early on but quickly this broke down to "Bay Clay". All root in this area died and rotted and the smell of anaerobic bacteria was very delightfull.