Saskatchewan Collector / unknown cedar yamadori

[leonardus]

Hey guys, so I made it out to s print dig with the winnipeg bonsai society, and we went collecting in a muskeg bog land about an hour east of winnipeg. Here are two beauties I liberated. I'm looking for general advice, for their immediate and distant future.
They're both in a sand perlite compost soil mix.. unscreened unfortunately. My computer rooting feet has been applied about 2 week ago upon potting. No feeding since. Partial sun. Thanks for lookin'!

 

[Giga]

I would guess eastern white cedar or the like, the soil doesn't look like good bonsai soil, that's going to set you back a bit and make sure you watch not to over water. Other then that it needs to recover for a year or two. At this point I would let it grow unchecked and next spring slip pot the root ball(rough it up so it's fuzzy) into a pumice type mix to help start that process. Good luck with them

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

my guess would also be eastern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis.

your potting mix is not ideal, if it were less than a week ago I would repot into a sifted mix, pine bark and pumice, or a mix of other aggregates, but only if you can sift it to get rid of fines.

If it has been more than a week since collection, I would just leave them alone for a year or two. Then move them to better soil. It may take a couple years for them to get growing vigorously. Don't worry about ''styling'' then until after you have had a full year of vigorous growth.

 

[leonardus]

It's been two weeks. I figure there's no repotting in its near future .. there some well rotted leaf mulch in there also. I was planning on mostly uninhibited growth for next two yrs.

 

[leonardus]

O and myco root feed was applied during potting

 

[M. Frary]

O and myco root feed was applied during potting

Never heard of it.

 

[sorce]

computer rooting feet

Never heard of it!

Sorce