Hyn Patty
Shohin
I like what you have done to this little tree a lot - especially the most recent pruning. It makes me want to work on one of this style.
Use tungsten.@Adair M Sorry to ask, but I've been wary of using lead weights IN the pot since lead can be bad for the trees?
It's a genuine question, I need the weights it but I've been avoiding them.
I did not take it as you advocating. Was just throwing loose thoughts around. I have a feeling most if not all washed out.I am not advocating Naka’s nails technique. No one knows if the trees absorbed any iron or whether the rust just washed out of the pot.
My point was simply that the nails “disappeared”, so using them for ballast is not a good long term solution.
Thanks Judy. Seeing the caliber of your trees, that means a lot.I like your development of this little tree, it's interesting.
I was also wondering about that in addition to wondering about some lead draining out the pot into the garden and bioaccumulation/biomagnification etc.@Adair M Sorry to ask, but I've been wary of using lead weights IN the pot since lead can be bad for the trees?
It's a genuine question, I need the weights it but I've been avoiding them.
And it makes my trees have extra rich color!
A couple more options: use a pot with a larger base; or use a pot that is made of really heavy clay!And it makes my trees have extra rich color!
Heck... just train it in the ROGB style!And it makes my trees have extra rich color!
The wire you can see is there to do exactly what you mentioned. It is holding the wayward root closer to the trunk in the hopes it grows and thickens there. On the next repot in about 2 years time I will see what has happened.I apologize if I missed mentioning of this, but is the wire at the base for dealing with the exposed roots(pulling them in close to the trunk) or as an anchor securing the tree in the pot?