JoeR
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Pictures por favor!
Three Months in the Life of a Chopped Nursery Azalea
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Aqui Estan:
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Here it is in bloom in 2014, it wasn't as dramatic this year as I pruned too late in the summer of 2014 and a couple of late freezes this spring.
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This is what it looked like before the cut back this year:
It was cut back on May 5th.
It was cut back on May 5th.
JoeR
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Awesome, thanks mullet. There weren't many pictures of them as bonsai on Google so it was nice to see another one.
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Mine is not much to look at either, hopefully this years growth will fill it in more and I will make sure tho to prune too late in the season. This is only its second year in a bonsai pot.
John
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JoeR
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All of those little leaves are new after the cutback? I don't see how that's "just starting to come back" Unless that happened really fast in the past few days.
It may also be the fact you left some foliage where as I didn't leave any. That and your climate is warmer, or at least should be.
It may also be the fact you left some foliage where as I didn't leave any. That and your climate is warmer, or at least should be.
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Yes, the tiny leaves are the new budding, it was cut back on May the 5th. The larger, full-sized leaves are the mature leaves that were left on during the trim. I wanted to keep those branches so I cut all of them back to two leaves. The first chopping it got there was little or none in the way of foliage. It think yours will be OK, I know it is hard to look at it sitting there with no new growth. Azaleas are really tough.
John
John
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My final question is what kind of lighting is yours under after this kind of work, like under a bench?
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If I cut back to nothing, i.e., no leaves, I put it under a large oak in the back yard (just gets dappled sunlight). until it developes some buds, then it is back on the bench. If I leave some foliage on it, I just put it back on the bench. The bench that the azaleas are on gets a couple of hours of morning sun and about afternoon sun after 2-3 o'clock. It seems to work, they grow pretty well.
John
John
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UPDATE
Here is what the azalea in the opening post looks like today. Coming along nicely, I have trimmed it once and thinned it out some.
Here is what the azalea in the opening post looks like today. Coming along nicely, I have trimmed it once and thinned it out some.
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Update:
End of summer/ mid-fall pictures. I think this one has come a long way, even made a couple of flowers this week. What do you think?
End of summer/ mid-fall pictures. I think this one has come a long way, even made a couple of flowers this week. What do you think?
Cmanz
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Awesome tree Mullet. Thanks for sharing. I love seeing people's progressions with raw material.
Cheers
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Love the base on this thing, just love it!
Sorce
Sorce
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Update:
It was time to reduce the root mass on this one as I never got around to it last year, so, I got to it this weekend. Here are some quick photos of the process. The pot I put it in is just a training pot, it will get a better one next year. What do you think?
John
It was time to reduce the root mass on this one as I never got around to it last year, so, I got to it this weekend. Here are some quick photos of the process. The pot I put it in is just a training pot, it will get a better one next year. What do you think?
John
j evans
Omono
Nice tree and you have developed it quickly, good work.
milehigh_7
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Thanks....I think....what does FTW mean? Lol
Ironbeaver
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Nowadays it means "For The Win"
In my day, it meant "F**k The World."
milehigh_7
Mister 500,000
Yea what the Beaver said... For the Win! Best tool in the world!
