777thSunRay
Mame
I am fascinated by the idea of growing Imperial Bonsai, for the species long lived enough. I am wondering what’s the best approach to grow fastest while still optimizing desirable Bonsai traits?
I guess an obvious approach would be to grow out in large pots. (BTW while doing so, do you still prune foliage and branches, and even roots, for optimal traits?) And then when you reach the size and shape desired, you’d train and place in a display.
Though let’s say you grow a long lived tree into a small Bonsai, prepared for a training pot (and for training pot do you trim roots or prune tree first?) So at this point you place it in a display pot, exhibit and enjoy it, take pics etc… at this point, can you just as efficiently continue to grow as you would in a large pot? I am thinking that since in a training/display pot you will be using a fancier mix, that you can give it hydroponic-like frequent waterings with dilute fertilizer, and perhaps it can grow as well as a grow out pot?
Or is the best approach a hybrid. So you something like this… grow in a large pot, and then train for a display pot, grow it there for a bit, return it to a larger pot, continue the process, into a larger training pot, back into a larger grow out pot, etc., until you have an Imperial?
BTW so I’m kind of assuming that as you grow in a training pot, you are pruning for all the desirable traits. Again, you do the same, not just for trunk size and shape, in large grow out pots, at least for the upper tree?
Again, is this hybrid approach feasible to some degree, or should I add or subtract a method, or try something totally different?
So thank you all in advance! Apologies for the long message, and if I am way off lol
I guess an obvious approach would be to grow out in large pots. (BTW while doing so, do you still prune foliage and branches, and even roots, for optimal traits?) And then when you reach the size and shape desired, you’d train and place in a display.
Though let’s say you grow a long lived tree into a small Bonsai, prepared for a training pot (and for training pot do you trim roots or prune tree first?) So at this point you place it in a display pot, exhibit and enjoy it, take pics etc… at this point, can you just as efficiently continue to grow as you would in a large pot? I am thinking that since in a training/display pot you will be using a fancier mix, that you can give it hydroponic-like frequent waterings with dilute fertilizer, and perhaps it can grow as well as a grow out pot?
Or is the best approach a hybrid. So you something like this… grow in a large pot, and then train for a display pot, grow it there for a bit, return it to a larger pot, continue the process, into a larger training pot, back into a larger grow out pot, etc., until you have an Imperial?
BTW so I’m kind of assuming that as you grow in a training pot, you are pruning for all the desirable traits. Again, you do the same, not just for trunk size and shape, in large grow out pots, at least for the upper tree?
Again, is this hybrid approach feasible to some degree, or should I add or subtract a method, or try something totally different?
So thank you all in advance! Apologies for the long message, and if I am way off lol