Treebeard
Seedling
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(or more accurately, a 216 day, 19 hour, 26 minutes and 38 seconds progression)
Hello to all,
Here is a trident maple I picked up on January this year (2009). At the time I was just coming back into bonsai after an 18 month layoff, with hindsight I suppose I could really have spent my money more wisely.
The first photo is a montage of two photos taken on the 17 January. I can't believe I didn't take a full frontal, but I didn't, hence the photoshop montage.
The second photo dates from the 20th February, and shows a heavy prune and repot. I scared myself with how much I took off, but I could and should have gone further. A couple of days after I took this photo I decided that I really hated the pot so I put it back into the original.
The third photo was taken on the 22nd of August. I get lots of growth from this tree, my feeding regime seems to really work wonders. Thanks to Al Keppler for the pointer in the direction of Humic acid.
There are big areas that need filling in, particularly round the back. The long whips will be used for thread grafting new branches there (and elsewhere).
I have done my best to give an accurate timeframe in which this work has been done, but if anyone spots an error or discrepancy then please speak out.
Comments and suggestions regarding the tree are welcomed but if you want to talk about the photo set-up or the pot or Humic acid or anything else then that's cool.
Chris.
Hello to all,
Here is a trident maple I picked up on January this year (2009). At the time I was just coming back into bonsai after an 18 month layoff, with hindsight I suppose I could really have spent my money more wisely.
The first photo is a montage of two photos taken on the 17 January. I can't believe I didn't take a full frontal, but I didn't, hence the photoshop montage.
The second photo dates from the 20th February, and shows a heavy prune and repot. I scared myself with how much I took off, but I could and should have gone further. A couple of days after I took this photo I decided that I really hated the pot so I put it back into the original.
The third photo was taken on the 22nd of August. I get lots of growth from this tree, my feeding regime seems to really work wonders. Thanks to Al Keppler for the pointer in the direction of Humic acid.
There are big areas that need filling in, particularly round the back. The long whips will be used for thread grafting new branches there (and elsewhere).
I have done my best to give an accurate timeframe in which this work has been done, but if anyone spots an error or discrepancy then please speak out.
Comments and suggestions regarding the tree are welcomed but if you want to talk about the photo set-up or the pot or Humic acid or anything else then that's cool.
Chris.