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People talk about how Bill Valavanis pot-grows all of his trees, and I was just curious if anyone had deeper information on exactly how it's done.
On the one hand, it's easy to envision growing out a tree in a regular nursery pot with regular dirt and chopping it, but I don't know that that's what people are talking about.
I watched this wonderful Bonsai Q video on zelkova:
And they appear to be pot growing as well, but instead of growing a tree out tall first and then chopping, it looks like they really do start from seedling and then shape and grow it like a normal bonsai, over long periods of time. I'm curious if this is actually how Bill grew his trees, or if perhaps I'm missing something.
I believe - could be wrong - that Bill even fully grows trees in ceramic bonsai pots for their whole life, but I can't imagine he's growing it out to ten feet tall before chopping when using that method.
Curious to hear if anyone has feedback on this, since it seems to run counter to what we usually discuss re: heavy chopping. Thanks!
On the one hand, it's easy to envision growing out a tree in a regular nursery pot with regular dirt and chopping it, but I don't know that that's what people are talking about.
I watched this wonderful Bonsai Q video on zelkova:
And they appear to be pot growing as well, but instead of growing a tree out tall first and then chopping, it looks like they really do start from seedling and then shape and grow it like a normal bonsai, over long periods of time. I'm curious if this is actually how Bill grew his trees, or if perhaps I'm missing something.
I believe - could be wrong - that Bill even fully grows trees in ceramic bonsai pots for their whole life, but I can't imagine he's growing it out to ten feet tall before chopping when using that method.
Curious to hear if anyone has feedback on this, since it seems to run counter to what we usually discuss re: heavy chopping. Thanks!