Vote For What pot to repot a Caitlin Elm into?

[mwar15]

This is a Caitlin Elm that I am reporting this year. I figure I would solicit opinions on the pot to use. If you give me a why or why not.
Thanks

 

[Mike Westervelt]

1 and 3 for me, the others seem too big

 

[Wulfskaar]

I voted 3 but I like 6 too.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

I like the green one, but still looks to big

 

[Scorpius]

6.

 

[19Mateo83]

1&6 but I like the color of 5

 

[NaoTK]

Proof we are all just making it up as we go (I voted 5, but I wish it were shallower)

 

[River's Edge]

# 6 is appropriately sized and suitable depth and color! The oval seems fine with the trunk size and design style.
I would rework the roots to allow for a better fit within the pot. ( not as highly mounded up )

 

[mwar15]

# 6 is appropriately sized and suitable depth and color! The oval seems fine with the trunk size and design style.
I would rework the roots to allow for a better fit within the pot. ( not as highly mounded up )

That’s why I am repotting it. The current pot is it’s first bonsai pot from a nursery can. It will sit a lot lower after the repot.

 

[mwar15]

Proof we are all just making it up as we go (I voted 5, but I wish it were shallower)

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I’ll see if I have time to make one.

 

[sorce]

Mad props for putting the numbers on the pictures.

The 6's being at the top prove laziness.

The 1's have it right.

Speak Damn it.

The 3 trunks speak of family.

The push and pull which is the masculine and feminine necessity according to Dr. Jordan Peterson.

Just had a 3 hour conversation with my almost tree who is 9 now about life, God (of any current book and the older Hindu one), and Humans.

There is always one correct answer.

Love.

Sorce

 

[Potawatomi13]

1 or 5. NaoTK has great taste. 2 is weird.

 

[Davidlpf]

IMHO 6 is the best if you want to keep the actual size. Any of others will be ok if you want to get it bigger, but 5 is the worst visual option, for my personal taste, it is too heavy. One rule I like is that the hight of the pot will be similar of the caliper of the tachiagari.

Cheers.

 

[rockm]

Number 5...and BTW the elm variety is "Catlin" not "caitlin," Named for John Catlin who discovered it in California in the 1950's

 

[just.wing.it]

I like 3, though it looks a bit large, it could be just the 2D picture.

6 is also nice if you can get it down in there without the mound.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

#6... in size and shape, though I wish the glaze was different. Nothing about the tree really says "off-white" to me. The other pots are far too large.

 

[mwar15]

Number 5...and BTW the elm variety is "Catlin" not "caitlin," Named for John Catlin who discovered it in California in the 1950's

I caught the typo after the fact

 

[HorseloverFat]

3 or 6.

Sharp angles create direct, visual pulls in directions...

I feel that distracts from "everything going on" in your multi-trunked canopy.

 

[john blanch]

Red to unglazed brown to complement the green foliage. Or grey to complement the bark. Or beige to yellow to complement the autumn foliage. Or a mixture in glazes.
Length just within the foliage at either side, depth just over the thickness of the trunk.
Davidlpf good illustration to follow. If you're looking for a portrayal of a tree in a meadow that changes the length but I'd stick to my suggestions for colour. The last pot is a good shape for the growth pattern of your tree, strong, feminine. But I'd prefer rectangle.

 

[mwar15]

I did some measuring, just width
#1-15”
#2-16”
#5-12”
#6-17”
real interesting how a photo can distort scale