Pruning and repotting wing are living oak – Bonsai Tonight

I believed I was in for a straightforward earlier than and after put up a few wing are living oak except I started the root work.

Stay oak earlier than pruning

Stay oak after pruning

After trying down a few properly-organized roots, I found a pocket of ragged soil.

Former soil

Uncommon about the effect this would lead, I started selecting at the ragged soil except loads of the rootball had come undone.

After trying down the ragged soil

For of us that enjoy repotted ragged are living oaks, you’ll realize after I present that the compacted soil of black organic field cloth and sand was as tricky as concrete. After trying down a few more properly-organized roots and selecting at the soil for two hours, I was ready to position the tree help in a pot.

Root work total

As an different of returning it to a bonsai pot, I opted to use a properly-organized working against pot to present the roots a ramification of home to grow.

After repotting, 20″ generous

I don’t know the device the tree will acknowledge to this work, nonetheless since it has been moderately used for the past three years, I believed it’d be price a try. Will document help after I know more.

Files & Updates

• Preparations for the 2023 US Nationwide Bonsai Exhibition are on now! We’re trying for drivers willing to bring bushes from California to Rochester, Original York, for the September exhibition (procure out about the occasion here). I will back coordinate nonetheless I received’t be in a explain to kind the drive this 365 days.
• I’m trying for somebody within the East Bay to back with watering this summer. In the occasion you’re attracted to helping out after I’m away or unable to water, feel free to let me know!
• Client bushes for sale along side bougainvillea, wing redwood, and potato vine bonsai are on hand for native pickup in Fremont, California. Right here is a excellent different to capture up vivid specimens with huge trunks!

Bougainvillea

Potato vine

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