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[IBC] Preparation Of New Tree's
Hiya Folks,
I am a back ground lurker :-) , only because I am new to Bonsai, and do not have a great deal to say only a lot to learn. Which I might add I read with great interest this newsgroup. I have murdered my first tree a Pyracantha :-( by over watering it. By the time I got the tip from Jim about the popstick it was all to late. I have a question , and that is , is it better (from what I seem to understand from topics here) to take a tree and leave it in a normal nursery pots, shape it and work with it for a number of years and then in due course place them in to Bonsai pots? If this is so, could you please explain to me why you can not take a seedling or a cutting that has been propagated and place immediately into a Bonsai pot once they have taken and are showing new growth? Thanks in anticipation Halrae Western Australia --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 24/04/03 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Preparation Of New Tree's
I have a question , and that is , is it better (from what I seem
to understand from topics here) to take a tree and leave it in a normal nursery pots, shape it and work with it for a number of years and then in due course place them in to Bonsai pots? ============= Yes. However, "for a number of years" is open to your personal decision, depanding on how large a tree you have. It ALSO depends on how rootbound the nursery tree is when you get it. So you have to look at the roots. If it IS badly rootbround (the roots circle the edges of the rootball several times), you should unwind some of them and plant it back in the next size larger pot. Generally, you don't want to do too drastic pruning of roots in the same year as you do top work. (You will read, however, that if you take off X amount of root you also will want to take off X amount of top for "balance." That's not _necessarily_ true. You can do quite a bit more top work (on most species) than root work. Usually, you should leave SOME amount of greenery on top when you cut roots back, but it does not need to be "balanced." And if you are moving the plant into the ground, you don't need to do anything to the top. ============= If this is so, could you please explain to me why you can not take a seedling or a cutting that has been propagated and place immediately into a Bonsai pot once they have taken and are showing new growth? ============== Once a tree gets into a restrictive bonsai pot its days of significant growth are over. It WILL continue to grow but at a much slower rate. Threfore, if you want to get a fatter trunk, better branching, and a spreading base, you need to give the roots room to grow. A large, shallow (cut-down nursery pot) is necessary. Planing in the ground is better (and faster). Of course, to a seedling or a cutting, a bonsai pot may seem to be a large pot and you might get soem growth first. It all depends on what size tree you want to grow. However, the bonsai you get is likely to be tall and skinny. Because the major part of bonsai is developing a tree that gives an impression of great age, you usually need a large, tapering trunk. So giving the tree root room in its formative years is the quicket way to do that. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Preparation Of New Tree's
halrae wrote in message 000801c316eb$11ebd660$20c1223f@oemcomputer... Hiya Folks, I am a back ground lurker :-) , only because I am new to Bonsai, and do not have a great deal to say only a lot to learn. Which I might add I read with great interest this newsgroup. I have murdered my first tree a Pyracantha :-( by over watering it. By the time I got the tip from Jim about the popstick it was all to late. Where did you get the Pyracantha? I've looked, briefly I'll admit, in Perth and not seen it. snip Halrae Western Australia Are you a member of the Bonsai Society of WA? Website - http://members.iinet.net.au/~jold/bo...ety/index.html It's a really friendly, helpful group of people. You can come to a meeting to get the 'flavour' as it were before joining. Cheers, Heidi Aussie |
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