Japan Video: Repotting a shohin Zelkova broom

[Mojo Moyogi]

Hi all,
With the help of one of my club members, I just found an informative video on YouTube that I want to share.

Despite being unable to understand Japanese audio, worth noting is the growers careful removal of old soil, selective removal of downward growing roots, use of a coarse drainage layer and small soil (Akadama) particle size for the main soil.

What the tree in this video reinforced to me is that you don't necessarily need to have a massive trunk that is v cut to make a great broom that any of us would love to own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEeieL-tKZY

Cheers,
Mojo

[Chris H]

Great little tree.

Its all in the proportions.

[Barry1]

Nice find Mojo and yes a shame I don't speak Japanese ... lovely tree

Cheers
Barry

[Jow]

Nice find Mojo, There are a number of videos from the same user that also look like they will be good.

Here is a small one i saw in japan with some fingers (not mine ) for scale.

img_4833.jpg

They would be quite easy to grow i think if you were willing to put in the time.

[Booga]

Tizz a nice little tree I would like to know the make-up of his soil

[Mojo Moyogi]

Nice find Mojo, There are a number of videos from the same user that also look like they will be good.

Here is a small one i saw in japan with some fingers (not mine ) for scale.

img_4833.jpg

They would be quite easy to grow i think if you were willing to put in the time.

Hi Joe, I have seen that tree before somewhere I think and it is just a wonderful little tree too. I agree that quality shohin like this are attainable in our lifetime here in Australia with the design ability and technique that many bonsai practitioners here already have (or can learn from the vast reference materials that are available).

Cheers,
Mojo

[Mojo Moyogi]

Or maybe I was thinking of this one?

keyaki1.jpg

Cheers,
Mojo

[Jow]

Mojo,

I saw a heap when i was in Japan last. There must have been a grower and or growers producing a fair amount of them. Really nice all the same.

i imagine a airlayered start and then a chop and you could have something similar in a handful of years.

Joe

[Mojo Moyogi]

Or this:

Keyaki broom shohin 2.jpg

Which I think became this a little later on:

Keyaki broom shohin.jpg

Ok, love the tree, but what about if the canopy was wider and the tree was in a shallower pot?

Keyaki broom shohin streched.jpg

Ok, now I'm just getting carried away .

Cheers,
Mojo

[kcpoole]

Lovely trees Mojo.
Are they all Elm or Zelcova?

Ken

[Mojo Moyogi]

Hi Ken, I'm pretty sure they are all Zelkovas.

Cheers,
Mojo

[MoGanic]

Or this:

Keyaki broom shohin 2.jpg

Which I think became this a little later on:

Keyaki broom shohin.jpg

Ok, love the tree, but what about if the canopy was wider and the tree was in a shallower pot?

Keyaki broom shohin streched.jpg

Ok, now I'm just getting carried away .

Cheers,
Mojo

Great virt!

Good luck getting the trunk to fatten sideways like that though