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alpineart wrote:Hi Mathew , mate there is some serious work gone into these tree , very inspirational . I don't think I have a single shohin here at all , if I have I wouldn't be able to see it .

Cheers . Alpine

Alpine
cheers mate . Ive started moving more towards shohin as time goes by. I still love looking and standing next to strong powerful trees near 1m tall but theres just something about holding a tree in one hand. Theres also the plus side that lifting and repotting dosent bed ridden you for weeks

One of my favourite deciduous shohin. This little guy stands at about 14cm tall. Photo before cleanup,prune and repot. I've got a sacrifice branch trying to thicken that first right hand branch. Love the ramification that seji's get and the tiny leaf. Sunday will be another repot day so this guy will get worked on then .

Looking good as always Matt!

looks like you have the same problem I do with arboreal moss growing on the trunks and branches.
I also love these small trees. Seiju makes great elm shohin.
The last couple of years I have been putting aside quite a few promising small trident trunks to develop further.
This year I have started to focus more on smaller shimpaku - fine foliage, dead wood and lots of twists

shibui wrote:looks like you have the same problem I do with arboreal moss growing on the trunks and branches.
I also love these small trees. Seiju makes great elm shohin.
The last couple of years I have been putting aside quite a few promising small trident trunks to develop further.
This year I have started to focus more on smaller shimpaku - fine foliage, dead wood and lots of twists

Neil
You bet I have this problem particular on elms, tridents, pines and junipers. Sometimes I use a lime sulphur solution and spray on the moss and sometimes I try to carefully pic it off (especially on pines with flaky bark)
Shohin shimpaku are the bomb. Lots of technique , patience with a very early plan required. I know your growing skills and looking forward to what you start producing in the coming years

White vinegar neat painted on with a paintbrush should kill the moss fairly quickly. I's probably something you will need to do through out the year though as the trunk moss can be quick to establish and re-establish.

Awesome Shohin Mathew.

Jow wrote:White vinegar neat painted on with a paintbrush should kill the moss fairly quickly. I's probably something you will need to do through out the year though as the trunk moss can be quick to establish and re-establish.

Thanks Joe ill have to try that

I've been mixing white vinegar and water equal quantities in a spray bottle then mist affected areas. Moss is killed in a few days but it does eventually grow back.
One problem is that the dead moss just hangs on the trunk and branches. With tridents and other smooth barked species I can brush it off with the brass brush but when I try pulling or brushing it off the corky barked trees the outer cork layers come off as well

Really nice trees! Would love to get my hands on a few!

MountainFrost wrote:Really nice trees! Would love to get my hands on a few!

cheers.
Should have a heap more up when I get around to them next few weekends

Beautiful work, Matthew! It shows me what I am aiming for.
Just a question: you only repotted deciduous shohin, probably leaving the conifers and semi-deciduous ones till later?
Also: Do you give your shohin some frost protection, the repotted ones especially? Here in Canberra it has been down to -8C and the BOM is forecasting -9 and further freezing temperatures in the near future. I thought that it got down to quite low temps in Wangaratta too.

All the best!

Lisa

LLK wrote:Beautiful work, Matthew! It shows me what I am aiming for.
Just a question: you only repotted deciduous shohin, probably leaving the conifers and semi-deciduous ones till later?
Also: Do you give your shohin some frost protection, the repotted ones especially? Here in Canberra it has been down to -8C and the BOM is forecasting -9 and further freezing temperatures in the near future. I thought that it got down to quite low temps in Wangaratta too.

All the best!

Lisa

Lisa
no I keep all the shohin outside exposed to the elements except the figs. I figured that yes the newly cut roots will freeze but I haven't experienced any ill health in the last 7 years been here . Simular temps to Canberra except your usually a few degrees cooler in winter and our summers are abit more extreme.
Yes deciduous trees next few weeks. I usually leave conifers till late august or early September but it all depends on bud movement.

Thanks, Matthew, that is really interesting. I'll have a go at gradually getting my shohin more accustomed to low temps. You do all your repotting earlier than the times I am used to, i.e. August-September for the deciduous trees and September-October for the rest. It seems that I can be more relaxed, starting earlier and spreading the work over a longer period.

Lisa

Some more repotting time over sunday . some of these aint shohin but I'm doing whatever I grab off the bench atm.

Proberly my favourite Shohin airlayered corky elm . I airlayered this 3 years ago off a elm that has the worst roots but the top 3rd of the tree had potential. Has been in this pot for 2 years now . more a training pot . Next year ill find a better pot . I think this tree has a great future and shows the potential of airlaying . Another elm that I quite like. Good roots! More to follow