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Got a nice size crabapple to play with 70cm from above the pot
Not sure fully what I'm going to do yet aside from splitting her into 2 trees

Regards
Wal

chop chop.
Get soem movement and taper by chopping and regrow the new trunk sections

Ken

Did you get that from Tess?

Yep it came from Tess at Bonsai Northside... how did you know?
They have some really good size stock for awesome prices

Regards
Wal

I used to live there. I got my experimental crabapple which I took to cairns from her. It seems to like the year long growing season, but it's never flowered. Hers aren't grafted but they may be pretty young plants. Or perhaps because the tree is in cairns it won't flower.

I left it there with dad before I moved as it wasn't really an attractive specimen for bonsai and it's still doing well.

Beano wrote:I used to live there. I got my experimental crabapple which I took to cairns from her. It seems to like the year long growing season, but it's never flowered. Hers aren't grafted but they may be pretty young plants. Or perhaps because the tree is in cairns it won't flower.

I left it there with dad before I moved as it wasn't really an attractive specimen for bonsai and it's still doing well.

Hmm how long ago did you get yours? When i spoke to Tess few days back she said they should flower this year.. but ofcause you would have got one from a different lot.

I was told this one is a 4 year old cutting from a 10 year old tree...

Were you feeding any flower / bloom fertiliser? Just curious

Regards
Wal

Hey, I got it in 2014 I think. It only ever got Yates fish emulsion and seasol for soil condition. I'm pretty sure fish emulsion is for foliage growth rather than flowering, but I'm not sure exclusively using that would stop it flowering if all other conditions are right. I'm thinking conditions aren't right for it. It lived its life on my balcony as I never had a garden, unit living doesn't often provide gardens. It could have done with more hours of sunlight per day. While it was in a styro box it never got very fat, preferring to grow upwards instead. From what I read they aren't easy to get taper into the trunks. Because it wasn't great stock and I had limited car space for the move, I decided to leave it behind and get a new one here.

Beano wrote:Hey, I got it in 2014 I think. It only ever got Yates fish emulsion and seasol for soil condition. I'm pretty sure fish emulsion is for foliage growth rather than flowering, but I'm not sure exclusively using that would stop it flowering if all other conditions are right. I'm thinking conditions aren't right for it. It lived its life on my balcony as I never had a garden, unit living doesn't often provide gardens. It could have done with more hours of sunlight per day. While it was in a styro box it never got very fat, preferring to grow upwards instead. From what I read they aren't easy to get taper into the trunks. Because it wasn't great stock and I had limited car space for the move, I decided to leave it behind and get a new one here.

How did the new one turn out so far... do you have a pic mate?

Regards
Wal

It's a big one and I've put air layers on it. Waiting impatiently for them to root. I checked them and one layer had two little root stubs sticking out, all of them had tonnes of callus but weren't bridging. So I repainted with rooting gel and packaged them up tighter this time. Hopefully they'll root soon because we're running out of growing season here! It's still pushing new growth so hopefully I'll get some roots soon

Inspired me to find my crabbapple project and here she is clamouring for my attention

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Inspired me to find my crabbapple project and here she is clamouring for my attention

I would back flip like a Ninja if mine was like that omg! Well done

Regards
Wal