My Full Bonsai Collect :)

[Ryan1979b]

Hi all, Its been awhile since I have made a decent post of my Trees, work has taken over my life for the last few months. I thought it was time to take a photo record of my current stock which I also thought would be an opportunity to post all of my current projects. As you will notice I have an awful lot of trees in early training stages which require a lot of work hehehehe...But I'm beginning to see a future for some of them. I will try an provide a few comments on each to explain the history of them too. Sorry the photo's aren't 100% I rushed around this morning with my spare 30mins trying take them all

I'm thinking of re-potting the Juniper's this Autumn/Now, do you think it is too late in the season to do this as I was also going to do some root reduction to a few of the ones in black nursery pots?

Anyway happy viewing and please provide any advice or styling tips with any of the stock below, advice and criticism is always welcome

Sorry there in no particular order of progression.

[MattA]

Hey Ryan,

You have a nice little collection coming along there and you have done really well at keeping it to just these. I have trees in all sizes & stages spread all over Its a constant game to find some room for a new one.. forget sitting at the outdoor table or on the benches for that matter

Look forward to seeing the broom nakid, it looks to have some nice roots too, any chance of a better shot of them. Both tridents are showing a bit of colour, how good do they get here in Newy?

I also really like your cassies, can you post another pic of them once you have pruned so we can see the structure better. Also can you share more info on how you went about collecting these suckers, timing, soil etc...

Matt

[BirchMan]

Hi Ryan,
Some impressive trees in the making there, i especially like your tridents and Shimpaku 3. Also sounds like you've had some success with large PJ cuttings. I think i'm gonna take a fair few this winter and go for the famed "dynamic figs" technique explained on this site.

I think your cascade juniper could take a similar path to the one in the below thread, which has come along beautifully without too many drastic moves:

http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/t2655 ... na-cascade

I'm guessing the casuarina foliage shortens with ramification? I'm keen to get hold of one or two large ones as they're everywhere around here.

Cheers,
Matti

[Ryan1979b]

It definitely has been a task keeping them to a limited amount, I can assure you by the end of next spring I will have a few more.

Unfortunately Matt the trident don't develop to much colour in Newcastle, for me anyway. They end up a yellowish colour with the few odd red leaves. But this may varies from tree to tree? I'm thinking the tridents Broom is still going to need a lot of branch ramification but I'm also pretty keen to see what it looks like as this will be its first winter styled The roots of the trident need a lot of work, they have nice flare at the base but no fine roost close to the surface. Now it is partially styled I am going to concentrate on reducing the large tap and deep roots

I was extremely happy with my PJ cuttings, I had a fairly high success rate with the Large cuttings, I just used propagation sand in a makeshift nursery using Styrofoam box dowel corners and gladwrap :)If you have the time its best to wait till it warms up around October November for the fig cuttings. I also used some hormone powder to help the situation, not sure if it is totally necessary with figs bit it didn't seam to hurt.

Cutting Setup.jpg

For my casuarina's (Glauca - I think) root suckers I severed one side of the root (furthest away from the main tree) seasoled and left for about 1-2 months to produce roots. This was done late October once it warmed up. Then i came back cut the other root and collected them. they were kept in a mix of 50/50 Diatomite and bonsai mix which was kept in a water tray constantly. I only lost 1 out or 4 this way. I will post some images once they are trimmed. with the foliage I just finger trim the foliage that isn't to thick to whatever length you like and cut the rest to suit. They have been left in the same pot for 1.5 years so I am going to tranfere them to a ceramic pot this spring.


Cheers Ryan