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Trainee bonsai


Trainee bonsai

I thought I had a Whitebeam sapling, but this is not Whitebeam, so I'm not sure what tree it is!



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whatever it is is nice and healthy

26 Apr, 2012

 

Yes, I think it will make a good subject. Do you think it could be beech Sheila?..or maybe Birch?...who knows, I certainly don't!

26 Apr, 2012

 

Birch is a good suggestion, Karen . . . only because I have another "seedling" which is Beech, and they don't match. :))
Thanks Yorks!

26 Apr, 2012

 

looks like birch Sheila in the book

26 Apr, 2012

 

Thanks Paul. Now that I think about it, we have a Weeping Birch, which the birds love to nibble . . . that's probably where it's come from!

26 Apr, 2012

 

That's great if it's a Birch. There's one along the M4 westbound coming past Reading that was obviously revealed in a woodland cut back and left isolated. it's a complete bow shape with the top almost touching the floor. Contorted weeper. I bet so many people driving past think about offering money to the highways people for it...

26 Apr, 2012

 

The forest grows Sheila .. A birch would be great.

26 Apr, 2012

 

i thought birch too, be great if you did this as a long term blog and updated it each time it changed ~ how long to grow a bonsai???
how deep is the container please?

26 Apr, 2012

 

Thanks Pimm's and Sticki! The changes would be so few and far between, Sticki, that people would have dropped off to sleep waiting . . . it will be several years before it looks mature.
This container is about 2" deep.

26 Apr, 2012

 

ok thank you, thats helpful

i would love to see it though ~ can you imagine super-slow time lapse photography???

its the shaping i think may be the hardest but the key to it???

26 Apr, 2012

 

I see potential SB ! pinching out when each new growth reaches 2" or 3" ( approx) throughout the growing season will soon have it looking very 'bonsai' in a couple of years.

26 Apr, 2012

 

how do you get that 'asymmetrical' shaping they often have ~ i suspect you need an artists eye for that!! [do not take that literally]

26 Apr, 2012

 

An artist's eye would certainly help, Sticki. When I prune my bonsai (gently), I keep turning the pot round and round so that the tree looks balanced. I expect an asymmetical shape could be achieved with careful pruning (or luck)!

26 Apr, 2012

 

...and wiring.

26 Apr, 2012

 

ah, maybe if i put a photo of a real bonsai behind that could be the template for cutting/pruning/wiring??

26 Apr, 2012

 

Looks great Sheilabub....Sticki that sounds like a great idea!

26 Apr, 2012

 

do you think it would work???

26 Apr, 2012

 

I don't bother about wiring - such a fiddle! That's for the keen experts, and I just enjoy the pruning :))

27 Apr, 2012

 

I can't wait for Autumn and winter now to see what shape my acer is....and I have a few cherry seedlings on the way from Mums garden, see what you started Sheila.

27 Apr, 2012

 

I can't see how it wouldn't work sticki.....just sort of using an image as a template/pattern positioned up against a wall or something at the back of your plant when you prune. You would have to get a reasonable sized image though. Maybe I'm thinking too much into it - which wouldn't surprise me!!

27 Apr, 2012

 

perhaps i could use one of those logos from the karate kid!! loved that film!!

27 Apr, 2012

 

Use one of the pictures on my blog if you can blow it up Mrs Miagee:)

27 Apr, 2012

 

:-)
thank you!!!

27 Apr, 2012



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