Newbie With New Elm

FoolsRun

Hi, everyone.

I'm a mostly-newbie. I've owned a Tea, Sarissa and Boxwood in the past, the first two I gave to friends when my situations changed so as to prevent me from being able to care for them, and the third had a root problem that caused its untimely death. I've just purchased this new Elm to replace the Box I lost and I'm wondering what everyone thinks of it. I'm a little worried that the trunk is too skinny (it looked less skinny before it was clipped and potted).

I live in central Connecticut in an apartment, so I plan on growing this Elm indoors which, by my research and the advice of my local BonsaiGuy, seems to be if not an ideal way to keep them, at least an acceptable one.

So what do you think?


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FoolsRun

Can anyone give me an idea of what I should trim? The inside of the tree is a bit crouded but I'm really not sure what I should do with it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Greggles

hi! if u want to create a mame/shoin with this tree..then I suggest you have a look at some examples in this site!

http://www.e-bonsai.org/photo_Folde...lder/kaede.html

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FoolsRun

By those examples it seems like I should have it in a smaller pot. Yes/no?

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washout03

definatly put it in a smaller pot. wait until youve decided what you are going to do with it, and choose a pot to compliment the style.

FoolsRun

I might have a good pot for it at my parents' house if they haven't thrown it out. If they have, where does one find good Bonsai pots?

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FoolsRun

Also, can I repot it now? I know it's out of season, but since it was just put in this pot last week, maybe it could be repotted again now without too much negative effect?

Also again, what size pot would you recomend?

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Mr. Ian

Just leave it there for the time being. One repot is enough, although I know it will be tough to wait it out for the year. In any case, the larger pot it currently resides in will let the tree grow roots and the trunk to thicken a bit more.

In the meantime, you have a year to find the perfect pot. Looks like a great start.

peace,
Ian

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FoolsRun

Alright. It will be tough to wait it out (I want it to look great *now*! ) but I'll take your advice.

I have one more question. I was stupid. Last night after asking about repotting, I became curious about whether or not the tree was wired into the pot at all. I dug a little around the tree and pulled up a little on the trunk. It lifted easily showing that it is not wired in. Unfortunately it now sits a little higher than it did before, since I pulled up on it a bit. I pushed it back down but I wonder if I should do something more to get it back into the soil more properly?
The roots aren't exposed or anything, I'm just paranoid after loosing my last tree to a root problem.

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