A big juniper cascade

Vonsgardens

Nice proportion on the pot, I think it will provide a very stable base for your nice tree. John

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Dav4

Cool, John. Thanks for the input. My time for re-potting junipers is April...perhaps we'll have follow-up pics then.

Dave

Dale Cochoy

Dav,
Thats a VERY nice pot, and to me looks hand made from what I can tell from the rim and inside. I'd like to see a picture of the bottom if possible. I like it!
Loking forward to seeing how that juniper looks in it after potting.
Dale

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Dav4

Thanks, Dale. I'm glad you posted. I'll get that bottom pic for you the next time I visit the nursery. From what I've been told, the pot is handmade. My only concern with the pot (other then the price, though I do suspect it is fair) is the deterioration/wear that is apparent near the central drainage hole. I don't have the luxury of keeping my trees frost free during the winter, and this tree/pot combination will freeze solid for several months minimum each year. Should I be concerned about further deterioration? I suppose I could pull the tree from the pot each fall.......yuk.....I've got to start buying smaller stock! Any way, thanks for any input.


Dave

Dale Cochoy

Dav4]Thanks, Dale. I'm glad you posted. I'll get that bottom pic for you the next time I visit the nursery.


Are they holding it hostage until paid for??


From what I've been told, the pot is handmade. My only concern with the pot (other then the price, though I do suspect it is fair) is the deterioration/wear that is apparent near the central drainage hole. I don't have the luxury of keeping my trees frost free during the winter, and this tree/pot combination will freeze solid for several months minimum each year. Should I be concerned about further deterioration? I suppose I could pull the tree from the pot each fall.......yuk.....I've got to start buying smaller stock! Any way, thanks for any input.


Dave, even the best pots can crack/break if frozen ( although some think that if they are expensive Japanese they are immune to this). Many Japanese and Chinese pots are truly not great quality clay and/or very high fired fired quality clay, depite what they say. I just read another thread elsewhere about concerns someone had about their Tokoname pots cracking in the winter. I have had several 'Tokoname' pots crack in the winter. Tokonome is NOT a magical area in the far east! Their pots can crack in winter just like us common guys can. Here is a large one in picture still hanging together. I've had many crack right at the soil lines. If your overwintering temps are loosly controlled , as mine are, then you will lose a pot once in a while. That is the price we pay for growing trees in ceramic pots in cold areas!! But, if older and hand-made it may be much better clay and fired very nicely. Your run of the mill cheap chinese pot with cheap low fired low quality clay and glaze are always at risk in the winter. I've had MANY on retail trees that feet fell off, sides popped out, etc.
Just like the occasional dead tree....we have occasional broken pots.

D.

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Wild Things Bonsai Studio
Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery
Hartville, Ohio

Dav4

[QUOTE=Dale Cochoy]Dav4]Thanks, Dale. I'm glad you posted. I'll get that bottom pic for you the next time I visit the nursery.


Are they holding it hostage until paid for??



I haven't made the purchase yet, but I'm not worried about losing it to someone else. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one interested in it. You've convinced me that it is worth the purchase. Maybe in a few weeks...after I submit my tax returns . Thanks again for the post,

Dave

bunjingi

Dave,
I was working at the nursery today and bought that pot!!!
NOT ;-) just teasing.
It is an old Japanese hand made pot. There is a chop on the bottom but I did not have my camera with me. Definitely worth purchasing. I would estimate that it would be over $400. new these days from Japan.
Your juniper would look good in it.
Now, let's hope that since you are posting it here, no one decides to buy it before you
John Romano

PatArizona

Dave...

If you want that pot and really want it...you'd better get in there and put a deposit on it.

Pat

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Dav4

That's not funny, John!! I read your post at 10pm last nite (with my wife sitting next to me) and I nearly fell out of my chair when I read that first sentence. Luckily, my wife steadied me until I realized you were joking. 30 seconds later, I was steadying my wife after she had scrolled back through the posts and found the cost of the pot. Oh, well....she'll get over it . Thanks for the info John. By the way, I'm hoping to attend some of your workshops this spring.

Dave