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13-Mar-2008
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Ume
I finally got the opportunity to repot a tree today! I bought this ume (Prunus mume) or Japanese flowering apricot, at the Bay Island Bonsai exhibit last January.
It was needing a repot badly, since it had been potted up in a cheap pot for sale, which broke during the winter. My god, it's been a long hard winter here.  These trees bloom in January in the Bay area, but this one had no signs of spring until today, when I noticed just a bit of bud movement. Now was the time to carve a bit and repot!The first two pics are of the tree last January, when I took it to work to give it good sun. It had started to bud, and I don't really have a good place in our house for indoor trees. |
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13-Mar-2008
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Here's the tree as it was today:
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13-Mar-2008
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And here's the work and results. This tree turned out to have a better nebari than I had anticipated. Ume don't necessarily always have a nebari to speak of, so this was a nice surprise. At the bottom of the trunk base was a large knob that had been reduced in the past. It now had little feeder root on it, and there are good roots all around the perimiter, so I reduced it some more.
I had used a combination of combing out the roots with angled tweezers, and using a water jet from the hose. I removed every bit of the old soil, arranged the roots so they all pointed at the edge, with none crossing, etc. I removed a couple of older nearly dead roots, and one that was just too high on the base because the tree had been buried so deeply. Then I potted it up in a Korean pot. |
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15-Mar-2008
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Join Date: Nov-2004
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Country: U.S.
USDA Zone: 5/6
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very nice indeed. Have you posted this tree before? If you have, this is the same tree that inspired me to go out and get an ume for myself.
Mine however is about 3' tall with a 3/4" trunk and no flowers . . . . yet. It was a rooted cutting from Brent at evergreen g.w. and has done beautifully. I've even managed a cutting from it.
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15-Mar-2008
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Hi Bonsaikc,
You have a very nice tree. I love the smell of Prunus mume's flowers in late winter. It refeshes my mind and my soul and reminds me that Spring coming ;-) Bonhe |
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15-Mar-2008
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KC,
I sure liked that deep red pot but o well, the new one is nice to. I remember when you first posted the tree..was in your office I think, it is moving forward nicely.
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15-Mar-2008
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bonsaiTALK Artisan
Join Date: May-2007
Location: Chattanooga
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Wow, good job kc! That looks great.
Do you usually repot flowering trees before they flower? I just got a pear tree recently and wasn't sure if it was best to wait till after flowering to repot or before. Thanks, -Myrtle |
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16-Mar-2008
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Nice tree, Chris. I think I am with Wes. I liked the dark red pot, too. What color are the flowers, White? That powder blue pot is starkly contrasting the dark trunk. Maybe the flowers will offset the light pot.
Great tree, nonetheless. -Wm |
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I didn't care much for the pot anyway, but of course it was a "sale pot" which is one step below or above "donate pot." This one may not be the perfect color, but for that I have to wait to see the flowers, which I may get next year. |
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I cannot tell a lie. I won't tell you I have been doing bonsai for eight years if it had only been three (it's really ten) and I won't tell you I have lots of flowering bonsai. This is the only one, so I am just getting started. I do know that repotting for azaleas is best done just after flowering. Ume can also be repotted as soon as the flowers start to fade, unless my memory is playing tricks on me. |
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