Chinese Elm Repot - bonsaiTALK Community

5-Mar-2003	#21
David Chauvin bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Mar-2002 Location: Laplace,LA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 703	TB, Nice job on the nebari and picking a new front. The tree has definitely taken a step up. Good Luck, David __________________ "With the death of the Shamen, artists are the last interpreters of the Divine." Joseph Campbell

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6-Mar-2003	#22
Emperor Fish Bonsai Otaku Join Date: Nov-2002 Location: Hants Country: England USDA Zone: 8 ish AHS Heat Zone: 2-3 Posts: 570	Hey - Mr Beard! Good job on this elm mate. I remember the original posts of this tree and wondered what you were going to do with it - I think you've definitely made the right decisions here. I'm really impressed with the 'feel' of this tree - very reminiscent of so many field trees in the UK - very naturalistic, I can almost see farmer Giles driving his tractor round it! A shallower cream pot would really suit this later, but going for a deeper pot now will give those elm roots plenty of room to grow this season. Regards, Fish. __________________ Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill. HEALTH WARNING: Engage brain fully, before typing into keyboard. "We are the average gamers and we'll kill you badly. There'll be no finesse. no fancy tricks, no inventive attacks, just 2 whole smg clips and a rain of 'nades."

7-Mar-2003	#23
Treebeard Tree herder Join Date: Aug-2002 Location: Maidenhead Country: England USDA Zone: 8b AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,200	Thank you Mr Fish. The naturalistic UK field tree look was what I was aiming for, although to be fair it nearly there when I bought it. I see oaks in fields like this every day locally, It is really nice to have my own little miniature one right in my own back garden! I can live with it in the current pot for a couple of years. Next spring I will do as Erubeck and Bnsaijim suggest and nick the roots and apply root hormone, to get roots nearer the surface. Regards, TB __________________ "Do not be hasty, that is my motto" -JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers. ----------------------------------- christopherguise.co.uk

11-Apr-2004

#24

Treebeard

Tree herder

Join Date: Aug-2002

Location: Maidenhead

Country: England

USDA Zone: 8b

AHS Heat Zone: ?

Posts: 2,200

1 YEAR UPDATE:

This tree has given me great pleasure this last year.

For the history of it, see the links in the first post of this thread.

Last May, I submitted it in the "Ask the Master" section here on bonsaiTALK. Walter Pall kindly critiqued the tree, and provided a virtual for a pot. Unfortunately the thread was lost in the bT crash. Luckily Walter still had a copy of the virtual he did for me.

Armed with a print out of his virtual I went shopping for a pot. Eventually I found the right pot, a little darker than Walter's suggestion but still very good I think.

Just to refresh, here is how the tree looked when I bought it, February last year:

This is how it looked in April last year:

And this is Walter's virtual...

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"Do not be hasty, that is my motto"
-JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers.
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Last edited by Treebeard : 11-Apr-2004 at 06:45 PM.