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23-Feb-2004
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PROJECT- Hornbeam II
I started with this hornbeam that I bought at El Dorado Bonsai in Sept. of 2001. The tree was about 14" tall. You can read some of the original project here:PROJECT- Hornbeam
Today I noticed that the top of the tree had died back. Some of my stock gets lost in all the trees, and I don't notice whats going on for a few years. Anyone else suffer with that? I decided that the tree needed to be repotted to build a new top. The original tree was potted in akadama, and I thought it may be plugged up due to being in the container for so long. I feel that the top just died back due to rot in the roots. Hornbeam tend to be a little more happy with growing branches at the bottom of the tree. The tops tend to be weak. When I pulled it out of the pot I nearly had a heart attack. This thing was ugly! In fact it was FUGLY! I had never seen anything like this before. This thing looked like it came from a diffferent planet. Check this out!
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23-Feb-2004
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Bonsai Doer
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Turning the plant to different view doesn't help either. It's just as fugly on this side as the other!
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23-Feb-2004
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This was going to be the original front, but since the top died back I am not so sure.
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23-Feb-2004
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Bonsai Doer
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This was the original back, but the new leader that is growing to make an apex may make this the new front. The back branch that sticks out may have to be removed or reshaped.
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23-Feb-2004
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Only one thing to do! Get rid of the tripod. I will have to layer this tree of of those ugly roots. Same procedure that I used for the maple 18 months ago.
Only one thing, hornbeams are not so fast to make roots. I have a smaller tree that I'm taking a layering off, and I had to recut it late last year since it did not make roots. If it takes it will be a killer tree. The tree was rotated till I found the best view and decided where to make the first cut. The second cut was made about an inch from the first cut and the bark peeled and the cambium scraped. I made the cut right at the level where the tree has a natural swelling. If I get roots there it will have a very nice base.
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23-Feb-2004
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Bonsai Doer
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The tree from the other side. I dusted it with hormone and and wrapped the trunk with long fibred moss to keep the trunk moist, even though it will be a ground layer in a pot full of soil.
The tree was planted in the same plastic oversize pot that the maple grew out in. I hope it is a magic pot and gives me good results. Thanks for viewing, Bonsai-al
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I been kidding the last seven years. no.... really! Last edited by bonsaial1 : 23-Feb-2004 at 12:51 AM. |
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23-Feb-2004
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Haha, when you said tripod, i just laughed
 That's going to be a nice compact tree if the layering works well.
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23-Feb-2004
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Al, your "photo essays" are always so well done, interesting and relevant. I have several Hophornbeams that are now three years old that look alot like the tree you started with. You have really provided some great ideas for their development. In the past, I was pretty negative about the smaller size bonsai. Just didn't care for them. I've been thinking smaller lately, however, because it is so hard to carry, repot, etc. the larger specimens.
Thanks again for your superior work and great photos. Fred |
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23-Feb-2004
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Bonsai Otaku
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Al,
Those pesky hornbeam roots! Absolutely the right decision IMO, could be a beatiful fat shohin in a few years. Good luck. Regards, Fish.
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30-May-2006
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Bonsai Doer
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I have a new update on an old project. This hornbeam has gone thru some real workovers. The top was lost to an unfortunate pruning mistake. After the loss of the top (apex) I started working on a new apex. This meant that the original fron would have to be sacrificed for a front that was originally the back. So much for 360 styled trees.
I had to remove many of the branches due to them being in the wrong position for a view of the back of the tree. (something that all trees will suffer from) These back branches obscured good views of the trunk and did not lend themselves towards a good view of the trunk. Then the repot. I found the ugly tripod of roots. The roots from Mars. I did the ground layer and was able to remove the tripod from the plant and start over from scratch with the base of the tree. Now the plant is doing fine on the new roots , I can turn my attention back to refining the apex. During the scar cleanup and pruning, it was noticed that the apex was growing beter in a position better than the previous year. Now the apex was better on the old fron than the old back. Last summer and this year...I have started to refine the branches and prune for ramification on what I now believe to be the final front. Without going back to the original article, I think this is the original position. The branching is still pretty small and thin and will need to fatten up this season. Hornbeams grow much like elms and this should be no problem. Due to these plants losing their shape so easy, I will continue to develop this tree while in the shohin container. The size of the branches will develop with time and I am in no hurry to make them fat. I hope that the development of this tree to this point has been as rewarding to those that read it as it was for me to make it. SPECIES:Korean Hornbeam TRUNK: 2 inches at soil (5cm) HEIGHT: 5 inches from pot (13cm) POT: Japanese (Yozan) EDIT: in going back and reading the original article, I see that indeed the new front is the old back of the tree. I have changed it so many times I must have lost count...lol
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