• Monday, January 21st, 2008
Well here she is, in all her glory. The stand that I built with my neighbor (Heath) turned out great. That thing could hold a house. Its a good thing. Because we found the only way to do this was to pot it in place. The pot was prepared and placed on the stand. Some soil was added, then the tree. Then a lot more soil and finally a long watering. Yep, it’s not going to be moving anywhere for quite some time.
I know it looks like an elephant’s foot, but that is in fact the nebari of the tree. It measures about 24″ around, 6 inches up from the base.
Jan 2008
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• Monday, January 21st, 2008
On the back side of this tree I pull a branch up and to the side to fill in an empty spot. The branch itself has done very well mu the un-natural movement of that branch has always bother me. To take care of this issue I decided to use an approach graft technique.
To start a carved a small notch in the trunk of the tree that the branch will fit into. It is about 1/8″ deep.
Finally the branch was slid into place and held with a push pin until the graft takes hold. The entire wound was sealed up with
cut paste
This is the branch that I performed the graft on
After a quick root prune and a new pot (actually a very old pot) the tree has taken on an entirely new look. This little guy is ready to pop out so Spring must be on its way. Jan 2008
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• Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Well what can I say? The top of this tree in the picture above was horrible. It all just needed to go. Look how much bigger the trunk looks now, and what great movement. The new leader is a thread graft from the branch coming out of the left side. By the end of this year this tree will have shape and nice branching. Mar 2007
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• Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Well what can I say? I just purchased this tree from Clif Pottberg in Dade City. Just to give you some idea of the size of this GLORIOUS tree, it is taking up about the entire bed of my Explorer Sport-Trac. I must say this was one of the most exciting moments in my bonsai life. Look for more about this tree as I begin to work on it through out the years. Feb 2007
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