I found this buxus advertised about a year ago on gumtree. A guy had ripped a few up and left them on the side of the road to be removed. I cut about 1.5meters of growth off of it. Pic was taken today what do you guys think of its progress so far?
buxus from side of the road.
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Re: buxus from side of the road.
Lot of potential there, please keep us posted.
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Re: buxus from side of the road.
Have you considered putting it into a grow pot to develop the branching and then putting it back into a bonsai pot ? You may also be able to improve the nebari if you desire. I think the pot it is in is a little small considering it needs some developing.
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Re: buxus from side of the road.
Definitely don't take any more foliage off it for a while now. Buxus do not like to be trimmed too hard all at once or may die. I learnt this the hard way with some very nice stock i aquired a couple of years ago. Had it for nearly a year after collecting then gave it a major working leaving very little foliage but it couldn't cope and died within 6 weeks. Great stock you have there and I agree with upsizing the pot and letting it grow rampantly for a good year.
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Re: buxus from side of the road.
Thanks for the suggestion of putting it in a larger pot. I will definately do that.
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Re: buxus from side of the road.
I had this happen aswell...i think. I have another largwr buxus that i got from the same guy its leaves slowly turned brown and hasnt grown anymore so im assuminh its dead but leaving it just incase it springs back to life.srini wrote:Definitely don't take any more foliage off it for a while now. Buxus do not like to be trimmed too hard all at once or may die. I learnt this the hard way with some very nice stock i aquired a couple of years ago. Had it for nearly a year after collecting then gave it a major working leaving very little foliage but it couldn't cope and died within 6 weeks. Great stock you have there and I agree with upsizing the pot and letting it grow rampantly for a good year.
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Re: buxus from side of the road.
I should have taken a before picture, after repotting this and letting it be for a year it had put out a lot of growth. I decided i wass too tall for my liking so i cut it low and repotted it into a training pot. Fingers crossed it doesnt die as i cut a lot off.
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