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What does everyone think of this as a pot choice?
Pot is 24cm across and 9cm deep
Tree is roughly 40cm tall and 40cm at the widest, 6cm trunkPot is 24cm across and 9cm deep
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I think it's a match made in heaven.
Your tree looks quite friendly. The trunk has smooth bends and nice flow. I'd say it's more feminine than masculine.
The pot looks soft. No sharp edges. Nothing dramatic. The dull colour will direct the eye to the trunk leading into the needles.
Your tree looks quite friendly. The trunk has smooth bends and nice flow. I'd say it's more feminine than masculine.
The pot looks soft. No sharp edges. Nothing dramatic. The dull colour will direct the eye to the trunk leading into the needles.
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Very nice pots Kerrin. Would love to see the tree and pot together on this one and the juni in a photo if you can manage it.
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Very nice match I think, hard to judge size though.
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Hi Kez,
I got a Chinese Elm in very sandy/silty soil with no drainage. I had to high pressure hose to get the nasty soil off and out from the centre of the root ball. Nasty stuff. So you might need some help...going carefully no doubt, as you are only likely doing 1/2 the root ball at a time.
As to style/pot, lovely work. For something slightly different, unless the trunk is longer than we can see in the pic, you could develop into a nice semi cascade. I have a thing for semi cascade JBP and you don't see many here. Food for thought.
Keep us updated, nice work.
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I got a Chinese Elm in very sandy/silty soil with no drainage. I had to high pressure hose to get the nasty soil off and out from the centre of the root ball. Nasty stuff. So you might need some help...going carefully no doubt, as you are only likely doing 1/2 the root ball at a time.
As to style/pot, lovely work. For something slightly different, unless the trunk is longer than we can see in the pic, you could develop into a nice semi cascade. I have a thing for semi cascade JBP and you don't see many here. Food for thought.
Keep us updated, nice work.
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Here's the tree and pot together, better representation of the colour as well
Kerrin
Cheers, Kerrin
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I think it would be a good choice of the pot were a little bit shallower, and a little bit wider, elastic band theory if you get me. Its just a little bit big , not horticulturally but visually. i think one the same pot with a change on the dimensions as stated above would achieve a good image as well as still horticulturally stable for a pine.
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Got this tree into it's pot today,
Definitely don't recommend sand as a growing medium, very few roots and nasty and compacted around the trunk of the tree.
Anyway it's in some good mix now so onward and upwards What does everyone think?
Kerrin
Definitely don't recommend sand as a growing medium, very few roots and nasty and compacted around the trunk of the tree.
Anyway it's in some good mix now so onward and upwards What does everyone think?
Kerrin
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Looks beautiful, Kez. Can't wait till it beefs up a touch and gets denser!
You were right about being tempted to pot the things up, by the way... Damn it.
My pine seems to be doing well, though it mostly just sits there (which I suppose is normal this time of year). There's some signs of new buds etc., which is good.
You were right about being tempted to pot the things up, by the way... Damn it.
My pine seems to be doing well, though it mostly just sits there (which I suppose is normal this time of year). There's some signs of new buds etc., which is good.
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I think the tree is in need of a bit more height to balance the trunk length out a bit..
Otherwise it's heading in the right direction!
Nice job so far.
Otherwise it's heading in the right direction!
Nice job so far.
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I think that once the crown fils out a little, it will address some people's concern about the depth of the pot.
Out of interest, did you bare root in order to get all the sand off/out, or did you only partially replace the old sandy soil?
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Out of interest, did you bare root in order to get all the sand off/out, or did you only partially replace the old sandy soil?
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Thanks folks,
Didn't bare root as there wasnt alot of root there, just removed as much sand as i could from about 50% of the root ball and teased the roots out as much as i could
Didn't bare root as there wasnt alot of root there, just removed as much sand as i could from about 50% of the root ball and teased the roots out as much as i could
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Re: JBP
Took this tree in a bit of a different direction after this season
I had a few reasons for the changes so I feel it was necessary but i'd still be interested in others opinions
Kerrin
Love to know what everyone thinks... better? worse?I had a few reasons for the changes so I feel it was necessary but i'd still be interested in others opinions
Kerrin
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