[LLK] Small leaf privet

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Zimzallabim and Sno: thank you for the encouraging comments.

Hi Lisa all that praying has worked . This competition finishes at the end of November . Now if I get down on my hands knees and start praying I wonder if it will work for me . In the mountains to your south we are slower to get going than Canberra in spring .
With your tree I like your direction .

Gee, Sno, I should pray more often. In the meantime, maybe I'll learn to read the competition rules a bit better! Sorry, Steven e.a. -- But it still is a relief that I'll have the time, hopefully, to repot this babe and render it a bit more presentable before the final deadline.

Lisa

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Progress report:
Removal of the biggest root;
Further shortening of the smallest trunk;
Thinning of secondary branches.
Present height 27 cm, so a bit too tall. Planting it deeper should fix that.

Lisa

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One month since the last update. Leaves growing bigger, otherwise no change, which isn't surprising considering the season and the fact that a large root was removed.

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We are very slowly getting there. This shohin has spent the entire Winter in a sunny, frost-free place, hence the early leafing out and the chance of bonsai-potting it. Still a bit too tall.

Lisa

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Since the last posting I have removed the 3d and smallest branch and repotted this small privet again. The present pot is a bit big, but I had started by giving the shohin a pot that was too small for the size of the rootball I had had to leave on repotting. The little tree almost died as a result and took a long time to recover. So, in the end I don't have a very elegant bonsai, but it's still come a very long way and has plenty of potential. Height 22 cm.

Lisa

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I have privet project on the go as well
Love the movement and nebari! thanks for sharing!

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Thanks, banong, and good luck with your privet project!

Lisa