Hi Pat, not a lot of issues so far to be honest but it’s early days. As far as I can tell branching options seem to present themselves after cutting back. I know the roots are looking pretty good (last time I saw them) so I’m fairly confident I can make something reasonable from these guys.Pat3222 wrote: ↑September 4th, 2021, 7:36 pm Looking really good! I had a couple of these that didn't survive a summer trip away. I haven't tried them again, was concerned by lack of branching choices aside from near the apex. What's your experience so far? Might have inspired me to have another go.. cheers
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Consider me inspired to have another crack R3. Was the repot photos the first time you did root work?
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I am sure I did work on the roots before the 2020 repot, but exactly when eludes me. If I'm going to have a stab at timing though, I'd say (given they were tube stock) I would've potted them into larger grow pots (and sorted the roots out) not long after I got them ... say November 2018. It's a guess but that sounds like the kind of approach I usually take. Hope that helps!
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Thanks for the info mate. Consider me on board. I'll add them to my No more procrastinating thread when I get started.
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How have you found these tolerant root reduction? I have a couple that need doing. Presuming they like a bit of sand in the mix?
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I’ve had no issues. I don’t go as hard on them as elms/maples… but at the same time I have found their root system to be finer than those so no need to really. I have cut back well over 50% on occasions and the trees were all fine.
My usual mix is pine bark, pumice, scoria, zeolite and some coir peat. I also often add pre-packaged “cactus mix” in with the smaller trees in development, particularly natives. This is because they get repotted a lot/frequently while developing, so the benefits of a mix that doesn’t break down so much over time is a bit wasted it seems to me… and cactus mix is cheaper and easier to source. It seems to work pretty well.
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I do the same, thanks mate. Two of mine will be receiving a decent root reduction this spring/summer from deep pots into orchid pots.Ryceman3 wrote: I also often add pre-packaged “cactus mix” in with the smaller trees in development, particularly natives. This is because they get repotted a lot/frequently while developing, so the benefits of a mix that doesn’t break down so much over time is a bit wasted it seems to me… and cactus mix is cheaper and easier to source. It seems to work pretty well.
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G'day again. Was doing some more research on these and happened across Nikki Bonsai youtube channel. If there's a bigger single collection of Casuarina videos I haven't seen it. Cheers
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... and here's that little shohin bunjin/literati experiment after a trim back today.
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Cool little tree RC3 ,it is funny how we get a lot of enjoyment in the more simpler trees. Cheers John.
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100%… This is one of those trees which looks particularly unimpressive in photos when compared to real life. I have a soft spot for it, always a bit of fun when experimenting with natives.
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Just an update after a couple of months ... and another trim.
You don't see many of these as shohin, I think it's working out pretty well.
You don't see many of these as shohin, I think it's working out pretty well.
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Plenty of stuff you can do with sheoaks, very versatile and pretty resilient I find. Get creative!
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I repotted a few of these Sheoaks in early February (I think) and today I did a bit of work continuing to set the primary structure and starting to position some secondary branching.
Here’s a few images to keep the progression up to date.
EDIT: repot was on Feb 5th … for my own reference. No issues afterwards and recovered well.
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