AusBonsai

Here is my dig of the week. I've seen a few of these arround but never saw one with good stump size. When I saw this at a relative's house I mentioned about its potential for bonsai. After a few beers he said: "you could have it"

I am not quite sure how vigorous this one is at taking roots but feel that I have over-exposed the existing roots. Any suggestion?

hey may i ask a question is that steri-prune u used????

IS2SXC wrote:hey may i ask a question is that steri-prune u used????

Spot on mate. Gsssss, this guy's eyes are sharp

i wouldnt be concerned about that, being boug you should be good, keep it in the shade and just keep moist. use Superthrive or similar and seasol aswell.

being a boug i think it will take just fine.

thats the same type as mine in the thread repotting a large bougey their called smarty pants and are by far the best cultivat good luck it will be a good tree

Thanks Dayne, I just had another look at your tree. It looks good. Could you post some update photos for it?

UR bougie looks similiar to mine is it in its growth habits cuz the trunk on mine looks a big swollen too

sorry to run off the subject of ur tree lol

does anyone know how to get it off??????? LOL because i want to clean up this tree i bought n yeah he said to scrub it off with soap and water?? but i tried and NO GO

It will fade with time. If you want to remove ster-prune from dead wood quickly, just carve it out. You could clean it off with methylated spirit but this may have the tree?

kvan64 wrote:It will fade with time. If you want to remove ster-prune from dead wood quickly, just carve it out. You could clean it off with methylated spirit but this may have the tree?

CHEERS I WILL TRY

i have a couple of these, they root easily with good after care. I stuck a cut of branch into a pot and it grew roots from nothing. Got me a nice mame with great taper

Just to update some progress

Nice recovery and looking real good
Lucky boy eh!

Ken

Love the colour and looking great.

Regards Panda