AusBonsai

Thanks guys. It is now in the homemade growing box. The top layer will be removed to trim down the unwanted roots when the plant has recovered. I want to keep as much roots as possible for now to have quick recovery as most roots are fine-feeder roots.

very jelous now where do you live and what time do you go to work hahahaha just kidding

dayne wrote:very jelous now where do you live and what time do you go to work hahahaha just kidding

It's not that great Dayne. If you look at the branch with most favourable movement carefully, you'll see that it has some similar to wire marks. This is due to some sort of climber plants wrapped around it for so long. This will heal but still take time.
If you still want to do that kind of shopping, I recommend Jamie's place as he has more bonsai plants and is closer to you
I still have another question for the Firethorn experts: Is it ok to leave some leaves on or should I strip them all off?
Thanks

i like your grow box , good idea i think to have the two levels. Nice work

AndrewM wrote:i like your grow box , good idea i think to have the two levels. Nice work

Thanks, me too

Have you used this before and if so do you get more feeder roots in the top section?

Andrew, I used similar idea on my chinese elm to turn roots to trunk and yes it works. However, this is a different thing. It already has a lot of feeder roots there, I just want to keep them and use them to help the tree recover. These roots will then be removed to reveal a better trunk that was under the soil line.
Cheers

Thanks for that