AusBonsai

Hi Josh , mate they are more than happy in there, I will keep this out of the extreme heat this season for the sake of the tree's . Had to give it a trim last night , Wifey kept telling me it needed a hair cut so i decided to cut all the Nigra's before potting up .

Cheers Alpine

A quick trim only, no plucking yet or detailed wire however I have placed a single wire on the new addition and a decision to be made to leave them as semi cascade or trim back and wire the leaders back up . With the tree's as the focal point trimming back will expose too much rock .Lessons learned from last seasons heat will see this sheltered somewhat so the new growth should be very good hopefully thickening the leaders so the dont bow down too much under their own weight

Cheers Alpineart

Hey Alpine , mate you're an artist , absolutely love that rock . Do you have a post on here about how you made it . would love to try something like that
regards
peterb

Hi peterb , if you look at my posts and search for "Ishitsuki in the making" it will give you as much info as i have posted anywhere .

Cheers Alpine

Thanks alpine , I'll look it up
Regards
Peterb

Hey Alpine
could you tell me what you use to seal the hebel and what do you use to colour it , thanks mate
regards
peterb

Hi peterb , the colours are brickies mortar colour oxides and the waterproofing was bondcrete . Colours applied , blended then 3 coats of bondcrete was sprayed on , allow to dry in between coats .

Cheers Alpine

Hey Alpine
Thanks mate, i'm going to give it a go .
regards
peterb