Azalea bonsai trainers

[alpineart]

Another 2 down and plenty to go .Robbing pots from the Phoenix Grafts to fit these into , so i have re-potted down 6 junipers today .Thought i would give these 2

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to "The Hacker" for all his help on these big trunks i have collected lately . If he plants them out for 15-20 years he might just have some idea how big these grow . These may be small in size but the trunks are very nice in size

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, the tape measure is for "The hacker"

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as is the argument winner ,

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thats the aluminium baseball bat at 30 inches long and 2 1/8 inches thick ,

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sorry bloke its an American bat . I have won a few arguments with this thing in my day . I'm not moving too well but i'm doing the best i can with what i've got ,I can't see all of the azalea's removed and potted before the 10 May however the ones that are will be very good stock

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The root mass is to kill for , the only benefits of solid clay and shale .This particular trunk has very nice basel flair

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, narebri and taper

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i have removed 3 branches and a lower trunk , these will be cleaned up tomorrow .

Cheers Alpineart

[The Hacker]

Hi Alpine

There some very nice lookin Azalea's you have there

Regard's The Hacker

[Andrew F]

Incredible collection of trees Alp.

[alpineart]

Hi Guys , if i keep this up i will have to settle down and behave myself . I will have to count the holes i dug , i'm certain i dug 6 tree's but can only find 5 tonight , maybe i re-potted 6 junipers . Doesn't matter there only wee tree's , plenty more where these come from .

Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

Its been a busy day , removing another 6 Azalea's and trimming them up . This one got a bit of a trim in the process

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. Plenty of deadwood on this base so it will be utilized in the finish style , if one could call it a style .

Cheers Alpineart

[alpineart]

Had some spare time today to play with a few more so this one got a tidy up

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. The thick trunks will require winding down over time to aid movement

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and to reposition to the desired place . Tomorrow i will return to the digging side of this exercise with 18 out i only have 13 to go , on the home run .

Cheers Alpineart