AusBonsai

One of the first ever bonsai stock trees i bought (several years ago - some of you may remember it) was a chinese quince. It was literally just a stump which i decided to trunk chop. Over the past few years i have neglected it then come back to it and negelcted it again. It has definately been one of the trees i have learned from by trial an error as it always stays strong and can handle the treatment hehe

i have now started to try and take it more seriously. There are faults with this tree but i have just cut it back and repotted it back into a large growth pot. here is how it started and how it looks today. excuse the bad quality photos.

feedback is always welcome. at times i feel like cutting it back to a stump and starting again now i have learned so much from it. im going to grow a sacrifice branch to thicken up the lack of taper at the trunk cut.

this plant has phenominal autumn colour each year without fail but sadly has not yet flowered

Excellent work you've done mate.. Can I ask how many years its been between photos?

Keep it up cos I think it can be a great tree. It can only get better from here..

Adam

very nice astro... excellent job indeed! my first few stock trees did not end up like yours hehehe

probably about 4 years. it has been cut right back once tho. not really happy with two parts of the tree whihc are quite striaght where as the rest of the tree has movement but seeing if i can overcome that

Nice tree.

I just got a couple of these the other day.
Long way to go until they get that established though!

Hi Astro, really nice tree, decent quince are quite scarce in Australia. In the long term interest of the tree I would cut and regrow the top section so you can keep those curves going up the trunk and get some taper. My experience of these trees is that they are quite slow to thicken so it may be a long term project.
Craigw

How your quince going?


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Looking good, I've just purchased a Japanese quince recently. Many years to go until it looks as good as yours!

a photo with this years flowers perhaps

Lovely tree, Just a neophyte but I wouldn't be cutting that back to a stump again.

Looks really good. I've wanted to get a free like this myself

I have taken two cuttings from suckers. I've got a tree about 40 years old in the front garden.
But tell me if you can, has you quince got big thorns. Maybe it isn't a quince, although the fruit look like one. Maybe a hybrid. It has red single flowers now. I'm in Armidale NSW.

Bush bunny,
take 100 cuttings , all sizes...not all of them come up...so you are sure to get few to root.

Well yes, but - space and time. For some reason, I don't enjoy potting. I approach it with fear in my heart. Maybe because I nearly lost my needle juniper with the wrong potting mix. And another died on me, for too much root removal. If these suckers don't set, then next year I can take quite a few. But it has thorns, big ones on the older branches.

Why wait a year? Just stick some more cuttings in the same container...you can throw away the ones you dont want...meanwhile your chances are higher.