AusBonsai

This is the other time consuming effort for the day .With 20 odd trunks to go i may just have to toss them into a barrow as i haven't prepared the grow beds .

Cheers .Alpineart

Good work mate, looking forward to seeing the ramification develop fully.


Mo

Hi Mo' , mate these are just bloody big training pots or grow beds of a different kind , This way i can rotate them for better even growth . The 2 little rear tree's are from a different batch but i wont mind if the colours are off as it will give the forest a different look and depth .

Some thread grafting may take place depending on time management .

Cheers .Alpine

alpineart wrote:Hi Mo' , mate these are just bloody big training pots or grow beds of a different kind , This way i can rotate them for better even growth . The 2 little rear tree's are from a different batch but i wont mind if the colours are off as it will give the forest a different look and depth .

Some thread grafting may take place depending on time management .

Cheers .Alpine

The pots are absolutely massive, it's a wonder how you move them around to get the growth!

I agree, the varying colors will only add depth to the forest and with age, it will look magnificent.

you don't get a hernia trying to move these things around haha.

Hi Mo' big pots for big tree's . This one is 720 x 460 x 210 . takes around half a brickies barrow of mix . It was moved with the help of my Wife and Son , I struggle with them empty .
Hernia , yes got a couple had one fix but buggered that up too .I will make a few turntables again when i find the time , that a filthy four letter word and it waits for no-one .

Cheers Alpine

Nice one Baba!

Damn, I was joking about the hernias! Never had one, but i cant imagine they feel like a warm foot bath... You're a brave brave man Alpine!

If you ever do need some help mate let me know and I'll try help out on the weekend if you want.

Love the pot. Do you mind if i ask where you got it.

Regards
Rudy

Hi Neli , very nice indeed .

Hi Mo' , mate I'm beyond help , but your more than welcome to visit anytime .

Hi rudy , mate these were part of a one off deal i put together with a few members a couple of years ago , they were originally from a Melbourne supplier who clean out his stock .

Cheers Alpine

This had a major trim and reduction over winter although to look at it you wouldn't think so . I didn't have the time or the motivation to root prune so it was left along with plenty of others . A 4 hour work over and it will be maintained during the growing season. No fertilizer has been applied to any stock for 4 months so i had better get out there and do it in my spare time . The turntables work a treat when it comes to working on the tree's .

Cheers .Alpineart

Looking good Alpine!
Still seem to be growing reasonably well considering the lack of ferts!

Hi Biocs , everything here in the potted department is growing well with little or no care over the least few months . The only plants that were worked over were the grow bed stock . Must be all that rain we've had , i have only watered once since the start of Winter , that was yesterday . Still didn't get around to fertilizing but it will happen one day .

Cheers . Alpine

Hi Alpine,
The no frills approach has certainly been paying off. Very very nice . Cheers John.

Hi boom64 , No frills , with the 600mm of rain we have had and more rain on the way tomorrow . The winds have done plenty of radical pruning with quite a lot of damage dampening the enthusiasm around here . Some of the grow beds are actually water logged even though they are all terraces . Foliage growth has been good so far , flowering wasn't so good with many plants here hit or miss .

Cheers . Alpine

This was re- potted last night unfortunately most of the pics didn't work. With the help of 2 likely candidates it was removed from the extra large pot , the roots were sliced off with a kitchen knife and sections removed before placing back into a smaller training pot trim this morning and this is done for now . I will be watching this over the growing season for new leaders to reduce the height of some of the tree's . Next year it will be re-potted into a large tray .

Cheers .Alpineart