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Gday folks!

Please find attached some photos of my recently acquired Flowering Peach (Prunus persica?), and my early attempts to turn it into Bonsai stock.
Comments? Questions?

Thanks.

Fly.

Thanks for showing that Fly. I always wanted to see actual pictures of this technique done . Always imagined pulling all the roots through the hole. This gives me a better insight to the proper layering technique. excellent!

I like sticks in pots especially when they turn in magic looking Bonsai .Awesome colour i have just collected some Necterine "sticks in pots" at present so i will watch the development of your Peach with a keen eye .Cheers

Petra wrote:Thanks for showing that Fly. I always wanted to see actual pictures of this technique done . Always imagined pulling all the roots through the hole. This gives me a better insight to the proper layering technique. excellent!

Gday Petra!

Glad you like it, but I'm sorry to say that this is not 'proper layering technique'. In this case, the purpose of the bit of flat, rigid plastic is to allow me to flatten out the root spread. The reason I have drilled the hole and inserted the fat lump of root is that I needed a way of firmly affixing the tree to the plastic, so as to maintain upward pressure on the roots. (I could just as easily have cut that large root right back, but figured I could use it to my advantage, mechanically speaking.)

I am planning on performing an air layer on this tree in late Spring or early Summer, and I just found a handy guide here. I think I have posted a few articles here which outline the layering process.

Gday Alpine!

I'm pretty sure that both Peaches and Nectarines will have leaves that are massively out of proportion for Bonsai, so we'll need to work towards the Winter silhouettes and the magnificent blossoms. I look forward to seeing yours!

Thanks all!

Fly.

Many thanks Fly, the photos explain your techniques so well. You have inspired me to have a go. Many thanks for sharing.

Hi Flybri, what a brilliant idea. Simple yet effective.I love the way you utilised the car hose bracket and the tile. I will be sure to use that on some of my trees when the oppportunity arises. Good to see more people growing prunus. Pls keep us posted on the progress of this tree. I have quite a few Prunus' of my own but not a persica.Thankyou very much for sharing that with us.

John

P.S. I am assuming the green wedges are there just to balance and support the tree, but what are the wires that are hanging over the bucket for?

I assume the wires are to hold it in the pot.

I have found that with Diatomite or Akadama you have to tie into the pot as there is now way the mix will hold the tree firmly enough

Jester wrote:I am assuming the green wedges are there just to balance and support the tree, but what are the wires that are hanging over the bucket for?

Gday Jester!

The green wedge is there to try to force some separation between those two large roots - next repot I might try to fit a small turnbuckle in there to accentuate the movement. The wires are fed up through the holes in the bottom of the tub, and are used to tie the whole arrangement into place before backfilling with soil.

Gday Cactus04!

That's the spirit! Get in there!

Thanks.

Fly.

g"day Fly Is it an ornamental or are you also expecting fruit? Nice flower, obviously there are many different peach but i have only seen light pink flowers. Have just collected a large peach but again light pink flowers.

bodhidharma wrote:g"day Fly Is it an ornamental or are you also expecting fruit?

Hey Bodhi!

When I bought it, it was unpriced and unlabelled: I just fell for the fattish trunk and the blooms. When I took it to the folks at the sales desk, I was told that it was grown from the seed of a weeping Peach tree. I was assured that it is not for fruit, which is OK, given that fruit takes up too much growing energy... Not bad for $20, I reckon.

Thanks!

Fly.

what a bargain!!!

jamie111 wrote:what a bargain!!!

Yeah Jamie! And at $20, that's $1 for every year it will take to make it into Bonsai...

Thanks!

Fly.

At that price how can you go wrong

FlyBri what is that technique ur showing in the pic ? what does it do ?