Privet Shohin 1

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » February 15th, 2010, 11:00 am

This little fella has been in training for 18 months. Last night it got a wiring and a repot. Hope you enjoy.

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Feb. 2010

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bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » February 15th, 2010, 11:09 am

Very nice Ant. It is starting to look like you are after Pups Mantle of king of the little guys(trees)

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » February 15th, 2010, 11:19 am

bodhidharma wrote:Very nice Ant. It is starting to look like you are after Pups Mantle of king of the little guys(trees)

Na i hold my own mantle, besides more milk to be drunk before i get to Pups level. Or was Chiver's???

Thanks Bodhi.

craigw60 · Post by **craigw60** » February 15th, 2010, 11:43 am

Hi Ant ,lovely little tree, How many times a year do you have to pot it. I had one for many years and had to root prune twice a year. Dam thing never stopped growing.
Craig

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » February 15th, 2010, 12:35 pm

Hey Craig, Thanks mate. I should have but i didn't. My little trees like this, i sit on a tray full of gravel and water and as long as i trim the roots coming out of the bottom of the pot every couple of months, they seem to stay happy. I did cut alot of roots off this one though.

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » February 15th, 2010, 1:30 pm

nice little tree ant, love the taper it has a nice flow and gentle curve and then i seen how little it was

wow, at first i thought it was bigger from the first pics

will the pot stay this size being a privet or do you intend to down size it a little ??

jamie

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » February 15th, 2010, 2:54 pm

Jamie wrote:nice little tree ant, love the taper it has a nice flow and gentle curve and then i seen how little it was wow, at first i thought it was bigger from the first pics will the pot stay this size being a privet or do you intend to down size it a little ?? jamie

And thats what im talkn about!

Glad you liked it! I posted this especially for you. I will let it develope more for another year and see how i feel about it next year. A smaller pot when finished, isn't a problem when you sit on a water and gravel tray.

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » February 15th, 2010, 10:23 pm

I posted this especially for you.

now i feel special

it is a great tree, and it will only get better with time. i am starting to get into smaller trees under shohin size now i have extra time on my hands

still love my shohin though

are you going to go with a full ramified canopy or try and refine some padding in it?

jamie

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » February 15th, 2010, 10:43 pm

Not sure on the final config for the canopy Jamie. I will play that by ear and see what cards are dealt. Thanks again.

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » February 16th, 2010, 8:07 am

Not one droopy leaf this morning and colour looking good!

AusBonsai

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