AusBonsai

Hey guys has been raining last 2 days heavy here . Today we had hail for about half an hour than a little sun than more rain etc. Its been bitter cold but have been able to do some repotting etc since i havent done much property wise. Alot of work still to do but here was my day of fun The old informal needs a repot and heavy feed to restore colour etc.
more to come

hey noah that a nice tree and i love your wire bench tops Ive been thinking about doing the same.

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Hi noah, your trees look great, are you concerned repotting pines at this time i do most of my pines in mid August(what potting mix do you use)
Thanks John m (any word from your mate as yet)

Lookn great Noah!!! You know i love that last Pine, great trunk ratio there. Will make a very powerful image! Great styling by you...

john m wrote:Hi noah, your trees look great, are you concerned repotting pines at this time i do most of my pines in mid August(what potting mix do you use)
Thanks John m (any word from your mate as yet)

John nice to here from you, yes he still has those hybreds and im planning to travel soon that way. He is hopeless with computers etc and i cant get pics off him. Ill take some myself when im there. Thanks for the positive feedback too ant its a hoot when you style something and it turns out actually what you had in your mind. Another 2-3 seasons , a change of pot and well see where its at I was planning to wait abit longer to repot most of my pines but the weird weather here has forced bud swell and candle enlogation on some. My mix has changed to suit here better than rockhampton im experimenting with diatomite 30-50% depending on species red scoria 2-5mm
seived and mixed with sieved good potting mix to remove fines large particles etc, alittle course sand with the pines too but ive done that for 3 years no ill results.

Hi Noah , there's some powerful trees you have there .Its a bit cooler than QLD, but you know your live hats for sure . Almost snowing here , possibly get some tonight if the wind picks up .Cheers Alpine

Looking great Noah. I noticed my Pines are starting to move as well.

Very nice trees mate, i love the multi trunk J. Maple

wow mate, well done thats a really nice collection. Inspirational.

Congratulations mate, absolutely beautiful collection of trees and magnificently housed. Just one question though, i never understood this tilting of pots in winter. When the pot is level the drainage holes are at the lowest point, tilting the pot lifts the holes up and surely just makes a pool of water in the bottom corner!? Am I wrong? Do they actually drain better this way? Do others do this in the wet?
Thanks
neal.

Nice looking trees Noah, and the benching lay-out looks good too. A handy day's work in the rain I think.

Nice pines, I realy like the 2nd tree, The one in the lighter pot
i am trying to do some repotting now but it keeps raining every time i go outside.

nealweb wrote:Congratulations mate, absolutely beautiful collection of trees and magnificently housed. Just one question though, i never understood this tilting of pots in winter. When the pot is level the drainage holes are at the lowest point, tilting the pot lifts the holes up and surely just makes a pool of water in the bottom corner!? Am I wrong? Do they actually drain better this way? Do others do this in the wet?
Thanks
neal.

Very nice trees Noah, they will be very special soon and designed by an Australian artist.

Neal to answer your question. After you have watered a pot and let it drain, so no water is dripping from it, then pick it up and tilt it.
You will get more water draining. This practice has been proven in high rainfall. Like the wet season in japan.

Cheers Pup

Pup wrote:

nealweb wrote:Congratulations mate, absolutely beautiful collection of trees and magnificently housed. Just one question though, i never understood this tilting of pots in winter. When the pot is level the drainage holes are at the lowest point, tilting the pot lifts the holes up and surely just makes a pool of water in the bottom corner!? Am I wrong? Do they actually drain better this way? Do others do this in the wet?
Thanks
neal.

Very nice trees Noah, they will be very special soon and designed by an Australian artist.

Neal to answer your question. After you have watered a pot and let it drain, so no water is dripping from it, then pick it up and tilt it.
You will get more water draining. This practice has been proven in high rainfall. Like the wet season in japan.

Cheers Pup

Yes Pup you are right, what i need to do is go out and grab some pots and experiment with it. Its more water sitting in a puddle i was thinking about than how much water the pot is holding ( just thinking back to that very confusing post about water tables and deeper pots actually holding less water than shallow ones, flat sponge vs sponge on end etc). Anyhow as you say Noah's trees sure look good for it and they do it in Japan so