AusBonsai

I have read that when away from home it can be a good idea to bury your pots to stop them drying out.

My question is whether there is likley detriment on stock from longer term 'burial'. I have a yamadori in a rather unsightly growing pot and have buried it making the pot invisible. I have some concerns that over winter is may get waterlogged as a result of not drying as well as if it were above ground?? Its a native as well. I'm in a very sandy area so there is no significant holding of water but still concerned.

No Worries about doing that.
I have Pots buried in the ground for over 2 years now as a way to get accelerated growth on them
If you leave the tree in the pot and put the lot in the ground, it makes it real easy to dig up later.
the roots escape thru the pot holes and you just cut them and lift

Ken

Another way, and you can do this with your good Bonsai pots as well, put them in your backyard (above ground) and cover the pots with pea straw making a thick mulch around them and water like hell. Good for going away for a week.

ps..forgot to say, you have to set this up a week or two before going away so the pea straw is nice and wet. I have been burying trees in the ground in polystyrene for years without loss. As Ken says..makes em easy to dig up.

thanks guys.

Hey Soda,

An idea that I heard recently comes from a former palm grower, make planter bags from shade cloth and then put these in the ground, It makes it easy to remove them later but still gives all the benefits of ground growing.

On a completely unrelated subject.. You list Huon pine as a favored species, do you have one as a bonsai or in training? I saw an advanced tree today that is very tempting.

Matt

I have the most embarrisingly small Huon in a bonsai pot that is going to be breathtaking by the time I die. . After much hunting I got it from Ted Poynton.

I am a big fan of the late photogapher Peter Dombrovskis and his work, I have his book 'In the forest' and it is breathtaking. This cover shot (a pencil pine) in the flesh is stunning, though I've never been able to find a better version online.



I also and really love the Tassie stuff on Island Bonsais site. So its probably as much about Australias cooler climate and collecting Aussie natives as to why I put Huon as my favorite. I also have a Mountain Plum Pine seedling in the same category.

soda wrote:I have the most embarrisingly small Huon in a bonsai pot that is going to be breathtaking by the time I die. . After much hunting I got it from Ted Poynton.

I am a big fan of the late photogapher Peter Dombrovskis and his work, I have his book 'In the forest' and it is breathtaking. This cover shot (a pencil pine) in the flesh is stunning, though I've never been able to find a better version online.



I also and really love the Tassie stuff on Island Bonsais site. So its probably as much about Australias cooler climate and collecting Aussie natives as to why I put Huon as my favorite. I also have a Mountain Plum Pine seedling in the same category.

Thanks Matt, I'd love to see a photo of the Huon you saw