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Preparando el bonsai de romero (he hecho trasplante de maceta de crecimiento a maceta de bonsai) casi me lo cargo. El tallo se ha doblado y parte del leño se ha resquebrajado. Espero que haya suficientes vasos conectados para que la herida suture sin que muera toda esa parte del arbolito. Así que lo he encintado con esparadrapo transpirable.

Si todo va bien, en un par de meses debería poder quitar el esparadrapo. Si la parte distal se va secando, habrá que cortar por lo sano y favorecer una ramificación baja. Afortunadamente hay ramas abajo. En la peor situación tendré que cambiar la planificación de la forma del bonsai.

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Last two #bonsai done!
I tried to repot the maple already a few days ago, but the soil was just one single hard clump, so I thought maybe it had not completely thawed yet from the -4°C that night before. When I tried again yesterday after continuous > 5°C, it was the same. Turns out: it was all roots… 🫣 Maybe I didn't do a good enough job working the new soil into the roots last year…? 🤔 So I pruned the root ball by about half.
The hawthorn was happy, just light root pruning was needed.

Japanese maple clump almost fully leafed out. Look for the tiny flowers.

These three branches were air layered off the same landscape tree. When I removed from the landscape tree, I cut extra branch length and inserted them like dowels through holes drilled in plywood. Over the next three years, the roots above the plywood fused in a grow box. I cut off the branch stems and potted this up last year.

Last year I started six #bonsai apple trees from seed. I was afraid that they would not survive overwintering, because winter dormancy can be rough on a tree even when it is healthy and allowed to thrive in its first year.

I am pleasantly surprised to find that five trees are definitely alive after a few days indoors.

Images: 2 tiny apple trees sprouting their first leaves of the season