He avanzado con algunos proyectos de bonsái que tenía.
Aquí el acebo, el aligustre y el árbol de jade. #varyjardinero #bonsai
He avanzado con algunos proyectos de bonsái que tenía.
Aquí el acebo, el aligustre y el árbol de jade. #varyjardinero #bonsai
Repotted my Japanese Maple into a much larger pot. The goal is to thicken the trunk and turn it into a bonsai. Traditionally this would be planted in the ground. But, I had a spare whiskey barrel so I mixed up some soil by hand and put her on the deck. Now to wait ten years and I can start the bonsai process.
See y'all in 2035 if the world hasn't ended by then!
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.
Yet another project. The Helix #bonsai was pruned.
#The100DayProject
Day 37/100
Avant / après le coiffeur
J’aurais peut-être dû incliner davantage les branchettes mais je vais lui foutre la paix pour l’instant
All bark. No bite.
English Yew (Bonsai)
45 years old, in training for 20 years
on display at the NC Museum of Art's
Art in Bloom event, 23 March
My second and third future maple #bonsai tree are opening their solar panels after the winter today!
Today, I shall be attending the Victorian Native Bonsai Club's annual exhibition.
https://www.vicnativebonsai.com.au/exhibition-weekend-21st-and-22nd-march-2025/
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.
New leaves are sprouting day by day after repotting my Ume plum two weeks ago. Spring has come #bonsai
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.
Wisteria in bloom. Technically #bonsai and a more appropriate pot would make this more presentable. #bloomscrolling
Everlasting cherry blossoms in the garden.
Let's take a closer look at those 'flowers'
My tiny maple future #bonsai trees are waking up into their second year.
All three have survived the winter, although I feared one of them had died. Luckily, that wasn't the case.
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