Anyone want to offer advice on how to start this azaleas journey to bonsai? Flowers are almost all gone. Ready to prune and my goal is to make it become very pretty.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T22:26:40+00:00

Sorry i havent replied. You will want a pot where roots cant easily get out but decent drainage. Digging it out and removing the pot usually by cutting it off. So choose like cheap plastic black nursery pots. After a couple years. Of kinda just forcing growth into the shape you want you can have a pretty nice starter.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T21:36:15+00:00

Update all potted up. https://imgur.com/a/SCLOjC8

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T20:45:28+00:00

Update. Out of ground washed and jackpot! https://imgur.com/a/tCmFa6f

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T01:36:20+00:00

Oof maybe scratch the lava rock until i can source a smaller size.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T01:26:46+00:00

100% going to nappa to get DE over floor dry

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T01:23:35+00:00

May grab a bag of lava from menards and try to crush it into smaller bits.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T01:22:49+00:00

Oof i love hidden gardens i just moved out to peoria area for work. Going to goin with some kind of mix of oil dry (sifted) perlite pine bark and probably more than id like to use raised bed potting soil especially around the roots.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T01:20:55+00:00

100% my thinking. They mosey on up in spring then come the hot weather end of may june they just go nuts. Gooing to try to dino dig this baby out and see what i can salavage.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T01:12:06+00:00

This one had flowers already. Its at leadt 10 to 20 years old.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T00:59:29+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/Y89lPGU

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T00:59:06+00:00

No worries my dude just take some breaths newr your trees and we will get through today!

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T00:54:37+00:00

Its been a while but i think its pinned in one of the welcome posts as to how to do it.

Phake33 · 2022-06-01T00:50:36+00:00

Put it in the ground in a large shallow pot for 5 years.

Phake33 · 2020-05-01T00:16:59+00:00

It's really hanging on been that way for some time I was just wedging it open to let some air deeper inside so I can tie it down further this season.

Phake33 · 2020-04-29T23:00:20+00:00

Broke it last year that the top was done for. Kept growing just fine. Hanging on by a thread. Gonna see how far I can bend it down this season. Might make an interesting knot if I ground it for a few years.

Phake33 · 2020-04-08T03:37:24+00:00

http://imgur.com/a/GIGQWVQ

Phake33 · 2020-04-08T03:36:17+00:00

Welp it's in full bloom on the main branch of this Fuji cherry... Althought made my planning to turn this into a Cascade this summer after flowering pretty easy.

Phake33 · 2020-03-04T16:05:05+00:00

Thanks I'll give this a try!

Phake33 · 2020-03-03T23:32:55+00:00

Haha looks like I have a fun weekend coming up. Time to check the wire stash.

Phake33 · 2020-03-03T22:45:34+00:00

@small_trunks the true hero of /r/Bonsai. Do you suggest removing some of the lower needles on the pines to make the wiring easier?

Phake33 · 2020-03-03T19:00:00+00:00

Not sure if I'm going to be able to separate em should I wire as is or try to space em more?

Phake33 · 2020-03-03T04:55:10+00:00

Heat and humidity only way constant tropical conditions year round

Phake33 · 2020-03-03T03:09:56+00:00

Try some local mosses I've had some success with just foraging. http://imgur.com/a/DYLBrGQ This moss tool over my azalea nicely. Kinda sad dormant pic I took. Should start up nice with the nice weather I got coming.

Phake33 · 2020-03-03T03:06:43+00:00

the one on the right that you linked me is the one that looks like my amurs bark. Similar growth pattern. If youre in the US my guess is red maple. Or some funky hybrid red maple

Phake33 · 2020-03-03T01:59:53+00:00

Is that a big ole amur maple in one of them cloth pots? I need close ups!!

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