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Author:  Ginkgo Geek [ 05 Feb 2019, 21:20 ]
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Looking forward to seeing what's in my local Morrison's treewise. They look like some really nice projects to start off with.
Author:  Owen [ 05 Feb 2019, 22:46 ]
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Keith Hansell wrote:
Yes thats Chinese Privet. One word of warning, they have a tendency to sulk after a repot so go easy with it when you repot.

I think we need to get Morrisons as one of our sponsors... :grin:

I too took a trip to Morrison this afternoon, basically out of curiosity and with no real intention of buying. Well to cut a long story short I came away with two. One being a Chinese Elm, that looks very similar to Owen's privet, that I hope will make a decent broom. In fact the best of the bunch as the rest were either 'S' shaped or thin trunks. I'm going to repot it into a training pot to try and promote vigour plus give it the best possible chance.

The second one has dark shiny leaves so I assume is possibly an Azalea, unless someone on here can tell me otherwise. I bought it due to an interesting deadwood feature on the trunk.


:???:

Well I’m not sure ‘easy’ is the correct description of what just happened, but hopefully wasn’t too hard on it.

Broom is the obvious way forward here too, if the patient pulls through.

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Author:  Keith Hansell [ 05 Feb 2019, 23:01 ]
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I find these very temperamental after a repot and one of my better ones is struggling after last years repot. Its the dreaded 'S' bend but it was getting some lovely ramification. I changed the potting angle which made it look better but it decided the opposite and dropped 90% of its leaves, which haven't returned. The upside is that its throwing new shoots like mad from the base, which is not quite what I wanted. Don't be alarmed if yours starts to drop some leaves or some finer branches die back. If you haven't touched the roots you should be ok. The original soil yours was in looks ten times better than the mud mine are in.
Author:  daryl [ 05 Feb 2019, 23:02 ]
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Personally, I would have gone for a bigger pot than that to give it a good chance to grow a healthy root system and power plenty of growth on the top. Tiny pots are really best kept for trees that are healthy and fully developed. Did you have to trim the roots to get it in there?
Author:  Owen [ 05 Feb 2019, 23:33 ]
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daryl wrote:
Personally, I would have gone for a bigger pot than that to give it a good chance to grow a healthy root system and power plenty of growth on the top. Tiny pots are really best kept for trees that are healthy and fully developed. Did you have to trim the roots to get it in there?


Just the stragglers, hardly any pruning tbh. Pot size - same diameter as the plastic one it was in... and most importantly, is acceptable on the windowsill until summer :-)
Author:  Owen [ 05 Feb 2019, 23:39 ]
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Keith Hansell wrote:
I find these very temperamental after a repot and one of my better ones is struggling after last years repot. Its the dreaded 'S' bend but it was getting some lovely ramification. I changed the potting angle which made it look better but it decided the opposite and dropped 90% of its leaves, which haven't returned. The upside is that its throwing new shoots like mad from the base, which is not quite what I wanted. Don't be alarmed if yours starts to drop some leaves or some finer branches die back. If you haven't touched the roots you should be ok. The original soil yours was in looks ten times better than the mud mine are in.


Cheers Keith. Hopefully not upset too much!
Author:  daryl [ 06 Feb 2019, 00:10 ]
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Owen wrote:
daryl wrote:
Personally, I would have gone for a bigger pot than that to give it a good chance to grow a healthy root system and power plenty of growth on the top. Tiny pots are really best kept for trees that are healthy and fully developed. Did you have to trim the roots to get it in there?


Just the stragglers, hardly any pruning tbh. Pot size - same diameter as the plastic one it was in... and most importantly, is acceptable on the windowsill until summer :-)


Sorry, it looked tiny in the pictures. Sounds fine then :smallthumb:
Author:  Keith Hansell [ 06 Feb 2019, 08:54 ]
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Owen wrote:
daryl wrote:
Personally, I would have gone for a bigger pot than that to give it a good chance to grow a healthy root system and power plenty of growth on the top. Tiny pots are really best kept for trees that are healthy and fully developed. Did you have to trim the roots to get it in there?


Just the stragglers, hardly any pruning tbh. Pot size - same diameter as the plastic one it was in... and most importantly, is acceptable on the windowsill until summer :-)


If it was in a plastic one take it back and ask for a discount as they are supposed to be in a rubbish ceramic one... :smallthumb:
Author:  Lynkhart [ 06 Feb 2019, 10:51 ]
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I went on a wee trip to my local Morrison’s yesterday too! Everything was either dead or dying, but I snaffled these two and thought they had some potential. I really don’t like the S trunked ones usually, but I thought this one looked a little more natural so I could deal with it. It’s a shame though, there were two others I really liked, both with multiple trunks but they looked very close to death if not fully embracing the void, and I didn’t want to waste a fiver on them! Pity though, they would have been really nice little trees.

ImageNew bonsai rescues from Morrison’s by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

ImageNew bonsai rescues from Morrison’s by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr
Author:  daryl [ 06 Feb 2019, 11:45 ]
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You could probably get an air layer on the Chinese Elm later in the year and get two trees for your fiver and gain some experience of air layering if you haven't tried it before.

BTW - someone on FB said that their local shop was selling the half dead ones now for 50p!
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