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tom s bonsai this isn t mr palls blog but i sure am an amateur tom s bonsai this isn t mr palls blog but i sure am an amateur about for sale cape cod digging update posted by tmmason10 on may 13 2015 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai bonsai growing in perlite ground growing growing out bonsai japanes maple bonsai perlite growing pitch pine bonsai leave a comment i decided to put the trees i dug up last year in the ground at our new house this gave me a chance to show the root growth in one year though only for 2 out of the 3 trees from last years post the third tree was fine but was frozen into the ground when we sold our old house this winter so it didn t make the trip the japanese maple grew pretty well in the colander and deceloped a nice root pad i actually decided to experiment a bit and put it in a colander and then in the ground so that it would grow unrestricted but also keep the roots contained a bit we will see how it works out these pitch pines were planted in pure perlite last year and did pretty well back in the ground they go to grow all mulched in i also planted my sorry looking procumbens from last falls bonsainut forum contest since it had so much die back i hope to update in the future on these korean hornbeam wiring posted by tmmason10 on may 4 2015 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai chickasaw plum bonsai itoigawa juniper japanese maple bonsai korean hornbeam rocky mountain juniper shimpaku juniper 1 comment i trimmed a few runners and wired my korean hornbeam a couple of weeks ago i plan on making a twin trunk style tree the smaller trunk is already dynamic and built but last year i took the top off of the taller trunk to to rebuild it i wired but did not trim the branches on the trunk i am trying to build in order to try and have it gain some girth as originally purchased as it was this spring top down view after trimming then adding just a couple of wires i think it s headed down the right path and i hope that the dominant trunk grows some girth this year it will be too big to be a shohin but will still be a small compact tree spring pictures posted by tmmason10 on april 27 2015 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai chickasaw plum bonsai itoigawa shimpaku japanese maple bonsai korean hornbeam bonsai rocky mountain juniper bonsai shimpaku bonsai silverberry bonsai 1 comment i thought i d share a few spring pictures of my trees i m actually down to only 8 trees if you can believe it i m taking the quality over quantity approach i still have some tropicals but they are still in winter storage first up the japanese maple arakawa that wakes up with a vengeance every year it needs a haircut and a direction this japanese maple forest always looks good in spring it needs some work to be less top heavy still hoping to get to it soon my rmj also looks happy and healthy and i might work on it this year the itoigawa needs another haircut and styling this spring as well my silver berry flowered again even on its sacrifice first branch might look into air layering the top this spring my japanese maple bloodgood looks ok but not as vigorous as my other maples again the korean hornbeam needs a trim and some wire it s coming along nicely and there will be another post soon this chickasaw plum ended up flowering this year but i didn t see it i plan to give it a directional prime this spring and that s it i don t plan on adding trees to the collection but focusing on the ones that i have stay tuned more posts to come trees are here posted by tmmason10 on april 22 2015 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai new england bonsai gardens leave a comment i picked up my trees from winter storage at ne bonsai this weekend spring has officially started all trees looked very happy and vigorous which means they were in good health during the last season i will get some individual photos up soon pines from seed spring is here posted by tmmason10 on april 2 2015 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai japanese black pines from seed jbp from seed jrp from seed pines from seed leave a comment well i took a couple of the smaller things outside this week since it seemed like spring was finally going to start it ended up snowing twice but the trees were hardy enough on a bright note my pines from seed appear to be starting candles which to me signals that spring is most definitely near year in review 2014 japanese maple forest posted by tmmason10 on january 19 2015 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai forest bonsai japanese maple bonsai leave a comment this is the tree or trees that i have owned the longest they are a pretty vigorous group and need cutbacks a few times a year the plan is to shift the trees at repot and put the smaller one in the back the top of the large tree was thinned out this fall and may need more cutback in the future there are a few sacrifices growing at the bases of the trees that will be let go for probably two more years i also plan on layering one of the trees and adding a fourth smaller tree to the composition in the future as purchased summer 2011 growing well this summer the last few photos show a before and after from fall 2014 i m pretty pleased with the progress over the last few years i look forward to working on our family tree in the future year in review 2014 silverberry posted by tmmason10 on january 9 2015 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai silverberry bonsai leave a comment i have had this tree for about a year and it seems to grow pretty well during the season it sends a lot of growth straight up so in the future i ll have to keep up with the pruning not quite sure with the final direction for this tree but i think a layer or chop is due in the future for now learning the species and keeping it healthy is a key objective as purchased november 2013 flowers this spring final picture for the year 2014 in review posted by tmmason10 on december 29 2014 posted in bonsai leave a comment the wordpress com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog here s an excerpt the concert hall at the sydney opera house holds 2 700 people this blog was viewed about 9 800 times in 2014 if it were a concert at sydney opera house it would take about 4 sold out performances for that many people to see it click here to see the complete report year in review 2014 japanese bloodgood maple posted by tmmason10 on december 24 2014 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai japanese maple bonsai 2 comments i ve had this tree for two seasons now and it really has never been that happy i hope that it continues to grow vigor over the next few years because i think it can be a good tree there is some damage at the bottom of the trunk and the plan is to layer it above the damage i may try to get to that next spring leafing out after purchase two springs ago that summer it really started to sulk it dropped quite a few branches and now the work begins to rebuild the tree before and after cutback and final pictures of the year hopefully it will gain health next year because quite a bit of work is needed to make the image nice layering chopping and growing all need to happen year in review 2014 chickasaw plum posted by tmmason10 on december 10 2014 posted in bonsai tagged bonsai chickasaw plum bonsai plum bonsai leave a comment here is a pre bonsai i purchased over the past winter it is a chickasaw plum that was collected in florida the species sports white flowers in early spring but i will probably not let it flower for quite a few years tree last winter after potting up from being shipped this spring growing vigorously this spring a touch of fall color and a couple of end of year photos before and after a trim i let some of the branches to unchecked this year as i build taper to the apex i think the general layout for the tree is there but we will see how things progress over the next few years posts navigation older entries search for recent posts cape cod digging update korean hornbeam wiring spring pictures trees are here pines from seed spring is here archives may 2015 april 2015 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