I potted up my Elm air layer a few days back. This was layered back in MAY 2011
Not into a nice shallow pot to help flair out the roots. A little directional wiring done and it’s mostly clip and grow from here.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
More From Shohin UK
Bonsai styling – Juniperus chinensis – finishing touch
Top quality camera work, editing and production. And the tree’s pretty darn good too 🙂
Happy Birthday ‘Newtowne in the Ardes’
The town where I live is 400 years old today. Well, that’s not specifically true, it was here before then but on the 25th March 1613 it received it’s Royal Charter from King James I.
Click on image below if like me you are a history freak and want more information.
Yesterday myself and Stephen took a cold walk up Scrabo Hill overlooking the town. A strange walk as half of the hill was clear of snow and the other half was covered in deepish drifts. Here are the usual photos from the walk.
Plenty of trees down from the snow storm
The ivy adds to the weight and catches the wind causing host tree to snap!
Overlooking Comber with it’s own warmer climate and no snow.
Gorse in Flower
This side of the hill in deeper snow.
Towards the Tower.
Ards 400 Years in the making
shafts of sun on Strangford Lough
This way…
Lichen on a Birch
Snow blasted
Looking towards Belfast, City lost all power on Friday night in the storm.
Smudge enjoying himself
Maggie not as keen in the cold.
Chase me!
Frozen Flowers
Peeking througgh.
big foot
Snow disappears as you approach Comber
in Killyneither wood
wood edge
Snow boarder!
Spring Lambs, a shock to the system!
Strangford Lough.
Shohin UK 2013 More Photos
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Shohin UK 2013
First photos from Shohin UK courtesy of Paul, cheers mate. Anybody else luck enough to be there with a camera, I’m happy to share 🙂
Hawthorn Layer Potting On
I have just repotted my Hawthorn Air layer for the first time. The full story up until now can be read and seen HERE.
It was originally layered back in 2010 and it was now time to repot to enable me to removed the sphagnum moss that had been left intact so that the new roots wouldn’t be disturbed.
Before repot.
Plenty of root to work with
Buds swelling fast, a good time to repot.
Removal of the old stump below the layer point
Getting rid of the old sphagnum moss that will hold way too much water and will cause problems in the roots if left.
Potted up. It will get a full year and then some styling decisions will be made next year.
Another angle to show movement.
Here it is in ’10…it’s been in that can for at least 4 years:
Being styled by Peter at a demo in April ’11. Note the plaid redneck turntable. I have since aquired 2 actual turntables…
After initial work:
In October ’11:
We reworked the tree when he returned in October ’11:
Then took a break to play:
In summer of ’12:
After fall work:
And now in Spring ’13, repotting
Saw bottom of root mass to make it easier to work out the soil.
It would have been good to have a slightly deeper pot available…but mounding up the soil should help with airflow through the root mass, and should be ok for a couple years:
All set for the ’13 growing season!
Spring – Trident
My other Trident a little bit behind the root over rock but starting to move nicely.
Bonsai Eejit 