Last year I plucked this little lady out of the ground in my yard. It’s from our Japanese maple that I absolutely love. Thought it would be nice to have a bonsai version.
I stared it in a small pot after taking it out of the ground and then transplanted to a pond pot with a 2:1:1 of akadama, pumice and lava rock. I added a handful of some orchid mix I had as well for a bit more organics.
My current plan is to let her chill mostly as-is until next year but looking for any tips or suggestions to give her the best start to a long life.
by SchmeedsMcSchmeeds
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Get it out of a small pot, dig it into the ground over a tile, baby it for four years. If you don’t care about the pond basket, and it’s perfectly ok not to, bury the entire thing. I would do that.
It’s already been repotted so that’s a safe bet since it has already had one major root upset. If not the ground then a grow box or wide/ deep planter. No more than two major insults a year and that is on older truly vigorous trees.
Unless you are planning a mame then in that case keep carrying on.
I am still learning about Bonsai, but I’ve grown many trees from saplings successfully with a 30 year old maple. I treat them like house plants and give them away to friends.
You can let it grow for a few years and get a nice tree to work with, I’d think.
Throw some wire on it and give that trunk a little funk
Wire some gentle movement into the trunk and let it grow without pruning for several years to thicken
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