Bonsai Attempt

I had 2 conifers in pots which were redundant and thought me and Mrs Slinky would butcher them......lol

What do you think??? Please be brutally honest

Lady slinkys before

After


Mine after with a juniperus squamata



I love Sundays:D

 

You asked for brutally honest - I wouldn't do anything with those except plant them in the ground or just continue them in the containers. I like Bonsai, but I can not think that this would be suitable subject - too wide and established branches. However if your thinking of butchering the plant - then your talking about pruning out the majority of growth and following root pruning wiring the remainer for shape. Could work if it survives - but somehow I doubt it.

 

Bonsai

If your a masochist, then ok. If you know anything about it...ain't worth it unless you are a slave to your plants.

Glad I could help.:D

 

I'd go for a single stem and prune out the rest. It tends to look like a copse with more than one. But go for it Slinky:thumb:....beauty is in the eye,and all that!

 

Thank s for comments, Much appreciated back to the drawing board i think

 

Slinky, you and the missus go for it. Bonsai growers don`t, usually grow the plants from seed, they do what you are doing. Taking something fairly advanced and turning it into a thing of beauty. Visit your local horticultural show this summer, and see how it`s done.:thumb:

 

I think it will work however the pot is farr too large and deep, most bonsai growers use shallow wide pots more akin to seed trays.

 

Go for it Slink an dhave fun I have with a box and no wiring also go a bouginvillea that has the making looking at the stem .

 

I bonsai'ed a hazel a couple of years ago and it was doing well until I gave it to my son as something I thought he might like to take over and train...........that was the end of that. I am having another go this year with a horse chestnut that has sprouted from a conker. I am doing it in a shallow tray though unlike your rather large pot...... but half the art of bonsai-ing is to restrict the growth of the roots so I see no reason why if you let it get pot bound and trim any roots that start to grow through the bottom of the pot and train the top to whatever you want it to do then you could produce something worthy of note. Good Luck. I will try and get a picture of my horse chestnut when my son comes back from his week's fishing in France. I have to rely on him as my digital camera has packed up!

 

Bonsai fascinate me and I always head to them at shows.
There were loads for sale at the Smallholders Show at Builth Wells this year and I'm kicking myself for not getting a beautiful little red flowering hawthorn.
I did say that I would learn how to do it 'on the net' and have a go myself but haven't got around to it yet:o

 

brutally honest - no way could they be bonsais

invest in a nice one as they are amazing! i love them! they are like mini trees that act6ually look like tress!!

 

There are many nice Bonsais but also a bit of fun trying to make a bonsai yourself.

 

It's a start!

 

Hi Slinky,
To make a good bonsai you have to restrict the roots at a very early stage. Try cutting back on the growth and get into the root system and cut back those also. Here is a 10 year old bronze cycamore I have been nurturing in a very shallow container. I nearly lost it this year due to neglect with all the work I have been doing to my new garden. Due to the restricted root system I managed to pull it back from the brink with just a few leaf casualties.
G.man
:D

 

I've got to disagree with the nah-sayers. Here's a link to someone converting a 4 foot tall yew tree into a smashing looking bonsai.

http://koi-z-are-us.20m.com/bonsai.htm