My new Chinese Elm
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But it may not do much harm and you could be ok waiting till next spring.
I just expressed my opinion from my experience with mass produced chinese elms.
Anytime I get new one, repotting is the first step.
But if the tree doesn?t show any signs of ill health - then wait and see
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Most of the time, the problem is not the substrate, but care that does not fit the substrate..
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leatherback wrote: Most of the time, the problem is not the substrate, but care that does not fit the substrate..
True
But:
-that might be tricky to figure out for beginner
-compacted soil with a hole in the middle and dried soil with dead roots in it is not really expected when buying "bonsai" thus proper care is impossible (my case)
But if driver?s soil looks ok to your trained eye and is not what I expected, I take your word for it
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I just think that soil (with me being new) might rot my roots
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I always wash away all of the old soil with the stream of water, with the garden hose.
Thus you do not harm the roots.
Depending on how big the rootball is I would cut the roots - if my assumption is correct and the tree wasn?t repotted in a while and roots filled the whole container, I would cut 1/5 of them since it is in leaf. (The ends of detangled roots I mean)
Could you please take pictures when the tree is out of the pot, and after you wash away the soil?
Then we would be sure about the state it was in.
(On the other thought - I haven?t seen one mallsai yet that was actually wired to the pot - so it might have been repotted after all. But would they wire it that way in a renowned bonsai shop?)
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First two images is tree 1
Last two images is tree 2
Edit - Oh hold on it says 名媛直播 KORAL
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I wouldn?t buy any of them
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Yeh i will message back here the day i repot my elm and send pictures
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Driver170 wrote: Yeh the Elm is wired down so it might have been repotted recently?
This is what? s confusing me. We will know for sure once it is out of the pot and have pictures of the whole rootball in original soil from below...
But again - Leatherbac k is the most experienced bonsai enthusiast on this forum - so if he thinks you can wait till next spring - I wouldn?t argue with that
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Kri?tof wrote: I wouldn?t buy any of them
I wouldn want to have the pots either.
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