Baby Evergreen Yamadori Knowledge Gap
- Darius_Oak
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I'm a bonsai newbie?who's been fixated on root-over-rock for a little while, and I found a literally-perfect?specimen for what I've had in mind right in front of my dad's old workshop. I can't even begin to describe how lucky this find is - it's almost certainly?the species I've wanted (Eastern redcedar) at about the size I've wanted, and it's right in my own backyard. I found it buried under several feet of foliage in a terribly overgrown bed full of weeds?in poor soil that's encased in asphalt and gravel. This thing somehow survived everything in nature stacking?against it up until I found it. Now it just has to survive me.
Needless to say, I want this little guy in a pot so I can eventually start working on it. But I also want to be extremely careful because I know evergreens are very sensitive, even though this one is clearly a tough cookie. This little guy seems to fall into a knowledge gap as far as I've found online - all advice I've seen has either been about seed plantings or much larger yamadori. Even shohin advice I've found has been about older trees.?I don't have anyone to turn to in person about this, so I'm turning to those of you here with more experience.
I realize this is fairly basic stuff, but I've decided I can't be too careful with this one, and I want to lay the groundwork properly. Once it's out of the ground and established in its new pot, I'll be much more confident about how to proceed.
The bullet points:
Needless to say, I want this little guy in a pot so I can eventually start working on it. But I also want to be extremely careful because I know evergreens are very sensitive, even though this one is clearly a tough cookie. This little guy seems to fall into a knowledge gap as far as I've found online - all advice I've seen has either been about seed plantings or much larger yamadori. Even shohin advice I've found has been about older trees.?I don't have anyone to turn to in person about this, so I'm turning to those of you here with more experience.
I realize this is fairly basic stuff, but I've decided I can't be too careful with this one, and I want to lay the groundwork properly. Once it's out of the ground and established in its new pot, I'll be much more confident about how to proceed.
The bullet points:
- Species: Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Area: NE US, Zone 6b
- Height: 1ft
- Current soil quality: Barely qualifies as soil.
- End goal: Root-over-rock
by Darius_Oak
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