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Wed, Mar 24, 10 at 22:45
| I have a White Birch Tree Im a Very enthusiatic Bonsai collector. this perticular Birch was naturaly stunted whit a 2.5 in trunk base growing from within a rock with barly any root along side a river and no leaves it was taken late last fall. I put the tree with no roots in some promix soil. watterd it. then basically let it freez in the garage all winter. It did have buds all over it. I brough the tree inside and placed aside a window about a month ago.along with putting in a new mixture of sphangum moss scotts premium soil and hoffmans bonsai soil. a few buds brok and leaf has started to amerge. today i walked in the room to find. theres about ten that have split and about another 5 that have opend into wonderfull bright green leaves.. i dont dare to even pull the tree to check if roots are developing. however im asuming they must if the buds are opening. How long do should i wait to check the status on the roots?? How long before i attempt to feed it. and transplant it to a more suitable pot?? And is this a very harty tree. or a miracle. lol please let me know |
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- Posted by greenman28 Nor Cal 7/8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 25, 10 at 0:08
| The buds open from sugars stored at the base of the leaf. So even a cutting - with no roots - will open its leaves. That said, you might as well assume that your tree is re-rooting. I would start to fertilize lightly, at a quarter strength. I don't know much about paper birch, but I do have a couple birches in my yard - and I've collected their seedlings. Josh |
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| Thanks for the reply i hope that it is rooting the tree will make an exellent bonsai. if it rerooting, how long should i to repot the tree. id like to get it in a pot four inches in depth. |
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- Posted by head_cutter Vietnam (My Page) on Thu, Mar 25, 10 at 2:12
| I understand the allure of the Birch and, when I was in the states tried a few as Bonsai. Then realized there was a reason why you never see one as Bonsai. Sorry but true, they just don't cut it. Leaf size is almost impossible to reduce so, on a smaller sized tree it looks strange. They, like wild cherry, are just one big pest magnet, every pest and desiese loves to attack them and will. Of course you can always begin again because even the tree dies it will put out suckers. Sorry to bust your bubble, you may have it a few years but that's about it. Bob |
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- Posted by greenman28 Nor Cal 7/8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 25, 10 at 9:32
| Shepard, I'd let it re-root all this season, and then I'd re-pot when the tree is quiescent - late Winter, perhaps a couple weeks prior to the date it was collected. Once it has a good mass of roots, then prep it for the show-pot. Josh |
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