Larch transformation

Kevin. Doesn't Wisconsin have tamarack growing wild? If so go dig a few up and experiment. Or take the ferry east to Michigan. The land of Tamarack.

hey mike... yeah we do, and one of our AAC guys has access to a stand about 20-30 miles away,
he went last year and scored a couplafew, but i couldnt make it...

so next year i hope...

Nice tree and a great pot!

Overall the image looks very good and that moss looks as though it's been there for twenty years already .

However, if I was being super critical I would have to say that I think the trunk looks a little too thick and straight for the cascade effect to be entirely convincing. If it was mine (and I'd be very happy if it was) I think I'd consider cutting most of the trunk off and re-building the cascade using the two top branches. Maybe the stump could be used as a dead wood feature or something? 

Mind you, what do I know? My only Larch are bean pole straight sticks in pots.

By the way I really like the first tree in this thread as well, the kind of windswept twin trunk on a slab. Would look even better on a longer slab though.

Regards

Richard

We have to watch out for units conversions. The USA is the probably the ONLY major country that has not gone metric. Chis was reporting temps in Celsius. -10 C is about + 12 Fahrenheit. In Wisconsin we have to plan for winters capable of dipping to - 20 F, or about -29 C. Wisconsin is very cold compared to the UK. If you are wintering your larch outside, without added heat (which is ok, they are very hardy) it would be best to wait until late winter or early spring. If you keep the larch in your garage, which does have a little heat, and it is protected from extreme cold, you can repot now.

Hi Richard and thanks for the reply, your observation's are very good and spot on I am sure Mike will take them on board. That's good Welsh moss by the way!!!!!

Regards Chris

Thank's Leo for your input. The -10 is in C

Regards Chris

Today Sunday 14th was another chance for Mike to do another Larch and for everyone else to work on their Larch, in fact it seemed that if you did'ent have a Larch today you were the odd one out!

Mike worked on this Larch today

The tree has a great root system and is ready to be worked on



The tree was potted and the parts that was not to be included in the styling were removed

Now the wiring









And now the first styling

Andy and Mike with some of the Larch, hawthorn and Elms worked on this weekend!!!!

You folks had a productive day; very nice styling and presentation. I particularly like Chris' cascade, very inventive. I find that wiring my trees, before repotting, if I already have the style in mind, is easier to manage and saves time. And, this is probably less stressful to the tree, particularly with new cascade "subjects"; the cascade pots are not very steady and sometimes require an extra set of hands to keep it steady. I wish our club had a venue like yours!

thanks again for more inspiration...

and yes, after speaking with leo saturday nite and realizing i didnt take celcius into account,
i just did some simple pruning to the one i have in the ground...

if i have it in the garage by next winter, i will use that time to do some major work on it as it will have a nice pot of roots by then too.

chris wrote:Andy and Mike with some of the Larch, hawthorn and Elms worked on this weekend!!!!

Well if no one else is prepared to say it, " there are too many trees in your display!"
It had to be said.

Hi Chris,some great work done there.Do you run a Bonsai Club or are you just friends meeting up.If you are a club would love to come along.
By the way my name is Peter,I live in Tonyrefail.

Hi Peter
Every Sunday is an open Bonsai workshop, plus this is the home of Dragon Bonsai society
Everybody is welcome, please feel free to come along anytime.
There are some Sundays that we are not here if we are at a show etc you can phone me on 07798 798194 and the post code is SA18 2EE

Regards Chris

Thanks for the info Chris will contact you.

very impressive transformation . lot to learn form this work .thanks for sharing .

Do you have some news of these larch ?
Thanks.
Tsuki.