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LARCH STORY 2000-2009

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Post  Peter Thali Sun May 31, 2009 12:08 am

Hi bonsai lovers

This is the story of an old larch collected in the Swiss Alps in 2000. 2 years after collecting most of the branches died off - maybe the roots were not strong enough or the tree didn’t like my treatment.
However, I changed the soil and placed the larch in a shaded position protected from the wind so the tree could recover.
2 month ago I did the basic styling. Here are the pictures.

Greetings from Switzerland
Peter

01 acclimatization
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02 bending the mainbranch
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06 larch 2001
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07 trunk
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08 dead branches
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09 new shoots 2005
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10 May 2007
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11 new foliage
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Post  Peter Thali Sun May 31, 2009 12:19 am

12 October 2007
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13 dead branches transformed into jins
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14 ready for wiring
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15 March 2009
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16 basic styling
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17 May 2009
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Post  mchavez1 Sun May 31, 2009 2:36 am

Great tree! I also love the pot i think in compliments the tree very well.

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Post  sixhunter Sun May 31, 2009 3:41 am

very beautiful transformation ! cheers
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Post  fiona Sun May 31, 2009 8:50 am

Blooming heck Peter, that's a stunner. There must be many viewers like myself who had not picked up on the sheer size of this tree - until your pic from 12 October when you blew my mind away with the scale of the thing when viewed against yourself. It is truly gobsmacking! I suppose I should have picked up the clue from the greenery growing in the soil. Were those wild strawberries?

Many thanks for the post and pics. You have inspired me as to what to do with a couple of collected large larches of my own.

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Post  Kev Bailey Sun May 31, 2009 9:35 am

Lovely progression shots Peter, thanks for posting. As Fiona says it's a stunning Larch.
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Post  Jay R Sun May 31, 2009 12:34 pm

Peter, thanks for the step by step on this WONDERFUL tree. I really appreciate the picture with you in it, it gives the true scale and size of this Larch.
In the States our Larches are wonderful but I have seen few (yes there are some) that are of this size.

Jay

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Post  chappy56 Sun May 31, 2009 4:07 pm

Fantastic Peter. I have Larch envy. I tried one this year myself and did not fair so well.
Three questions for you..........

You mentioned changing your soil; what did you change to?
What is the climate where you are? I'm in zone 5 and have had some tell me its too warm here.
What do you use for fertilizer?

Thanks for sharing, beautiful work.
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Post  Budi Sulistyo Sun May 31, 2009 4:52 pm

Hi Peter,

As usual... Fantastic.

Are you in Switzerland right noe?

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Post  Storm Sun May 31, 2009 7:01 pm

Amazing tree. Thanks for sharing the progress!
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Post  Peter Thali Sun May 31, 2009 10:56 pm

Hi all, thanks for your feedbacks.

Fione – your’re right – those were wild strawberries, but unfortunately not enough to make sweetmeats.

Chappy –after collecting for all my yamadoris I use the soil mix shown in the next pics: 50 % akadama / 20 % mold / 20 % blaehton (fired clay, same like we use in hydroculture) / 10 % Perlit.
I collected this larch on the timber-line in 2000m over sea level. I am in the temperate clima : Cold winters – warm/hot summers.
I don’t use a special bonsai-fertilizer like Biogold. I buy what I can get in each gardencenter – normal fertilizer for conifers.

Budi – I’m in Switzerland and I’ll be back in Bali next October.

Peter

my soil mix for yamadoris during acclimatization
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