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My first bonchi

sp33d

sp33d

Okay so finally made my bonchis...the weather is just getting to cold at night here in Michigan already, we hit 41 last night so I just harvested my green hab and mini yellow bell what I was able to get and chopped them to turn them into bonchi and this is what I came up with...

This is my first time ever trying bonchi, so it will be trial and error...so far so good..let's see what happens from here...:)

What do you think..:)


Green hab before


After I cleaned up he huge rootball


In it's home


Mini yellow bell before


After cleaning the pretty big root ball...the homemade air orune pots kick ass is all I have to say..;)


Both the green hab and mini yellow bell



Put them in my east facing front window so they will get plenty of sun to get them established
 
     Hmmm. It may just be the angle of the pics, but it kind of looks like you buried a bunch of the stem when you repotted them. When stems get lignified and barky like that (nice trunk on that hab, btw!), they can't tolerate being planted any deeper than they were used to in their previous home. 
     If it's not an optical illusion and those are planted deep, you might want to replant them shallower - so the soil line is the same as it was before. You could even plant them shallower than they were, so you get some exposed roots - they look cool on bonsais. 
 
disclaimer: I've never actually bonsaied anything, so I may be completely wrong. I've just seen the results of deep planting before, and crown rot isn't pretty.
 
You do want to expose the larger roots to oxygen and you do not want to cover them in soil. Its a part of the bonchi process to keep the roots exposed. This simulates old roots over the ground on old trees. You can even put an object, like a stone, underneat the center of the roots to keep them up from the soil. This will create a very cool effect if you remove the stone after 3 - 4 months. 
 
dash 2 said:
Hmmm. It may just be the angle of the pics, but it kind of looks like you buried a bunch of the stem when you repotted them. When stems get lignified and barky like that (nice trunk on that hab, btw!), they can't tolerate being planted any deeper than they were used to in their previous home. 
     If it's not an optical illusion and those are planted deep, you might want to replant them shallower - so the soil line is the same as it was before. You could even plant them shallower than they were, so you get some exposed roots - they look cool on bonsais. 
 
disclaimer: I've never actually bonsaied anything, so I may be completely wrong. I've just seen the results of deep planting before, and crown rot isn't pretty.
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It's an illusion I think because they are burned up to there they were buried before and I had no issues..yeah that green hab stem is a monster man and the plant is only 5 months old...;)

I will take your advice and shallow them out a bit so some of the roots are exposed becaus your right it will look real cool with the roots being exposed for that real bonsai look...:)
arcticchili said:
You do want to expose the larger roots to oxygen and you do not want to cover them in soil. Its a part of the bonchi process to keep the roots exposed. This simulates old roots over the ground on old trees. You can even put an object, like a stone, underneat the center of the roots to keep them up from the soil. This will create a very cool effect if you remove the stone after 3 - 4 months.
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Thanks..I'm going to do that for sure...I will do it tomorrow morning wheni get more time and will post results ...

But give me some credit here guys..only my first attempt...:)
 
Sure, but try to get the old water roots to stay above and the small with fibers to go deep. Add some fresh moss to keep the moist. And it also looks good. Later when the large roots get more wooded and set plant moss on them too. :D Just trying to help you mr... Also, copper wire. You can bed the branches and wrap copper wire around to keep the shape. When set after some months, take it of. 
 
arcticchili said:
Sure, but try to get the old water roots to stay above and the small with fibers to go deep. Add some fresh moss to keep the moist. And it also looks good. Later when the large roots get more wooded and set plant moss on them too. :D Just trying to help you mr... Also, copper wire. You can bed the branches and wrap copper wire around to keep the shape. When set after some months, take it of.
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Thanks for the help bud..:)

 
mecdave said:
Looking real good, that hab in particular. BTW, what brand and size of grow bag did it grow in?
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Not using grow bags...I use homemade air prune pots that I made for all my peppers except the hab which I used a 22sh gallon drum half, which was made out of a 55 gallon drum that I cut in half and used the 2 halves as 22sh gallon pots... One had the green hab and the other I have a big daddy sweet pepper..check my glog for more detail..:)

 
tctenten said:
Good start. I will be following this to see how you do this. Hopefully I do not see those temps for awhile yet.
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Thanks man, I don't exactly know what Im doing but that's how we learn right...;)
miguelovic said:
I liked this post.
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It likes you back...;)
 
sp33d said:
 Not using grow bags...I use homemade air prune pots that I made for all my peppers except the hab which I used a 22sh gallon drum half, which was made out of a 55 gallon drum that I cut in half and used the 2 halves as 22sh gallon pots... One had the green hab and the other I have a big daddy sweet pepper..check my glog for more detail.. :)
 
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Directions? Step by step pictures? Pointer to another thread?
 
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