{"id":2362,"date":"2021-07-01T19:19:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2021-07-01T19:19:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:19:23","slug":"trident-maple-group-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=2362","title":{"rendered":"Trident maple Group planting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve done some previous posts about starting a group planting but posting this year’s offer of seedlings https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=2338<\/a> prompted me to put together the group shown here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve found bonsai groups a great way to get a reasonably acceptable bonsai specimen in just a few years. No waiting for decades for the trunk to grow or branches to develop. Lots of trunks together help to provide the visual bulk and canopy so your group can look presentable relatively quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonsai groups can be any size and have any number of trees but more trees together tends to look better sooner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve started here with the group pack shown in the previous post. Shibui Bonsai forest packs consist of a mix of trunk sizes. If you are finding your own seedlings try to get a similar range of trunk thicknesses – a few thicker ones and a range of thinner ones to fill out the forest. there’s around 20 trees in the forest pack but you don’t have to use all of them. Spares can be used for other projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As well as the seedlings you’ll need a tray. I use these nursery seedling trays because they are easy to get and a convenient size, durable and easy to get but any convenient container will do. For different sized groups consider an appropriate sized tray. Your container does not need to be as shallow as this. My older trident groups were established and grown on in much deeper polystyrene fruit boxes. Larger, deeper containers will allow your trees to grow and develop quicker if you want to speed up evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Start by sorting an root pruning the seedlings if they have not already been done. tridents are really resilient and pruning thick roots short will help promote more finer and surface roots vital to good bonsai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n