{"id":2755,"date":"2023-02-08T20:31:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2023-02-08T20:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:31:35","slug":"summer-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibuibonsai.com.au\/?p=2755","title":{"rendered":"Summer transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This privet had to go to make way for a new garden bed. Middle of our summer but it is a privet so really tough. I think it stands a good chance of surviving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does have a short, fat trunk as a result of being chopped off a few times years ago. When it refused to die the gardener resorted to trimming regularly to maintain a ball shaped topiary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ligustrum – small leaf privet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After this was dug I got busy with other jobs and forgot about it so it sat overnight and part of the next day on top of the soil. By the time I picked it up the fresh shoots were quite wilted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dry roots <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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and wilted shoots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Root ball was soaked in water for the rest of the afternoon until I had time to deal with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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dry root ball after 16 hours out of the ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Soaking in water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After soaking I raked out much of the garden soil, chopped large roots and shortened all others to fit in a 30 cm orchid pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raked out garden soil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shortened all roots, especially thick ones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally the tree was potted into my usual bonsai potting mix, watered well and the pot placed under a bonsai bench in part shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under the bench to recover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can report that 2 weeks later all the shoots are erect and looking good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I had another opportunity to further trial summer transplanting. Another garden and some more trees that had to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First up is an Acacia cognata. I believe it is one of the compact cultivars, possibly ‘Limelight’. All trunks were chopped back a few weeks ago. The number of new shoots all over the trunks prompted me to try this transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acacia cognata as dug – 20 litre bucket for size ref<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Roots before trimming and removing soil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Roots were chopped back to fit a 30 cm orchid pot and most of the (hydrophobic) garden soil removed before potting up in usual bonsai potting mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other trees collected today were 3 self sown desert ash – Fraxinus angustifolia. Not big trunks but definitely suitable as trials for summer collecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Desert ash roots before trimming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The trunks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Again all these trees were watered well then placed under the bench in dappled shade. I’ll report back in a few weeks on how these trees are progressing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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