Repotting....almost too late now?

Repotting for me starts in Nov. Some think that's too early but if you have a lot of trees like I do, you need that much time. I am winding down now and most of the trees have been repotted. Some of the big trees were repotted last year and will spend another year and get repotted next year. I have concentrated on my Shohin trees and have made sure that all that needed to be potted are finished. Lots of new Shohin material was taken from nursery cans and planted out in a show pot. Why? Because the tree will grow just as well in a show pot as it will in a nursery can. If I get a good canopy on the tree, and many of the trees I am talking about will be canopies, they will be ready to exhibit possibly this year. If development is slow, they can be taken out of the show pot and put back into a larger gro pot for further development. 

The trunks on some of the nursery materials were so large that they are the ones in show pots. The nursery material that needed further development did not get up potted. The benches were cleaned and the water system has been upgraded. When I built the benches for the shohin, I drilled a hole in the facing walls about 16 inches apart for the drip system. Now I have put a tee on that tube at the wall and split each tube into two drippers. I doubled the bench for exhibiting the trees. 

So, let's take a look at each side. First the East facing side. These trees highlighted here represent about ten percent of those repotted. These are just some of the better representations.

Then the west facing side.

This pair of Princess persimmon received new pots this go around. The one on the left is Ed Clark no. 322. The one on the right is regular Princess. I am told that the no. 322 is a reliable fruiter. We will see. The beautiful turquoise pot is by Garry Wood.

The one on the left is also in a special pot.

A crab anniversary pot from Walsall Studios. You can read the process at the link.

Mine is stamped DJ for David Jones.

Japanese privet in Koyo.

Black Pine in Suishoen

Itoigawa juniper in 2nd generation Yamaaki

Blue Atlas cedar in April Grigsby.

Black pine in Tongrae

Elm in a cheap Chinese container.

Kumquat in Kanehiro Hamajima

Satsuki azalea in Jim Barrett.

Satsuki azalea in Kosen

Satsuki azalea in Isso. 

Satsuki azalea in Yamaaki.

Procumbens in Begei.

Trident maple in Koyo.

Pyracantha in Kosen.

Pyracantha in Yamafusa.

Yaupon holly in Terrahata Satomi.

Yaupon holly in April Grigsby.

Procumbens in Begei

I know this is not Shohin, but I do not have a good picture of this tree without leaves. Oshio Beni maple.

This was the tree right after collection in 2015.

The grower, Yoshio Fujimoto. Gone but not forgotten

The Pot

 The Pot

This pot was acquired thru Japanese auction three years ago. It is by the clay artist Yuuji of the Gyouzan Kiln. The clay finish is very smooth with just a hint of smooth grog. The pot shape is simple and the band at the top rim and bottom rim of the pot is just enough gingerbread to make the pot interesting but not very busy. 

As soon as the sun starts shining, I am going to refinish this semi-antique stand. It is just too Chinese red. It was purchased in San Francisco three years ago when an antique store was going out of business. It had a big Chinese vase on it in a corner of the store, sitting on a very nice cabinet. The man said it had been there for about thirty years. I made an offer for just the stand and to my surprise he accepted. It's just the right size for a tree this size and the pot fits great. Many of these Chinese stands tend to be very wide but not very deep. They are made to display Ikebana, or flower vases, where the art is long and skinny. 

Art such as these are usually displayed on stands such as this. Long but not very deep.