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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 4 days ago #38651

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Hi all, i want to show you the progression of my Ulmus, in a period from1996 til now.
It looked like this in 1997:

A year later, after the first big reshape:

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 4 days ago #38652

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five years later, 2003:


In 2006:

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 4 days ago #38653

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In 2013:

And now, in 2018:

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 4 days ago #38655

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So, you CAN create a beautiful bonsai out of a mallsai. All it takes is a reasonably good starter, talent, skills and about 2 decades....

Thanks for showing thi,is great result.!

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 4 days ago #38656

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BEAUTIFUL!

Great job. Thanks sharing.

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 3 days ago #38657

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Very good work!
Thanks for sharing!

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 3 days ago #38660

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Again... Thanks a lot for sharing Marco.

I´m just no so sure that this tree´s initial phase can be regarded as a "Mallsai" as we have seen so many times. In any case, maybe a reasonably decent starter tree? :whistle:

Ha, anyways great work! Time, skills and proper care can all play together and cast results as beautiful as these...

Alain

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 3 days ago #38663

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Again... Thanks a lot for sharing Marco.

I´m just no so sure that this tree´s initial phase can be regarded as a "Mallsai" as we have seen so many times. In any case, maybe a reasonably decent starter tree?


That was EXACTLY my thought when I saw the first picture. Where is the mallsai It is a good tree now in any case for sure.
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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 3 days ago #38670

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I wouldn't call the tree in the first picture mallsai either, mostly because the tree had potential. For me a mallsai, is something that cannot really be formed, or even really has any potential. The tree here had a trunk and branches that you could work with. The standard ikea ficus ginseng is a different matter entirely. Not being an expert, and really still a beginner, I'm not sure I'm qualifed to make definitions, but I think it dangerous to call any potted tree that isn't a bonsai (yet) a mallsai. If we don't agree on what is a mallsai, we can agree: no tree starts out as a bonsai.
That being said: great progression! Thanks for posting!

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Mallsai progression 1996-2018 6 years 3 days ago #38674

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Quality post!

On the other hand I don't like the current pot

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