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Zelkova pot selection

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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37717
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This little Zelkova over rock is due a repotting this year. The pot is not selected yet, my question is what type, colour and size pot would you choose?
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37718
Is it big? It looks medium to small size from the picture.
Even sitting on a rock, I see it as feminine; perhaps an oval pot?
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37719
Relatively small the current plastic pot is 20x15cm, the tree is 28cm tall from the soil surface
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37720
Shallow, oval, glazed pot with green in it. I think.

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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37721
I like Auk's suggestion!
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37725
Is there any rule about the width of the pot related to the width of the crown?
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37732

Madartej21 wrote: Is there any rule about the width of the pot related to the width of the crown?


Did you even search? :)

It is on this website:
Oval and rectangular pots are usually 2/3 of the trees height.
www.bonsaiempire.com/basics/bonsai-care/advanced/choosing-pots

Due to the foliage though I think a bit wider would work.
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37734
Yeah I read several articles, I was rather curious of your opinions. Its not my mother language so i might did not express myself correctly. And what you can find about it on this website is not really helpful in my opinion
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #37767
So if you can share any ideas or articles about said topic or just say there is no rule about this, that would be helpful
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Posted 6 years 4 weeks ago #38695
So I chose an oval pot. It should have been a bit wider. My bad. I told the pottery guy that I wanted an olive greenish colour, but he said that some of the ingredient of the maze refused to turn out to be green :) It became light brown with a touch of yellow. I decided to go with it.
The tree was pretty much root bounded. It was unhealthy last summer , I was suspecting its the root.

I would not cut this much root at once normally, but half of it was already dead. It grew fresh roots recently and has a lot near the surface, so I hope I did not risk too much.
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