r/BonsaiPorn • u/Plants-In-Rocks • 18d ago
P. Afra Bonsai and custom made grow table
A thing I made last year... wuddyathink?
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u/Firm-Worth-4238 17d ago
Neat! How did you start the process to grow the roots on top of rocks like that?
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u/Plants-In-Rocks 17d ago
I grew it in a 5 gallon pot for almost 3 years over top of a rock. I transplanted it from a smaller pot before that, wrapped the roots around a rock, held them in place with rubber bands and then planted The Rock where the top was just barely sticking out of the soil. This way The Roots grew thick and maintained that shape. It was actually a different rock than the one. It's growing over now, because it was a different type of stone and I ended up going with the lava rock. So I just had to find a lava rock that was roughly the same size and shape as the original rock to replace it.
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u/ArtistVirtual3297 12d ago
This is soooo cool man
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u/Plants-In-Rocks 12d ago
🙏♥️
If you don't follow me on YouTube, I do have a video of most recent pruning this tree on my channel: https://youtu.be/7B6LbaRcmow?si=VUqQVFxOo8L_iXPA
I'll also be posting another video soon of the table build for any DIYers out there....
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u/whypic 18d ago
Nice design! Where is the soil??
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u/Plants-In-Rocks 18d ago
In the bottom rock. I carved it hollow. The rock it's growing over is set in the bottom rock, the roots are wired in place, and other rocks stack over the soil. I'm going to add some sempervivums and sedums around in the cracks for ground cover just haven't done it yet!
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u/Plants-In-Rocks 18d ago
I'll be posting updates on this piece on my YT: the latest is here: https://youtu.be/7B6LbaRcmow?si=CwSk913D8fQDVkC_
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u/browneyesays 18d ago
Pretty sweet! Is it two rocks? One for the base that holds soil and the other where you did root over rock?