Because experimentation sounds better then 'brutalizing with no idea where to start'.
So,
I picked up these little guys to experiment with. At $3 a pop from the
post bloom rack I thought it could be fun to practice working on my
re-poting techniques. Unfortunately the chipmunk apocalypse happened (everything was eaten or dug into) and
everything was moved into the florida room until the end of the war. I also found that I have no more available pots and my in ground choice is is right at the chipmunks door stop.
I held off on doing anything and now they look like this because I got brave with a pair of nippers.
I hope they will back bud. i would like to make them as compact as
possible or encourage them into something that looks like a bonsai.
Their trunks are far too small to be a real bonsai. Aside from the fact
that one looks like it lost a fight with a chainsaw... And if you ignore
the paperclips pretending to be guide wires... they are kinda cute.
I have no idea what the root structure looks like. I plan to repot them next year into the same pots but better soil.
