Pot Selection & Pairing
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[Guidance for] exhibition trees and not trees at the beginning of their growing, when the pot size is significantly subordinated to growing possibilities.
For definite pot, its acceptable height equals the trunk diameter at the foot.
Its length should approximately equal 2/3 of the tree height.
These rules are for information only. No strict observance of such rules is required but it is good to know about them.
We should first know what character and form our tree has. The basic guide is a definition of the so-called OPTICAL WEIGHT of the plant.
The weight is given by its shape. We assess how it affects us as a complex.
If the tree has a massive impression expressing power, majesty and strength, if the tree trunk is thick and strong with gross rhytidome and forked branches, it will require another type of pot than slim, delicate tree with fine branches, round crown and smooth trunk.
Generally, decidious trees have less optical weight than permanently green conifer trees. They are considerably lighter, paler and more cheerful than the conifer trees.
On the other hand, conifer trees emit peace, stability and seriousness. They have a rougher and more massive look.
The pot must have the same properties as the tree. Should we want to pick it up more easily, the decidious trees can be kept in oval pots and the conifer trees in angular pots. But just as each person has a different character, the same can be said for flowers and plants.
Each plant has its own suitable pot. Therefore, there are many transient shapes, The basic, optically heavy shape is lightened in many ways.
The side boundary of the pot plays an important role as well.
(3) Reduction of the Foundation Size
(4) Closing the Shape
(5) Shifting the Center of Gravity Upwards
(6) Optical lowering
(7) Rim effect to the pot character
(8) Effect of Legs on pot Weight
