Wilson
Masterpiece
That beech has one mighty base!!! The nebari speak to a great health in those roots, well done taking your time.
collected American Beech
- Thread starter Steve Kudela
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Steve Kudela
Shohin
Hey Wilson, Thanks a million!!!
Wilson
Masterpiece
I am looking forward to pulling my collected beech out of it's winter sleep, but here in Quebec spring can be slow to arrive!
Steve Kudela
Shohin
Would love to see it when it comes out.
Wilson
Masterpiece
I will surely post a photo, it is a very different style. It is a true testament to the strength of the American beech. It was collected from a small mountain where it had it apex chopped year after year, yet it still pushes on.
Wilson
Masterpiece
So I got a bit stir crazy and chiseled out some of my trees, so here are some quick photos of the beech. It was collected last year, just letting it get used to a domestic life.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
That sure has an interesting beginning!
Sorce
Sorce
Steve Kudela
Shohin
That's certainly an unusual one! I'd like to see the surface rootage. Happy chiseling!
Steve Kudela
Shohin
Hey folks, I thought I would take a minute to update this thing. The first pictures show the results of bud pinching and terminal removal in early spring as outlined in an earlier post. The last pics are after leaf cutting and thinning, each leaf was reduced by 2/3's. As you can see in those closeups. bunches of very close nodes. I'm hoping that with more ramification, I'll get reduced leaves in time. Also, it's hard to tell in the pics, the sacrifice branch on the lower right side is almost 6 feet long, got close to 3 feet this season already. I also left the leaves unpruned on the lower left branch to help it along. Even though it looks a little ratty, the air and light can penetrate now. One day, as I shrink with age, I'll sit in the shade of this one. Thanks for allowing me to post.........SK
Wilson
Masterpiece
Seriously this is one of my favourite trees! I can say this is a real lesson for me on the benefits of patience and planning. It looks like it could be one of the giants growing in the woods next to my home, great work Steve!
Borg
Yamadori
Absolutely beautiful! I have a small beech that's quite a ways off from becoming anything more worthy of "stick-in-pot." One day, it may look good. Yours is stunning.
Steve Kudela
Shohin
Hey Wilson, thank you so much Sir. I'm glad to be of service. This one has and continues to provide many lessons for me. One more season of growth after this one and it finally, Lord willing, will go into a bonsai pot. I can't wait!!
Steve Kudela
Shohin
Borg, thanks a million Sir! This has been a loooonnnnggg time coming. ( hey that could be a song title) Stay with it.
Borg
Yamadori
Oh, I plan on it.
In fact, as soon as I get more wood, it's going to be moved from the nursery can to a grow box so it can get some better girth and start working on a wide root flair.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
SK.....
Dude trying to off that $300 cutting needs to say this....
Certainly not a gentleman like to yourself!
I didn't realize it wasn't in a bonsai pot till I read that!
Must be a nice tree!
I really dig the sacrifice....
Thank you for being SK!
I think I've said that before!
Sorce
Dude trying to off that $300 cutting needs to say this....
Certainly not a gentleman like to yourself!
I didn't realize it wasn't in a bonsai pot till I read that!
Must be a nice tree!
I really dig the sacrifice....
Thank you for being SK!
I think I've said that before!
Sorce
Steve Kudela
Shohin
God bless you my long distance bud!! His pricing is a tad out of line. Concerning pots, it's very rare for me to put something in a pot right away. I learned early on that you will lose lots of time if you pot too early, especially with something like that beech tree. Leave things in a larger container or the ground for awhile, let 'em gain some girth and heal over transition areas( trunk chops). It all really depends on the individual tree. If I had potted that one early on, it wouldn't be anywhere close to where it is now and it's been almost 3 decades even then. The sacrifice branch is necessary to get that bottom branch strengthened, we have to overcome apical dominance. Even after it's removed next year, I anticipate letting the branch grow out way past it's outline every 3-5 years to keep it strong. Thanks again Sir!
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I am but a shitty long internode?
Lol...nerdy bonsai humor!
To me....there are a lot more "builder's" present here....
Than there are "Adair's", lol, not that he can't build...(i wouldn't call someone an armchair dude!)
But....conisuers....
But you never\rarely see a sacrifice branch.
I get mad excited to see a 6fter!
I'm gonna change "stick in a pot" to
"A rooted sacrifice branch"
Hey feller, What is that? That's not a tree...it's a part of a tree you're supposed to let run to make your "tree" look more like a tree.
You da man SK!
Sorce
base797
Mame
Great tree Steve. Nice, patient and fastidious work there with a fantastic result.
Patrik
Patrik
Steve Kudela
Shohin
Thank you Sir!!
