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At least two years i would go for three
I think greenhouse or plastic tarp of sorts is best, gotta keep that humidity up!Who can talk on recovery time for collected landscape Yews? I agree that landscape Yews are a great option for people that don’t have access or permission to sweet Yamadori.
I think greenhouse or plastic tarp of sorts is best, gotta keep that humidity up!
Also, I think at least 2-3 years to recover, untouched....until it grows crazy long extensions...
For me, in my climate, I know they're recovered when they push a strong and coarse second flush...
Yeah...If you look at Tony Tickle’s Youtube videos he has a lot on styling yews. He also has a couple videos on digging them. One thing I noticed is he uses heat pads under them and keeps them in a greenhouse. I don’t remember seeing that in any of Graham Potter’s videos. Bjorn has a great yew styling video on the Bonsai Focus channel.
Chris—you gotta tell us more. Were you successfull? How far back did you cut them? What time of year and what was the status of the buds? What about your aftercare—greenhouse or tent? Details will be really helpful along with photos, especially of the end results. I have 3 next door beckoning me to dig them up and I don’t want to kill them.I collected huge yews, 12-14' tall so a huge foliage and root reduction. Count on 2 yrs post collection.
Agree with at least 2 yearsAt least two years i would go for three
Yeah it translates!@just.wing.it can you reed this link in google translate (or something like that)?
http://www.bonsaikunst.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=179&Itemid=46
This one really helped me collecting yew
It was like one of those Asian to English translation. Kinda weird But I got the idea what they where saying, mostly.
G.P. did the exact opposite with regards to foliage mass and he says it grew so well by the end of the year, he bare rooted and repot the following year. He didn't give any specifics but to say it was potted in a wooden box with pine barks a week after after collection. The pic showed almost no foliage at all . Look at the sac! What rootball?so a huge foliage and root reduction.
First time, in turface, total failure. The second time, in 100% pumice, both survived. Here's the thread, that needs updating. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/anyone-interested-in-chicago-yew-yamadori.11179/Chris—you gotta tell us more. Were you successfull? How far back did you cut them? What time of year and what was the status of the buds? What about your aftercare—greenhouse or tent? Details will be really helpful along with photos, especially of the end results. I have 3 next door beckoning me to dig them up and I don’t want to kill them.
Nice!First time, in turface, total failure. The second time, in 100% pumice, both survived. Here's the thread, that needs updating. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/anyone-interested-in-chicago-yew-yamadori.11179/
I'm half way styling this one the last couple days in fact. It's big, about 4' tall. I'll post a pic when I'm done. The other one has also been potted up since and is ready too for styling, but only so much time. So I got a chainsaw that I'm taking to the larger one.
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European yew (or at least the ones that grow here) are hardy to the bone.
There are some 80+ year old specimens in my area that have survived -20C at least.
Yesterday I read in a plant guide that these trees love the shade. I don't know if that's common knowledge.
I'm trying to kill mine because I have a thing against taxus. So if anyone needs something tested, just let me know.
Killing off all spring foliage through dessication (not watering for 2 weeks) did not work, it just popped new buds on other locations.
I have had no problems leaving them completely exposed...but I'm in Maryland...which does have it's moments of winter...but its not Canada.What is your experience with cold hardiness? Would it survive a harsh canadian winter in a pot? Does that vary between subspecies?
When I was last at a nursery, they had media and baccata specimens, and the employees were adamant that they would be a bad purchase as they would not survive -30 celsius (-20 F approx) lows.