Got URO...Please share if you do

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I'm fascinated with URO's...yet have none in my collection. Shamefully looking to maybe add one...But would love to see others bonsai that sport them.

Care to share your URO's with me?

EDIT: For those to new to the hobby and is unaware what I am talking about. Here's a link explaining.
http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATUro.htm
 

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Drill a couple.

I have nothing that they would look right on... :( Recall my limited collection. I have been very conservative in my choices. I have no real material to drill. But, I did make contact with one who sells trunks...Amur and Elm with possible URO's...so, trust me I am working on eliminating that situation in my collection. Price sounds amazing as well. I don't think he realizes what a trunk goes for. Waiting on photos...but would love to see some photos.

Kojo No Mai...no wouldn't work also a cascade
Wisteria...No wouldn't work...and I read that you do NOT want to create dead wood or they rot fast.
Virginia Creeper...Not really the right trunk for it. More of a feminine looking trunk
Bougainvilleas...No not deciduous trees...
Serissa...Stick in the pot and I don't think it would ever thicken or the right species.
conifers = gin
Azalea...no, it has shari
 

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Elm and amur maple are cheaper because they grow faster and they aren't in high demand like quince or JBP.
And that makes me happy.

Well...its much cheaper than the one I just purchased...that is an amur. But, collected material verses trained over time. So that might be the difference in my case.
 

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STUNNING @BobbyLane! Eye candy for sure...that carved wood woe!

Its just a shame the Hawthorn isnt doing too great and could be on its way out, but that first big carving session taught me a lot!

The Uro in the base are totally manmade
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This Privet below, its been in the ground since march, the Uro were made from old branch stubs that were on the tree when i got it.
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Now I just want a gigantic, far, gnarly tree stump to carve!

Hmmmm.... I think I have a sweetgum in mind I could use....
 

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Here's a few. The European hornbeam has many in addition to the sabamiki area. The katsura as well - the urn is up high on the left at the time of this photo, though has now connected with an almost entirely hollowed out trunk.

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(Sorry for posting the lesser photo of the hornbeam - here's the better one inserted now :) )
 
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Its just a shame the Hawthorn isnt doing too great and could be on its way out, but that first big carving session taught me a lot!

The Uro in the base are totally manmade
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This Privet below, its been in the ground since march, the Uro were made from old branch stubs that were on the tree when i got it.
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I really like your work! Simply beautiful.
 

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conifers = gin

Well, yes, you are right: Gin traditionally uses juniper berries, and some of the West Coast small distilleries have also tried redwood and Douglas fir if I recall correctly. My favorite for inducing an after-work rapid-onset semi-coma is to make the world's most blissful Martini, by using two shots of "Terroir Gin" from St. George Spirits ["made from 12 botanicals redolent of California's mighty Mount Tam: Juniper berries, Douglas fir, California bay laurel, fennel, coastal sage, orris root, angelica root , and other profoundly aromatic botanical ingredients all come together to create a forest in your glass."], a bit of Dolin dry vermouth, five generous dashes of Dr. Adas Elsmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock Bitters, and made moderately dirty with two quality olives and about a teaspoon of the olive brine - shaken, not stirred . . . ..

Now, of course, it is also said that "conifers=jin" as well, but you'll note the rather convincing and altogether naturally-occurring uro on my little Shimpaku, which would be the exception I suppose, though it sports jin as well, (but no berries so far with which to make a gin - alas).
 

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Well, yes, you are right: Gin traditionally uses juniper berries, and some of the West Coast small distilleries have also tried redwood and Douglas fir if I recall correctly. My favorite for inducing an after-work rapid-onset semi-coma is to make the world's most blissful Martini, by using two shots of "Terroir Gin" from St. George Spirits ["made from 12 botanicals redolent of California's mighty Mount Tam: Juniper berries, Douglas fir, California bay laurel, fennel, coastal sage, orris root, angelica root , and other profoundly aromatic botanical ingredients all come together to create a forest in your glass."], a bit of Dolin dry vermouth, five generous dashes of Dr. Adas Elsmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock Bitters, and made moderately dirty with two quality olives and about a teaspoon of the olive brine - shaken, not stirred . . . ..

Now, of course, it is also said that "conifers=jin" as well, but you'll note the rather convincing and altogether naturally-occurring uro on my little Shimpaku, which would be the exception I suppose, though it sports jin as well, (but no berries so far with which to make a gin - alas).


lol Spell check got me...Love your reply though. I had it change a complete word...after choosing the correct spelling from the spell check. ODD! It's been weird today...
 

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Jins, Shari, Sabamiki, and Uros are all evidence of damage in the past to a tree. Different species of trees act differently to the same kind of damage. It is important that you understand how your particular tree responds to the kind of events that create this damage. Most important is understanding the vascular system because this will determine what will eventually happen to the removal of a branch or a wound in the trunk.
 
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