Well I think it is a Winter Huckleberry, the last time I was collecting trees my day told me the one I got was a huckleberry, then I posted it as a hackberry. Later he told me there are two kinds a winter huckleberry and a summer huckleberry and what I got was a summer huckleberry. He said it was some winter huckleberry there also. Now with understanding he grew up in these woods and his dad told him the names of the trees, so some could be what they called them in this area. From the way all the trees around here have been budding and blooming I figured this was about the last weekend to do any collecting so we headed to the country this morning. This was the first one we saw and I needed to get back to do some repotting this afternoon. I started to dig around it and there were really no lateral roots. So I figured maybe deeper and then I could tell it was a large maybe tap root going down. Since I did not borrow the power saw this time I really did not want to saw it by hand. I pushed on the tree and it moved, this is sandy ground, I could tell it did not have any fine roots and would most likely die. I was going to leave it and as I push in the other direction I heard the wood snap and it was up. So I brought it home and potted it. I am really not sure what it is, have not looked in my book yet, it did not have any leaves yet, my dad said they are small when the do and it did have some thorns.
So how would you get something like this to get / have small fine roots, I know with the Hawthorn you cut around the larger roots going out and then it will push new small root ( or I think that is it) but how could I do this kind. The ones I got a couple weeks about, summer huckleberry were the same, no small roots.
Now the next one is just Wish Full Thinking... (I think it is one of the Summer Huckleberry) It was 2 trees coming up from where a tree had fallen or broken but I really like the way it looked. I got both but just posting one of the. It is the same situation, no small root to work with, a few at the end of the root so I did not want to cut it to fit in a pot, not time to build a grow box and would probably be a waste of time as I know it is slim chance to make it. But their was a small root coming off the end with the trunk and I did some rigging, I used the soil that it was growing in for this end and them put a layer of the soil over the bonsai soil. So here goes, laugh as you may, but it was fun.
This is what was above ground and the root is going back behind it.
Found this Hawthorn as I was about to leave, it already had some leaves so I was not going to chance digging it up, plus it had a big root going down. I cut around it getting all the smaller ones, with my understanding it will push small one now. I know I have read to cut the V to induce Broom Style ... and I saw BVF when re-reading his article on his Hawthorn. I think the V should have been deeper but My Armstrong Battery was getting low. So this will grow till next year see what happens.
I could have stayed all day but had things to do at home, our winter has been so mild it just did not seem the trees had time to go dormant and I did not go collecting (now we are having winter ) . I will start earlier next year, but it was fun. My dad was happy his game camera had 380 pictures on it, he yepped and called turkey ( I was supposed to be listening for them... I was digging did not hear any) and he got in a good walk.
So how would you get something like this to get / have small fine roots, I know with the Hawthorn you cut around the larger roots going out and then it will push new small root ( or I think that is it) but how could I do this kind. The ones I got a couple weeks about, summer huckleberry were the same, no small roots.
Now the next one is just Wish Full Thinking... (I think it is one of the Summer Huckleberry) It was 2 trees coming up from where a tree had fallen or broken but I really like the way it looked. I got both but just posting one of the. It is the same situation, no small root to work with, a few at the end of the root so I did not want to cut it to fit in a pot, not time to build a grow box and would probably be a waste of time as I know it is slim chance to make it. But their was a small root coming off the end with the trunk and I did some rigging, I used the soil that it was growing in for this end and them put a layer of the soil over the bonsai soil. So here goes, laugh as you may, but it was fun.
This is what was above ground and the root is going back behind it.
Found this Hawthorn as I was about to leave, it already had some leaves so I was not going to chance digging it up, plus it had a big root going down. I cut around it getting all the smaller ones, with my understanding it will push small one now. I know I have read to cut the V to induce Broom Style ... and I saw BVF when re-reading his article on his Hawthorn. I think the V should have been deeper but My Armstrong Battery was getting low. So this will grow till next year see what happens.
I could have stayed all day but had things to do at home, our winter has been so mild it just did not seem the trees had time to go dormant and I did not go collecting (now we are having winter ) . I will start earlier next year, but it was fun. My dad was happy his game camera had 380 pictures on it, he yepped and called turkey ( I was supposed to be listening for them... I was digging did not hear any) and he got in a good walk.
It Was A Good Day!