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These are a little better pictures of what I’m working with. I’m hoping for good deadwood and back budding along the very top branch! Please any feedback is much appreciated!

Hmm plenty deadwood i think
But did you remove any foliage?
I realy hope it pulls trough for you cus it has verry little foliage

@Soldano666 wow 0.o
Mine just made the end buds and will turn color soon!
Hows your winters?
 

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@Soldano666 wow 0.o
Mine just made the end buds and will turn color soon!
Hows your winters?
Yeah mine too. Winters get cold here in the northeast US. I may have to do the shuffle into the garage with these to keep that tender new growth from getting frostbitten before it hardens off. Its been quite warm still for october but I expect that to change in the next few weeks.
 

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I'm getting excited to get this sango-kaku out of the ground this fall.. or spring? Anyways... post your next victims!
Some pictures of the flare. I wish I had pictures from last season. It was about 10' tall and half of it died in the winter. Chopped it down to nothing but a stump
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Lifted this crazy spruce. Time is tight, hoping for a bit of luck.
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Found a couple chunky hornbeam today while at my buddies property. I collected some from there last spring but never looked any further after my car was full. Today I scoured the rest rest and marked 40+ ill have to pick and choose which ones to take this coming spring. I reckon these guys will have to go back in the ground. Iys going to take some serious growth of new shoots to,ever achieve taper, not to mention getting those roots in order. That would be a box with $75 in substrate to house whatever far feeder roots are there.1022171640.jpg 1022171638.jpg
 

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I've got my eyes one a couple of trees..

Prunus serotina, an invasive species here in Belgium.
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Hawthorn raft. This one is a maybe at the moment..

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Ulmus minor var. suberosa. Not really sure, but it looks neat. Little trunk with lots of deadwood. It would make a nice shohin broom.


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This is the one I'll be dreaming about this winter. Sugar maple on the property I manage. It's about 3" before the root flair and enters the soil at 5.5".
I have heard that the leaves don't reduce well, but they just glow in the fall.
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One of the trees neighbors. To big to collect, but look at that corky bark. Amazing variation on trees in the same plot. :)
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I just recived permission to collect this maple so I am go for spring of 2018!
Now I have transplanted pleanty of trees, But I have never collected an understory tree with bonsai goals in mind. Do I play it safe, say 26" diameter rootball dropped in a garden bed, or trust the vigor of the tree and make the big cuts now? A couple years ago I collected an Amur of similar size growing in full sun, whacked the roots into a 10" bare root spread and the tree responded well. Would the same treatment applied to this tree be a death sentence? Trunk diameter is about 3", height 20' growing in a nice clay loam.
 

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I just recived permission to collect this maple so I am go for spring of 2018!
Now I have transplanted pleanty of trees, But I have never collected an understory tree with bonsai goals in mind. Do I play it safe, say 26" diameter rootball dropped in a garden bed, or trust the vigor of the tree and make the big cuts now? A couple years ago I collected an Amur of similar size growing in full sun, whacked the roots into a 10" bare root spread and the tree responded well. Would the same treatment applied to this tree be a death sentence? Trunk diameter is about 3", height 20' growing in a nice clay loam.

Trust it bud. As buds swell start to swell, chop to 2/3rds or a bit higher than the hight your wanting ( so about 15"?), Dig it, cut any big roots, wash off and stick it in good soil. Should go wild.
 

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Trust it bud. As buds swell start to swell, chop to 2/3rds or a bit higher than the hight your wanting ( so about 15"?), Dig it, cut any big roots, wash off and stick it in good soil. Should go wild.
Thanks for the reassurance.
Always nice to have advice from someone who's been there and done it.
 

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Thanks for the reassurance.
Always nice to have advice from someone who's been there and done it.

Hehe, very kind but I'd still say I'm very much a novice.. but what I've outlined there is best practice for a maple and what the guys with more trees and seasons under there belts will tell you :)
 
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Chubby mother daughter larch i dug up today.. That box is 16x12 inches.View attachment 161594
Difficult for larch to backbud typical? Only have three young out into ground with no major work done yet. Planning to collect within the next month up in Charlevoix/Petoskey at a friends cabin, fields of larch. Would you recommend timing? Bringing them 3 hours south to GR.
 

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Difficult for larch to backbud typical? Only have three young out into ground with no major work done yet. Planning to collect within the next month up in Charlevoix/Petoskey at a friends cabin, fields of larch. Would you recommend timing? Bringing them 3 hours south to GR.
Rare they back bud. So find ones with low branches. Collect any time from now thru Sept, leave lots of growth at collection so itll help fuel new roots thru the fall. And keep them right out in direct sun. No shade needed. Unless we get a hot spell just to keep roots cool
Cut back branches once buds swell in the spring. They're pretty tolerant of collection this time of year but like i said leave plenty of green to aid recovery going into winter. I dig them 2 hours north of me, they are everywhere up there and they do just fine bringing them back down home.
 
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