Steve C
Omono
I love Bougainvilleas, I have two, small ones though. One is maybe 3/4" trunk and the other about 1". Long story short (and to my question) I have a friend that lives in Flordia (land of bougainvilleas. He's a former Bonsai keeper, he was into it for 20 yrs but had to stop do to work travel. Anyway, we talk every once in a while and last week he was telling me how he had to "remove" (rip out) a Bougainvillea from his brother in laws place. He said it was at least 6-7" on the trunk
So that got me to thinking. I actually know him through a fly fishing website I run, and my main business is I run my own custom fly rod building business. So the other day I told him (Mike) because he has been wanting a custom rod from me, I told him rather than exchanging cash, I'd build him the fly rod of his dreams in exchange for him collecting and shipping me a really nice Bougie that had at least a 4" or more trunk. He said sure no prob.
So I have a few questions maybe you guys can help with....
#1- I know he is a former bonsai guy, but probably not use to shipping trees. How should I tell him to pack/ship the tree when it collects it?
#2 when I get it (probably gonna be next month) That will be October, he's in FL I'm in Mi...that's a bit change for a tree from Fl to Mi in a matter of days. Any best way to acclimate it?
#3 Even though he is a former bonsai keeper, is there anything specifically I should tell him to look for in a boughie before he collects/ships it to me?
Thanks ,
Steve
So that got me to thinking. I actually know him through a fly fishing website I run, and my main business is I run my own custom fly rod building business. So the other day I told him (Mike) because he has been wanting a custom rod from me, I told him rather than exchanging cash, I'd build him the fly rod of his dreams in exchange for him collecting and shipping me a really nice Bougie that had at least a 4" or more trunk. He said sure no prob.
So I have a few questions maybe you guys can help with....
#1- I know he is a former bonsai guy, but probably not use to shipping trees. How should I tell him to pack/ship the tree when it collects it?
#2 when I get it (probably gonna be next month) That will be October, he's in FL I'm in Mi...that's a bit change for a tree from Fl to Mi in a matter of days. Any best way to acclimate it?
#3 Even though he is a former bonsai keeper, is there anything specifically I should tell him to look for in a boughie before he collects/ships it to me?
Thanks ,
Steve