Built a couple of new stands today

[abqjoe]

I woke up today and was instantly motivated by the warm weather and built a couple of new stands Out of redwood of course....

 

[c54fun]

Very nice. Good job on the stands. Great looking trees too.

 

[abqjoe]

Very nice. Good job on the stands. Great looking trees too.

Thank you!

 

[AZbonsai]

How deep did you go with the holes?

 

[abqjoe]

How deep did you go with the holes?

Those post holders go down 36" (3').

 

[AZbonsai]

Those post holders go down 36" (3').

Nice! Would take me 4 days to dig a hole that deep around here

 

[abqjoe]

Nice! Would take me 4 days to dig a hole that deep around here

No digging required, these are prefabbed post holders made for 4x4's that you just hammer down into the ground. You can get them 24" long too.

 

[AZbonsai]

We have caliche here....it is not conducive to digging or hammering.

 

[aml1014]

We have caliche here....it is not conducive to digging or hammering.

We have caliche here as well
Aaron

 

[AZbonsai]

We have caliche here as well
Aaron

Ours is worse

 

[barrosinc]

I don't think guy wiring to the stand is a good idea... One little bump and you can lose the branch.

 

[abqjoe]

I don't think guy wiring to the stand is a good idea... One little bump and you can lose the branch.

It's just temporary until I repot then I'll do it correctly. I'm just waiting for temps go a little higher and stabilize. There's another branch done in the same fashion on the back side so the tree is actually secured pretty well.

 

[Giga]

Warm weather does make me hit hard wood...... I have no same in saying I built 4 of these.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Nice stands.

 

[AZbonsai]

Warm weather does make me hit hard wood...... I have no same in saying I built 4 of these.