Michigan Tree Murderer
Masterpiece
I'm well armed, just not enough time to sit outside all winter when the rabbits are hungry.
CM BONSAI!!
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Desert O'Piñon
Omono
You need a good sized black rat snake. Just have to figure out how to keep it from escaping.What are the odds that my rabbit pruned Siberian Elm live? I need to winter the trees inside chicken wire.
namnhi
Masterpiece
Nice trunk chop. You will thank the rabbit later. Those will have nice taper once sprouted. They will be just fine... It is an elm after all.What are the odds that my rabbit pruned Siberian Elm live? I need to winter the trees inside chicken wire.
The twin trunks are nubs now. The wood in the pot is the cedar mulch it over wintered in, & some Siberian Elm sawdust.
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The Barber
Chumono
With any luck the longer one will push branches down the trunk which will only help to fatten it up. My guess is they'll all recover. I have a rabbit that does some of my winter pruning as well. It never bothers the trunks thankfully. My developed trees get stashed away where it can't get to them.
shohin_branches
Omono
Those will come back and it will give the trunk some extra movementWhat are the odds that my rabbit pruned Siberian Elm live? I need to winter the trees inside chicken wire.
The twin trunks are nubs now. The wood in the pot is the cedar mulch it over wintered in, & some Siberian Elm sawdust.
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Michigan Tree Murderer
Masterpiece
Biggest snake around here AFAIK are corn snakes. I could really go for a den of foxes.
Not sure I'll actually thank the rabbit.
I hope you're right. I normally like to do the trunk chops myself, but not as low as the first picture.
Sounds good. Everyone is making lemonade, so I'll have a tall glass with ice.
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Put a shot of vodka in it and you'll feel better about your tree.Everyone is making lemonade, so I'll have a tall glass with ice.
roberthu
Chumono
Any chance you will try this on JWP in the future?
Michigan Tree Murderer
Masterpiece
vodka added.Put a shot of vodka in it and you'll feel better about your tree.
Y'all got it right Elm are tough.
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
If you do that annually to that chopped off one, it’ll actually make a little mountain of a bonsai trunk.
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
Wow glad to see its growing happily.
Not everyone has had crop fails like me???
I need to remind myself of this now and again.
I guess that is the real joy of seeling starter material……knowing their out there growing!!
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
I HAVE NOT QUIT.
You guessed it……overwhelmed by crop fails…….and some career things.
Now is good.
Starting a new career in 6 weeks.
Lots of outdoor growing( plant hoarding).
For future sales.
Here is the current thing.
-A couple trays of Sargent Crabapple
-a tray or two of zelkova
-All the rest are pine seedlings.
Will be planting more and more pine seedlings till about the first day of Summer at the latest.
Not enough time after that.
Only growing pines in the growhouse over winter now……more durable for sure.
Will be nice to have all the extra stock.
I WILL START SEEDLING CUTTINGS PROCESS NOW ALSO.Maybe have a whole growhouse full already by winter and notbhave to start any over winter.
I am thinking to start loosely in perlite and soahgnum like I used to and then select the rooted cuttings and plant them into 3”grow blocks right from the get go!!
They will definately be nice to push candle growth over winter indoors around end of January after a short winter dormancy.
Then shoot right into some great 2026 growth.
Pines have always survived…….long as I do not crowd them.
3” blocks would be perfect!!
I will keep growing…….it is so worth it seeing the Pines!!
You guessed it……overwhelmed by crop fails…….and some career things.
Now is good.
Starting a new career in 6 weeks.
Lots of outdoor growing( plant hoarding).
For future sales.
Here is the current thing.
-A couple trays of Sargent Crabapple
-a tray or two of zelkova
-All the rest are pine seedlings.
Will be planting more and more pine seedlings till about the first day of Summer at the latest.
Not enough time after that.
Only growing pines in the growhouse over winter now……more durable for sure.
Will be nice to have all the extra stock.
I WILL START SEEDLING CUTTINGS PROCESS NOW ALSO.Maybe have a whole growhouse full already by winter and notbhave to start any over winter.
I am thinking to start loosely in perlite and soahgnum like I used to and then select the rooted cuttings and plant them into 3”grow blocks right from the get go!!
They will definately be nice to push candle growth over winter indoors around end of January after a short winter dormancy.
Then shoot right into some great 2026 growth.
Pines have always survived…….long as I do not crowd them.
3” blocks would be perfect!!
I will keep growing…….it is so worth it seeing the Pines!!
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cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
WITH OUTDOOR CUTTINGS BEING STARTED NOW THE GOAL WILL BE THESE IN 3” blocks for 2026…..or bigger actually.
I will start to grow again early indoors after a short dormancy outside.
The second phase after dormancy will put on some growth for sure for 2026 Summer sales.
The bonus with the 3” blocks is I can pot rooted cuttings into them……
I will start to grow again early indoors after a short dormancy outside.
The second phase after dormancy will put on some growth for sure for 2026 Summer sales.
The bonus with the 3” blocks is I can pot rooted cuttings into them……
Hack Yeah!
Omono
Love the set up!
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
Very awesome. It would make a nice grove. It seems like one you would see during a walk in a community park.
Very cool
Srt8madness
Omono
Same! I have one of Curtis' pines I dug up this spring and it looks just like yours.
