snowsurf125
Yamadori
Hey all, I thought I'd share this Cal Juni with you. My brother and I collected it on 4/4/12. It's doing well now, so I thought I'd post it.
A few months prior to collection, we tried experimenting with the Dan Robinson "root enhancement" technique. I enhanced half of the tree. The tree was on my grandfather's property, so we were able to water it once every few weeks or so, which helped a ton. After a few months, I went back to do the other half. When I started digging the untouched half, the entire tree shifted. Turns out, it was 2 trees intertwined and growing so close it looked like 1 tree. The tap root seemed to have been pretty old and rotted out, so the 1st half (the enhanced half) was practically falling over. With the 2nd half dug up, I noticed it had some good white tipped roots too. Since both trees were not being supported by any major roots at this point and were both now falling over, I took them both home.
We let them soak in tubs of water and Vitamin B for a few hours. The 1st half had tons of white tipped feeders, while the 2nd half (the un-enhanced side) only had a few. We put them in a pot with pumice, sprinkled some mycorrhizal that I got from Stone Lantern on the roots, filled in the rest with pumice, and left it in our shade house until this year. A few months ago (Dec-Jan), I carefully checked the roots on both. The 2nd half seemed to have more white roots than the 1st half, however, I didn't dig down too far out of fear for disturbing them. About 2 months ago, It was pulled out into full sun and is looking good with some new mature growth.
This one has some nice nebari on 1 side of it. There is also some very nice natural old deadwood, as well as some newer deadwood that will be a nice blank canvas for some carving (when my abilities and technique get there). Here are a few shots. Hope you enjoy.
(sorry some of the pictures rotated. they imported properly, but rotated when i uploaded them)
A few months prior to collection, we tried experimenting with the Dan Robinson "root enhancement" technique. I enhanced half of the tree. The tree was on my grandfather's property, so we were able to water it once every few weeks or so, which helped a ton. After a few months, I went back to do the other half. When I started digging the untouched half, the entire tree shifted. Turns out, it was 2 trees intertwined and growing so close it looked like 1 tree. The tap root seemed to have been pretty old and rotted out, so the 1st half (the enhanced half) was practically falling over. With the 2nd half dug up, I noticed it had some good white tipped roots too. Since both trees were not being supported by any major roots at this point and were both now falling over, I took them both home.
We let them soak in tubs of water and Vitamin B for a few hours. The 1st half had tons of white tipped feeders, while the 2nd half (the un-enhanced side) only had a few. We put them in a pot with pumice, sprinkled some mycorrhizal that I got from Stone Lantern on the roots, filled in the rest with pumice, and left it in our shade house until this year. A few months ago (Dec-Jan), I carefully checked the roots on both. The 2nd half seemed to have more white roots than the 1st half, however, I didn't dig down too far out of fear for disturbing them. About 2 months ago, It was pulled out into full sun and is looking good with some new mature growth.
This one has some nice nebari on 1 side of it. There is also some very nice natural old deadwood, as well as some newer deadwood that will be a nice blank canvas for some carving (when my abilities and technique get there). Here are a few shots. Hope you enjoy.
(sorry some of the pictures rotated. they imported properly, but rotated when i uploaded them)
