Hello everyone. Thought i would come and share two of the Ponderosa i collected this season.
These were both collected from a cliff side. Spent about six hours digging on each one. they were in very rocky chunky soil so trenches were needed to be dug to follow the roots. I ended up getting a good amount of roots on each and am hopeful that collection will be successful. I didnt take pictures of the collection unfortunately. It didnt cross my mind untill i got home, since this was a solo trip i was pretty busy with just collecting anyways.
I considered leaving them in some of the soil that they were growing in, as i have read that it can be good to so so, but since there was no true rootball, and since the soil was so rocky i decided to plant them into the ground, where they will stay for several growing seasons if they make it.
This first one i have a vision for a cascade, near to the way it was growing naturally.
This second one will be styled as a literati (my favorite style of tree). This tree was actually growing with its trunk laying the full length on the rocky cliff soil. It has some beautiful natural deadwood.
Despite the intense work digging through the rocky soil, i greatly enjoyed this collecting trip. I look forward to more collecting trips like this in the future. What can be better than spending a weekend in the wilderness, and also bringing a beautiful piece of it home with you.
I do have one question, regarding watering the foliage. Should this be something i do at each watering? I have read somewhere that ponderosa like their foliage to be watered, but didnt find any details as to a regimen for this to be done.
Thanks for any advice or comments!
These were both collected from a cliff side. Spent about six hours digging on each one. they were in very rocky chunky soil so trenches were needed to be dug to follow the roots. I ended up getting a good amount of roots on each and am hopeful that collection will be successful. I didnt take pictures of the collection unfortunately. It didnt cross my mind untill i got home, since this was a solo trip i was pretty busy with just collecting anyways.
I considered leaving them in some of the soil that they were growing in, as i have read that it can be good to so so, but since there was no true rootball, and since the soil was so rocky i decided to plant them into the ground, where they will stay for several growing seasons if they make it.
This first one i have a vision for a cascade, near to the way it was growing naturally.
This second one will be styled as a literati (my favorite style of tree). This tree was actually growing with its trunk laying the full length on the rocky cliff soil. It has some beautiful natural deadwood.
Despite the intense work digging through the rocky soil, i greatly enjoyed this collecting trip. I look forward to more collecting trips like this in the future. What can be better than spending a weekend in the wilderness, and also bringing a beautiful piece of it home with you.
I do have one question, regarding watering the foliage. Should this be something i do at each watering? I have read somewhere that ponderosa like their foliage to be watered, but didnt find any details as to a regimen for this to be done.
Thanks for any advice or comments!