The 2023 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

[Frozentreehugger]

And you're relocating to Arctic Winters.........Why?

Exactly

 

[Frozentreehugger]

My choke cherry is finally pushing buds.
That means prime collecting season!

Spent a few hours out in sticks today hunting around. Finally found this little but weathered piñon pine.
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I don't like the way it came out of the ground, but the only way I could have asked for better is if we had any significant precipitation in the past month.

I like it hope for the best . Can you explain to the north easterner what the black stuff is

 

[Potawatomi13]

Where I am moving is still well in the grow zones of the main species of trees I am interested in. There is no issue other than moving them.

Except you freezing

 

[ShadyStump]

I like it hope for the best . Can you explain to the north easterner what the black stuff is

Just wet bark from watering. There were many in the area that had black from fungal infections, and I'll be treating heavily for that. Some great weathering on the trees up there, but a good portion of that I think is the rampant infection. Otherwise, a relatively wet winter has the piñons looking as healthy as I've ever seen them.
Dry the past month, though, so getting a root ball out intact is hard.

 

[Gabler]

Except you freezing

Unless something has changed, I seem to recall that @Cajunrider is moving to the Philadelphia area. I would hardly describe it as cold. Daytime temperatures have been above freezing almost all winter. I live about about a half hour south of Philadelphia by car, and I keep my satsuki azalea outside on the ground all winter.

 

[Shogun610]

Unless something has changed, I seem to recall that @Cajunrider is moving to the Philadelphia area. I would hardly describe it as cold. Daytime temperatures have been above freezing almost all winter. I live about about a half hour south of Philadelphia by car, and I keep my satsuki azalea outside on the ground all winter.

I lived in Philly and currently work 25 min outside of it , it’s more USDA zone 7 for sure

 

[Cajunrider]

I lived in Philly and currently work 25 min outside of it , it’s more USDA zone 7 for sure

I figure it is 6b and my BCs and Mayhaws should be OK.

 

[Shogun610]

I figure it is 6b and my BCs and Mayhaws should be OK.

it’s not Philly area is 7 B- 6a ..6 B is 45 min North. Sure , idk not into either of those.

 

[Gabler]

I figure it is 6b and my BCs and Mayhaws should be OK.

Bald cypress grows just fine around here. It’s a common parkland tree. There’s a bunch of big ones at Longwood Gardens. I can’t comment on Mayhaw. I’m not familiar with it.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

I figure it is 6b and my BCs and Mayhaws should be OK.

Zone 4 here I planted a BC in the yard last summer . They have a very wide zone range but I am at the limit . My understanding is there heat and cold tolerance is seed source dependent . Trees from dryer north/ west are most cold tolerant . Zone 6 :7 should be no problem even for your south swamp trees . Suspect the mayhaws will be fine . In fact the cold should offer them increased pest and fungal resistance ir at least less around

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Just wet bark from watering. There were many in the area that had black from fungal infections, and I'll be treating heavily for that. Some great weathering on the trees up there, but a good portion of that I think is the rampant infection. Otherwise, a relatively wet winter has the piñons looking as healthy as I've ever seen them.
Dry the past month, though, so getting a root ball out intact is hard.

I would water several times for a few days before collecting if you have access .it’s not dry here . But people have used drip irrigation to improve the collectability of rock crack/ pocket trees a close friend used a cheap collapsible 3 gallon water jug with a single micro irrigation drip emiter .

 

[ShadyStump]

I would water several times for a few days before collecting if you have access .it’s not dry here . But people have used drip irrigation to improve the collectability of rock crack/ pocket trees a close friend used a cheap collapsible 3 gallon water jug with a single micro irrigation drip emiter .

I thought about it, but not practical where I found it. Some crazy terrain.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

I thought about it, but not practical where I found it. Some crazy terrain.

I here that when I search for collectable material in the summer . I carry my hori knife and 2 large zip lock bags with sifted DE and peat moss . ( both very light when dry and very absorbent ) here opportunities exist I. Rock pockets and on top of large rock formations with very little soil . So I pre treat the root ball . Lift the trunk from the rock or pocket slightly . Add the substrate and a slow dissolving fert spike , and most important if there is a cell phone signal drop a pin in maps .

 

[ShadyStump]

I here that when I search for collectable material in the summer . I carry my hori knife and 2 large zip lock bags with sifted DE and peat moss . ( both very light when dry and very absorbent ) here opportunities exist I. Rock pockets and on top of large rock formations with very little soil . So I pre treat the root ball . Lift the trunk from the rock or pocket slightly . Add the substrate and a slow dissolving fert spike , and most important if there is a cell phone signal drop a pin in maps .

I tend to treat it the same as game hunting. No telling when or even if I'll be able to get out there again, so get what you can, but don't bag just anything that comes along.
Cooler temps and possibly some moisture coming next week, so maybe I'll get better conditions then if I have the chance.

 

[namnhi]

Live... BC digging in Lake Charles with Uncle C @Cajunrider

 

[namnhi]

Uncle C did all the digging. Am ashamed!

 

[Cajunrider]

Uncle C did all the digging. Am ashamed!
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Nothing to be ashamed about. You didn’t have the gear to go into the muddy water.
We didn’t go after a big one. Just dug up enough for a nice BC forest.

 

[KateM]

Clumpy Crabapple infested with root knot nematodes?

 

[KateM]

Euonymus alatus Burning bush​

 

[Carol 83]

Uncle C did all the digging. Am ashamed!
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He knows where the gators are!