The 2023 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

[ShadyStump]

What happened? Is it a slinking rear end of the culprit we see in the background?
Is it going to make it?

Yeah, I found him chewing on it. Most of the root is gone, and it was wilting pretty bad, so I'm not trying to save it.
I know where there are plenty more to be had. It's been so wet this spring that they're going nuts all over.

 

[Srt8madness]

Found it.
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Noooooooo

That looks a lot smaller than when in the pot. Is that the culprit escaping?

 

[Srt8madness]

What happened? Is it a slinking rear end of the culprit we see in the background?
Is it going to make it?

That's so funny, I replied almost the exact same.

 

[ShadyStump]

Welp, going to collect some boxwood yardadori this morning. Not the best time of year but I got the call and it's now or the scrap heap. Thankfully boxwood are pretty bulletproof so I have hope.

Had an anxious day last summer and took it out on a boxwood, reducing the foliage by an easy 80%. It didn't bat an eye. Don't wire in summer, though. The sap is flowing hard, and the bark will slip. You'll lose the branch .

 

[ShadyStump]

Noooooooo

That looks a lot smaller than when in the pot. Is that the culprit escaping?

Yup. He doesn't get chased through the yard with pots and branches any more, but he knows when he's in trouble. LoL
I have literal sticks in pots all over the place as decoys, but he knows the new ones and gets curious.

I've lost more trees to that dog this year than I have in the past 2 years. Good thing all mine are early stages. I'm wiring everything into the pot from now on!

 

[Gabler]

It's pushing exactly one bud. I'm not real optimistic it'll make it through the winter, but it's not dead yet, either.

 

[Cajunrider]

Picked up six medium-small BCs. They were cleaned up, root pruned, and put in the grow bed. They should bud and root nicely in the next 4-6 weeks.

 

[Cajunrider]

Picked up six medium-small BCs. They were cleaned up, root pruned, and put in the grow bed. They should bud and root nicely in the next 4-6 weeks.
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All chopped to around 10”

 

[Cajunrider]

I’ve found my tree! It is a collector specimen. Very nice taper. Wide base flare with deep deep flutes.

 

[ShadyStump]

I’ve found my tree! It is a collector specimen. Very nice taper. Wide base flare with deep deep flutes.
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NICE!
I knew there was reason we let you keep posting these.

 

[Cajunrider]

NICE!
I knew there was reason we let you keep posting these.

Almost got bit by a water moccasin because of this tree.

 

[ShadyStump]

Almost got bit by a water moccasin because of this tree.

As my mother said, almost only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades.
That tree is awesome.

 

[namnhi]

I’ve found my tree! It is a collector specimen. Very nice taper. Wide base flare with deep deep flutes.
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Wonder why we didn't see this one when I was there.

 

[Cajunrider]

As my mother said, almost only counts with horseshoes and hand grenades.
That tree is awesome.

I was nice to that water moccasin. He tried to strike me and hit my shovel, making a little ding sound. That must have hurt his snout. He lost his aggression and swam away quick after that. I just let him swim away. If that was my back yard, he would be dead.

 

[Cajunrider]

Wonder why we didn't see this one when I was there.

I was a tree pervert. Had to stick my hand in the mud and fondle a lot of trees before I found that one.

 

[Srt8madness]

Yup, that is the one!

 

[19Mateo83]

@Cajunrider I was wondering when you were gonna keep one . That’s an awesome tree man!

 

[Gabler]

I guess the real question is, how long would you wait before deciding the tree is a goner?

July 4th. If there's nothing by then even if it is alive, it probably won't make the winter. You can wait longer if you want, but generally I give up on trees that have no growth or leaves on them by Independence Day.

@Gabler I'm on board with @rockm.
June-ish is what I generally look for around here most years, but depending on the sort of weather you've been experiencing you could reasonably wait a little longer.

This year, there's still a chance of me collecting something nice even now, the weather has been that mild. I wouldn't be sure if it made it until August.

One of the Bald Cypress Uncle @Cajunrider collected on 4/1 didn't show buds until 5 weeks later. I glad it did as I started to think it is a goner. You have nothing to lose to let it sit a bit longer.

5 weeks is still within the norm. I have had them go 3 months before budding.

The tree isn't a goner just yet. Let's see if we get enough foliage to survive the winter.

 

[ShadyStump]

The tree isn't a goner just yet. Let's see if we get enough foliage to survive the winter.

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Nice!
I have had that happen to me, though; enough energy to push a few new leaves, but not roots.
Keep it cool and humid.

 

[FreshAirSunshine]

I’ve found my tree! It is a collector specimen. Very nice taper. Wide base flare with deep deep flutes.
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I only ask one thing. Please. Please make a progression thread.