Unknown Crab

[RJG2]

This one is getting promoted from my Threadless thread.

Collected from the woods spring 2022.

Collection post (chop, root cutback, etc):
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/rjgiis-threadless-projects.49075/post-949576

Update 1 (2022/07/12):
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/rjgiis-threadless-projects.49075/post-976122

Update 2 (2022/09/18):
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/rjgiis-threadless-projects.49075/post-993065

 

[RJG2]

Cutback today to three branches (left, right and back), plus the new leader. Will work the chop in the spring.

 

[JudyB]

Very nice movement, and seems very healthy.

 

[Paradox]

Lol
My profession is a liability sometimes.
The title of the thread made me think immediately to crustaceans not apple trees.

Probably doesn’t help that I'm at work reading the forums on my lunch break

 

[RJG2]

Very nice movement, and seems very healthy.

Thanks Judy. Almost everything I have are clumps, so hopefully I can make this into my first decent informal upright.

 

[RJG2]

Something something lemons, lemonade...

Damn voles.

 

[RJG2]

Separation time.









Just had to have a gap, didn't you! Not too shabby though.





Scraped.



Hormones.



Sphagnum (and wired in using the board).



Done.

 

[MaineChowder]

Looking Good! I am excited to see the progress throughout the summer. As I've told you, I have three airlayered wild crabapples (also unknown variety) and I'm hoping mine develop roots like that. I didn't know any better last year and planted them in straight potting soil. I think I'll repot them and add some spagnum moss to the mix.

I have always an appreciation for crabapples as the ones in my yard attract the cedar waxwings, one of my favorite birds.

 

[RJG2]

Looking Good! I am excited to see the progress throughout the summer. As I've told you, I have three airlayered wild crabapples (also unknown variety) and I'm hoping mine develop roots like that. I didn't know any better last year and planted them in straight potting soil. I think I'll repot them and add some spagnum moss to the mix.

I have always an appreciation for crabapples as the ones in my yard attract the cedar waxwings, one of my favorite birds.

If they're in nursery containers, potting soil is probably fine, but I'd add a bunch of perlite or pumice if you do repot.

Sphagnum is always good for the air layer itself, but I always grind it up so it's easier to remove when separating the layer.

 

[MaineChowder]

If they're in nursery containers, potting soil is probably fine, but I'd add a bunch of perlite or pumice if you do repot.

Sphagnum is always good for the air layer itself, but I always grind it up so it's easier to remove when separating the layer.

Thanks for the advice! I did add perlite to the mix when I planted them last summer, and they are in large 3 gallon buckets, so they should be alright. They are all showing signs of life and just starting to bud.

 

[namnhi]

I hope you didn't throw away the bottom. Looks like it still alive and viable.... Will be a good shohin someday.

 

[RJG2]

I hope you didn't throw away the bottom. Looks like it still alive and viable.... Will be a good shohin someday.

I suppose I could try, but the voles did a number on it (hence the ground layer), and it's dead 3/4 of the way around. Guess it could be good carving practice if it sprouts.

Roots are buried in some used pumice in my wheel barrow, maybe I'll pot it tomorrow.













(I know how to spell; Robin Hood: Men in Tights reference ).

 

[namnhi]

I suppose I could try, but the voles did a number on it (hence the ground layer), and it's dead 3/4 of the way around. Guess it could be good carving practice if it sprouts.

Roots are buried in some used pumice in my wheel barrow, maybe I'll pot it tomorrow.

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(I know how to spell; Robin Hood: Men in Tights reference ).

Pot it up my friend... you will be glad you did in a few years

 

[RJG2]

Pot it up my friend... you will be glad you did in a few years

Alright @namnhi, I'll call you back in a few years. No special treatment though, just pine bark and perlite in an old hanging planter.

 

[namnhi]

Alright @namnhi, I'll call you back in a few years. No special treatment though, just pine bark and perlite in an old hanging planter.

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Call it Namnhi.