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Shohin
Here is a Western Hemlock that, typically, falls into the category of: poor picture, tree is probably slightly better than presented. Please view with that in mind.
History: This tree was spotted by the infamous JasonG and collected by the pair of us - last September. It was growing amongst a pile of rocks - ranging from softball to watermellon size - and had a 20' lodgepole pine that had crashed down upon it. I guessed at the time the deadfall pine had created the deadwood that is so prominent in this tree. Upon digging a large root ball and hoofing it back to the car, it was planted in an Anderson flat where it has remained unchanged.
Current: It has started to green a little, and recent experience repotting numerous (many world class that are not mine, but I am honored to even be in the presence of) hemlocks, spruce, firs and ponderosas, I thought I would tear into it and see what kind of new root growth I was getting amongst the native soil. I found what was expected - lots of native soil with dead roots and a small amount of good substrate with new root growth. So, I decided to jump the gun a little and 90% bare root this puppy dog (normally we are bare rooting 50% after a year and then the following 50% the next year). So, I bare rooted, cleaned the dead roots and potted it up at a new angle in this mica grow pot. Substrate it is 35% pumice, 35% lava, 30% turface and 1/2 cup of charcoal per 5 gallons - for those that care or are curious. Also, it is hard to see from the pic, but the dead trunk shari was continued to the nebari (which in its natural environment was under soil level), and a main root was shari-ed (sp?) along the top. Poor pic, but in real life, it looks not unwell.
Future: The future is clear to me. Lots of water, early morning sun and fertilizer (it got its quota of snake oil this afternoon and 1/4 cup of granular fish fertilzer for ongoing nutrients) for the rest of the year. The canopy is pretty straight forward, given what I have to work with, and it will be worked spring or fall of '08 at the soonest, depending upon how it responds to this insult.
Questions: Is this something that y'all can dig? I presented it to Hagedorn last fall, and he just laughed (though I am not sure if he was laughing at the tree or the name I have given it). Do you see the future I see? Is this a tree that y'all would call in vogue (a' la naturalistic style) or is it something like the infamous JasonG said when pointing it out: There's a wierd little tree that you'd like...
History: This tree was spotted by the infamous JasonG and collected by the pair of us - last September. It was growing amongst a pile of rocks - ranging from softball to watermellon size - and had a 20' lodgepole pine that had crashed down upon it. I guessed at the time the deadfall pine had created the deadwood that is so prominent in this tree. Upon digging a large root ball and hoofing it back to the car, it was planted in an Anderson flat where it has remained unchanged.
Current: It has started to green a little, and recent experience repotting numerous (many world class that are not mine, but I am honored to even be in the presence of) hemlocks, spruce, firs and ponderosas, I thought I would tear into it and see what kind of new root growth I was getting amongst the native soil. I found what was expected - lots of native soil with dead roots and a small amount of good substrate with new root growth. So, I decided to jump the gun a little and 90% bare root this puppy dog (normally we are bare rooting 50% after a year and then the following 50% the next year). So, I bare rooted, cleaned the dead roots and potted it up at a new angle in this mica grow pot. Substrate it is 35% pumice, 35% lava, 30% turface and 1/2 cup of charcoal per 5 gallons - for those that care or are curious. Also, it is hard to see from the pic, but the dead trunk shari was continued to the nebari (which in its natural environment was under soil level), and a main root was shari-ed (sp?) along the top. Poor pic, but in real life, it looks not unwell.
Future: The future is clear to me. Lots of water, early morning sun and fertilizer (it got its quota of snake oil this afternoon and 1/4 cup of granular fish fertilzer for ongoing nutrients) for the rest of the year. The canopy is pretty straight forward, given what I have to work with, and it will be worked spring or fall of '08 at the soonest, depending upon how it responds to this insult.
Questions: Is this something that y'all can dig? I presented it to Hagedorn last fall, and he just laughed (though I am not sure if he was laughing at the tree or the name I have given it). Do you see the future I see? Is this a tree that y'all would call in vogue (a' la naturalistic style) or is it something like the infamous JasonG said when pointing it out: There's a wierd little tree that you'd like...
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