RJG2
Masterpiece
Snuggled the trees together for the sprinklers while I go camping...
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rustygarden
Mame
Yes its a homemade concrete pot with lateral aeration . Rafi Najmanovich on you tube makes these and that was my inspiration . I just used leftover house paint then clear coated but dye would be best . Check out his channel as well as the bunch of threads on the nut about concrete pots .
Jetson1950
Mame
Kinda slow around here with all the rain coming off the Gulf so looking at plans for spring on plants I want to work on. This Royal Poinciana I got last spring has been growing well and it’s going to be on the list. I air layered the top off back in May, so I’ll have two of them now to start training. Since it’s a zone 10b tree, it will go into a portable greenhouse as fall temperatures start dropping below 55 degrees. Come spring I will do a hard prune on both of them to get them started. They grow pretty fast and back bud well, so should be a fun to get them started in training. I’m planning on a size of about 20-30” for both of them. Today I’m going to wire the trunk on the little one to put some movement into it. The trunk is still flexible. The big on is hardened off, so it will have to keep its fairly straight trunk and I’ll try to put movement into as I build it up.
ctwtreeman
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What kind of container is this?
I have had Honda mowers forever, so this past weekend I had the first Honda motor ever lock up on me with motor failure. I have lots of Ego power yard tools already and new I would get a mower one day. Decision was made for me.
Picked it up today. Tired of dealing and smelling like gas. oil carburetors UGH
Picked it up today. Tired of dealing and smelling like gas. oil carburetors UGH
TimIAm
Mame
Cats-cade? Cascading tail?
Azalea in development for 2 years. A bit more work was done in developing the top section in the past 12 months (try to get close branching), so not many flowers there.
There is a lot of knock-down and rebuilds going on in suburban Sydney, so plenty of opportunity if you ask the owner nicely to get your hands on trees. Usually requires a bit of digging though. This azalea was taken from a front yard during house demolition (with permission).
Azalea in development for 2 years. A bit more work was done in developing the top section in the past 12 months (try to get close branching), so not many flowers there.
There is a lot of knock-down and rebuilds going on in suburban Sydney, so plenty of opportunity if you ask the owner nicely to get your hands on trees. Usually requires a bit of digging though. This azalea was taken from a front yard during house demolition (with permission).
Jetson1950
Mame
Well, for today I either successfully killed a perfectly good Key Lime tree or I was able to get this thing out of the ground and into a pot without too much damage. The sources I used said for lime trees the best time to do this is late summer and our temperatures have dropped back to a reasonable level.
It was rooted much better than I thought it wood (Pun intended) be. It has lots of hair roots close to the surface so I took off about half of the root ball and removed as many thick roots as I could. I potted in the dirt it was growing in. It’s good sandy loam soil. I’ll worry about bonsai soil when I see it’s going to grow. I cut the top off about 5” above what looks like the original graft on the tree. Will have a long straight trunk, but I’ll work with that. It does have a bit of reverse taper, but it is what it is. I needed this space of ground. I think I ruined a good shirt with all the cut paste I was lathering everywhere. Now we just wait and see what happens.
It was rooted much better than I thought it wood (Pun intended) be. It has lots of hair roots close to the surface so I took off about half of the root ball and removed as many thick roots as I could. I potted in the dirt it was growing in. It’s good sandy loam soil. I’ll worry about bonsai soil when I see it’s going to grow. I cut the top off about 5” above what looks like the original graft on the tree. Will have a long straight trunk, but I’ll work with that. It does have a bit of reverse taper, but it is what it is. I needed this space of ground. I think I ruined a good shirt with all the cut paste I was lathering everywhere. Now we just wait and see what happens.
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Jrmcmich
Chumono
Technically finished today but took me almost all week.
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gschup
Yamadori
Enjoyed my pine seedlings and checked buds.
Are there ever enough buds on a Scot's pine? This is a sacrificial leader on one of my 2yo seedlings.
Should I let those buds open and then remove everything but the central stem next year?
Or should I select buds before they open next spring?
Are there ever enough buds on a Scot's pine? This is a sacrificial leader on one of my 2yo seedlings.
Should I let those buds open and then remove everything but the central stem next year?
Or should I select buds before they open next spring?
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Scriv
Mame
Just uploaded a fun, snappy video on the entire first styling of this Randy Knight collected Rocky Mountain Juniper.
If you have 5 minutes... I'd love for you to give it a watch.
If you have 5 minutes... I'd love for you to give it a watch.
Jetson1950
Mame
Okay, I know this is crazy, but I’ve heard that some greats things originate as crazy ideas. I’ve always wanted to see if I could take good seedlings and force merge them into a single trunk multi branch tree. I’ve read it can be done, so today I put it together.
It started back in spring when I took a bunch of pecan nuts and stratified them for three months. There were about 30 nuts and these first 12 got big enough to go for it. Only 11 in the pictures, but one has a double trunk. Wanted to do this well before they go dormant so they can recover and grow a little more. There was a bit of thought on the planting. Pecan trees put out a powerful tap root as soon as they germinate, so I put them in a shallow tray to grow. It worked and the tap roots turned quickly in the shallow tray. That allowed me to wrap them closely with their roots going laterally outward. They all developed good hair roots high on the tap roots. I repotted them in the soil they were in for now and I’ll change to bonsai soil next spring.
There are 6 in each group and I wrapped them together with paper covered wire ties. After they’ve had a chance to recover the transplant and continue growing I’ll remove the ties and rap the trunks semi loosely in grafting plastic tape.
Yes, I’m crazy, but I’ve always wanted to excel at what I do so this is extra crazy.
If it starts working I’ll start its own thread to follow their progress.
I cut off the tap roots, but lots of short roots left.
It started back in spring when I took a bunch of pecan nuts and stratified them for three months. There were about 30 nuts and these first 12 got big enough to go for it. Only 11 in the pictures, but one has a double trunk. Wanted to do this well before they go dormant so they can recover and grow a little more. There was a bit of thought on the planting. Pecan trees put out a powerful tap root as soon as they germinate, so I put them in a shallow tray to grow. It worked and the tap roots turned quickly in the shallow tray. That allowed me to wrap them closely with their roots going laterally outward. They all developed good hair roots high on the tap roots. I repotted them in the soil they were in for now and I’ll change to bonsai soil next spring.
There are 6 in each group and I wrapped them together with paper covered wire ties. After they’ve had a chance to recover the transplant and continue growing I’ll remove the ties and rap the trunks semi loosely in grafting plastic tape.
Yes, I’m crazy, but I’ve always wanted to excel at what I do so this is extra crazy.
If it starts working I’ll start its own thread to follow their progress. I cut off the tap roots, but lots of short roots left.
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
It works with maples, ficus, some others. Doesn't work with oaks. I have no idea about pecans. Let us know.
Ruddigger
Omono
Initial styling on this foemina.
The Barber
Chumono
Grabbed a big birdsnest spruce today on sale for 100 bucks, I have a small shohin sized one that I like so decided I wanted a bigger one. Ipruned it back but it got dark so post pruning photos will need to wait.
