BANKSIA SERRATA Tube stock

Asus101 · Post by **Asus101** » November 16th, 2008, 11:43 pm

This is the first one, its about 8 years or so old, and never been repotted.
second photo shows how much it leans over.

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » November 17th, 2008, 6:26 am

ok ace; first let me say that i find it very hard to believe this is 8 yrs old. nursery men can be some of the best story tellers in the buiss. If it is it could be brittle and roots a solid block. how is the flex in it? and get it bare rooted lets have a look at it. it can soak in water in between what we are doing.

Asus101 · Post by **Asus101** » November 17th, 2008, 12:50 pm

The root ball is a solid block.
It was started as a cutting 8 years ago, and was why I got it for a dollar. It was going to be thrown out with the rest of them.

Post by **kcpoole** » November 17th, 2008, 12:55 pm

8 years in that tube!! WTF
put it in the ground or somewhere and get some meat on it

Asus101 · Post by **Asus101** » November 17th, 2008, 1:53 pm

The guy down the road says some of his tube stock is about 12 years...

Jon Chown · Post by **Jon Chown** » November 17th, 2008, 4:45 pm

While I'm not doubting the 8 year old bit, I think that the lesson to learn here is the difference that good soil, room for roots to grow in and a fertilizing regime makes one hell of a difference in growing trees.

Yours in Bonsai
Jon

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » November 17th, 2008, 5:05 pm

hey ace if you want to continue this excercise, show me the roots.

Asus101 · Post by **Asus101** » November 17th, 2008, 7:44 pm

Ill see what I can do tomorrow.

AusBonsai

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