Collected Eucalyptus

Kelvin8r · Post by **Kelvin8r** » November 16th, 2015, 12:59 pm

Hi everyone,
Pretty new around here, and to bonsai itself, something I've always been fascinated with but never tried.

I collected this nice little (well maybe not so little) from a friends property and really didn't think it would survive. Last Saturday I noticed a few new buds shooting through (it had no foliage at all) and this is it now, just over a week later. The tips of the leaves got a bit of a sizzle from Hedlands hot past few days.

I don't know whether I should shorten it up a bit now, or let it recover further before reducing the size. Or just leave it as it is? Interested to hear what you all think

Cheers!

Jarad · Post by **Jarad** » November 16th, 2015, 1:56 pm

Nice find mate!

If it was me, I would just leave it for a season to let it settle in. From what I've heard about Port Hedland (from Elmar) is that it is a hot dry place, so I would err on the side of caution. Then again, I don't know anything about Eucs apart from loving the smell of their crushed leaves. Pretty sure I was a koala in my past life...

Unless you can dig a few more for experimental purposes.

Kelvin8r · Post by **Kelvin8r** » November 16th, 2015, 2:43 pm

That's what I was thinking also Jared, thanks mate.

Keeping it alive will be my first goal. Styling and shape can come later

jimmi · Post by **jimmi** » November 16th, 2015, 3:14 pm

Many Eucs have two growing seasons spring/early summer and winter which is the main growing season, if you were to prune it up a bit it would be best to do it in the mid to late summer or the hottest part of summer they tend to go into dormancy then, I would also leave it for a bit and let it recover.
Nice find! do you know what kind of Euc it is? It kind of looks like a Viminalis

Kelvin8r · Post by **Kelvin8r** » November 16th, 2015, 4:10 pm

jimmi wrote:Many Eucs have two growing seasons spring/early summer and winter which is the main growing season, if you were to prune it up a bit it would be best to do it in the mid to late summer or the hottest part of summer they tend to go into dormancy then, I would also leave it for a bit and let it recover.
Nice find! do you know what kind of Euc it is? It kind of looks like a Viminalis

I think it might be a Snappy Gum - Leucophloia

jimmi · Post by **jimmi** » November 16th, 2015, 4:33 pm

Kelvin8r wrote:
jimmi wrote:Many Eucs have two growing seasons spring/early summer and winter which is the main growing season, if you were to prune it up a bit it would be best to do it in the mid to late summer or the hottest part of summer they tend to go into dormancy then, I would also leave it for a bit and let it recover.
Nice find! do you know what kind of Euc it is? It kind of looks like a Viminalis
I think it might be a Snappy Gum - Leucophloia

I think you right, they are quite endemic up your way, they are really nice Eucs.

Jason · Post by **Jason** » November 16th, 2015, 5:21 pm

Nice find

Love the bark colour

I'd personally let it settle for a little bit before getting stuck into styling it. Let it grow for a couple of months and settle, then when the right season comes around, look into styling

Kelvin8r · Post by **Kelvin8r** » November 16th, 2015, 9:00 pm

Jason wrote:Nice find Love the bark colour

I'd personally let it settle for a little bit before getting stuck into styling it. Let it grow for a couple of months and settle, then when the right season comes around, look into styling

Yeah that's what I'll do, get it nice and healthy before I look to repot and start to style it

Elmar · Post by **Elmar** » November 16th, 2015, 11:02 pm

You're going to have to do a show and tell!

Nice find!

Cheers
Elmar

Rintar · Post by **Rintar** » November 17th, 2015, 12:39 am

Keen to see how this goes. Enjoy

Kelvin8r · Post by **Kelvin8r** » November 17th, 2015, 11:58 am

Thanks guys, I'll be sure to keep you update with the progress

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