Tridents Galore

[NathanM]

Alpine, these are great mate!! Nice work It’s good to see someone serious about developing some good trees to work on When I get a bit of space I’ll be doing something similar

[simo_5]

good stuff mate! you have inspired me to grow lots of maple too.

[alpineart]

Hi Ozzy spare time whats that . my day starts at 4.30 - 5.00 and finishes at 9.30 - 10.00 .No time for fishing or bush walking , even the Cooks is feeling left out.Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

Hi Nathan , its all trial and error .Some will work others may not , but i continue to learn .Cheers

[alpineart]

Hi Simo5 , its all right growing them ,first i had to achieve success .Took me a while , Tridents are easy but i still loose a lot of Japanese and ornamentals to "Damping off". Still trying to successfully layer ornamentals but alas its not working out too well .Best of luck .Cheers Alpine

[simo_5]

cheers alpine, by damping off do you meen, getting too wet and dying? simo

[alpineart]

Hi Simo yes basically they rot at the base without any sign . They can die from humidity growing in Winter with a cover allowing the moisture to rot the base .I gave up on Atro's and Bloodgoods for that very reason. Cheers Alpine

[Luke308]

What a fantastic thread, like I say, you never cease to amaze me Alpine!! Where on earth did you get 2000 seeds from?!? Can I ask you how you actually plant your trident seeds? do you stratify them i the fridge? if so, in what kind of medium? Or do you simple plant them in Autumn, and wait til spring for them to spring into life...pun intended
I put mine in zip lock bags for 90 days on damp paper towel, then sowed them in a seed rasing mix in a seedling tray. so far none have sprouted, but I have heard they might sprout the next year. I have just ordered another 100 seeds to try some different methods, but if you could help me save some of that trial and error I would be very appreciative
Maybe we can have an update on some of these if you still have any?
Thanks,
Luke

[alpineart]

HiLuke , mate i pick the seeds by the hand fulls 1000's of them , just after leaf drop or the first frost from tree's down the street .No stratification required for Trident and no pussy footing around Just hoe and sow straight into the garden bed .Then top dress the sown seed with about 10mm of soil to cover the seed or the birds will have a field day .They get cold enough in the frozen ground over winter so i suppose you could say the are semi stratified . Last year i collected around 1500 seedlings from the same tree's just shovel them up and into trays to all of 2 minutes , then plant the into the grow beds .Japanese Maples are the same , collected seed or seedlings .Will get some pics up for you today .

Cheers Alpine

[Dario]

Hi Alpine!
How are those ripper custom made triple trunks coming along this season?
Cheers, Dario.

[alpineart]

Hi Luke & Dario , guys their all custom made now .Here is a few pics

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I have lost around 300 Japanese Maple due to the early Spring and several late frosts .All in all plenty to keep me off the streets and working over time .

Cheers Alpineart

[Matthew]

alpine,
did that cheery come from me or somewhere else. all mine collected are growing very well. one in particlur will be killer in years to come. also a fantastic shohin crabapple which may go into a grow pot this winter.

[alpineart]

Hi Mathew , thae big one i collected from the site above your place .The 2 i got from the windrow where damaged by the excavator and died ,This one i ripped out with the 4x4 , your Niebor told me how they actually ended up growing their and said i could take my pick .Did you ever get those 2 others or at least cut them down low .All the little ones we collected are going very well i have a few others collected from Porpunka . The ones from your place are Black Cheries ,the Porpunka tree's a red cherries .

Cheers Alpine

[Matthew]

still there mate waitinf for you to get better to help me get them next winter they will come out.

[alpineart]

Hi Mate , a snatch strap and the 4X4 gets them out real quick , without any effort .Mind you i dont think a 20 m strap will reach , just managed to get the other mother out by bush bashing the Jackaroo .Mine are magnets for red spider mite , aphids and thrip .Amazing what a can of fly spray will do .Catch up soon ,maybe the next A/W bonsai club meeting last Saturday every Month .Hope to be on my footsy by then .

Cheers Alpine