BLACK SHEOAK

[teejay]

I'm trying to write an article on branching in the common species of she-oaks of SE Australia for the Aust. Plants as Bonsai Study Group. If I get it done, I'll try to post it here too.

That would be great Kunzea! Will it be in the APAB newsletter? If you get it done I mean.

[anttal63]

i'd love to read it too when ya done. thanks for the feed back.

[anttal63]

12 months on;

[bodhidharma]

A good progression Ant. It is nice to see Aussie natives being styled. Have you thought about it for the comp. It would not take much altering.

[anttal63]

A good progression Ant. It is nice to see Aussie natives being styled. Have you thought about it for the comp. It would not take much altering.

thanks bodhi; yes i did think of it for the comp, but am not willing to compromise the developement of my tree's at this point in time. they need all the branching to get where i want to go.

[anttal63]

8 weeks on and things are happening at a blistering pace! So you guys out there starting some off need to stay on the pace.

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[anttal63]

Three weeks later and things are out of control. i cant stress how impotant it is to stay on top of cassa's this time of the year. You have to constantly pinch and regularly thin out. The balancing of energy is vital to thickening and popping where you need it to. That is not the top of the tree. It has no problem in that area what so ever. I gave it a bash earlier. Realistically it still needs to be detailed a little more. Heres some before and afters.

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After

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[craigw60]

Hi Ant,
Is this litoralis ? For all the victorians who want one head down to tree planters on springvale rd and buy tube stock. Wire them young and they will fatten very quickly. Ants casuarinas should be an inspiration to all of us. How come the queenslanders are not showing us their equisetifolias. I know if I lived there my back yard would be brimming with them.
Craig

[Scott Roxburgh]

Excellent progression Ant!

I have just recently had the same experience of needing to keep on top of a casuarina, all be it a lot smaller than yours.

Are you going to develop the lower branches whilst training the trunk or wait for a solid trunk and then start ramification?

Keep up the great work.

Scott.

[anttal63]

Hi Ant,
Is this litoralis ? For all the victorians who want one head down to tree planters on springvale rd and buy tube stock. Wire them young and they will fatten very quickly. Ants casuarinas should be an inspiration to all of us. How come the queenslanders are not showing us their equisetifolias. I know if I lived there my back yard would be brimming with them.
Craig

Thats the one craig, thankyou for your kind words! Equisetifolias! me too!

[anttal63]

Excellent progression Ant!

I have just recently had the same experience of needing to keep on top of a casuarina, all be it a lot smaller than yours.

Are you going to develop the lower branches whilst training the trunk or wait for a solid trunk and then start ramification?

Keep up the great work.

Scott.

Thanks too Scott, ramifying some as i go now Scott but still being careful to thicken what need be, to induce more taper as well as future branching, But cut back hard what is counter productive to this goal. its all a juggle of energy. i'm not that fussed on aesthetics yet.

[Jarrod]

equisetifolias. I know if I lived there my back yard would be brimming with them.
Craig

if this lot of Equisetifolias does well my backyard might be and I live down here! The ones I have are 6" or so tall and branching out.

This tree is coming along really nicely Ant. Few more years of fattening up then the real fun begins!

[anttal63]

thanks Jezz, i dont think its going to fatten up much more mate. It's just managing whats there for now. The fun already started!

[Jarrod]

I think I misread something. Thought you were still letting it reach for the sky. Now I understand.

It's all fun isn't it!

[anttal63]

Like i said earlier, things are happening at lightning speed with cassa's this time of the year. Big thin out and detailed today. Beginning to ramify more branches down low and still holding back the top and keeping in check. From here the pinching and energy balancing will start again as it fills back out. I will also do a repot as it moves again.

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