AusBonsai

Jamie don`t`forget it won`t be long and I will be back no deck , I would be happy to dig for you. I feel safe in saying that to a shoin lover . I`m always up for a dig ! CHEERS ROD.......

Rod wrote:Jamie don`t`forget it won`t be long and I will be back no deck , I would be happy to dig for you. I feel safe in saying that to a shoin lover . I`m always up for a dig ! CHEERS ROD.......

You are a champion Rod! If i was up there i too would dig for ya pal!

Rod wrote:Jamie don`t`forget it won`t be long and I will be back no deck , I would be happy to dig for you. I feel safe in saying that to a shoin lover . I`m always up for a dig ! CHEERS ROD.......

anttal63 wrote:

Rod wrote:Jamie don`t`forget it won`t be long and I will be back no deck , I would be happy to dig for you. I feel safe in saying that to a shoin lover . I`m always up for a dig ! CHEERS ROD.......

You are a champion Rod! If i was up there i too would dig for ya pal!

thanks guys it means a lot to me, even though i cant dig i will just be happy to get out and about, and i will do what i can when we can mate im going down to bris again tomorow, see if they gie me some results this time

hopefully i will be back on my feet and being able to hunt again, you are an insipration Rod, going through what you have and are still keen to go digging CHAMPION!

Ant your a champ to pal, always offering help, always to kind, both of you not to mention others that if i was to type out would take a fair bit


jamie

here is one of mine back in July last year, 5 years after collection

excellent tree mate i like your V cut to it looks like it is rolling over nicely, did you seal that wound or did you just let it be?

gives me some good ideas too, i actually need to chop mine back its starting to get to long but i want it to thicken up aswell as they will be the starting of the branching.

im going to be trying to get a really low broom, it will be quite low, the first branches will be about 3, maybe 4 inches from the ground the trees overall visualised height is going to be around 9-10 inches with a foliage spread of about 18-20 inches i think


jamie

my first attempt, about 8 years after collection. photo taken January this year. Was a 2m high tree cut down. trunk around 50mm i think

I sealed the V cut straight away with cut paste and about 2 weeks later shoots appear all around the cut area. Selected the ones i wanted removed all others and just let them grow freely in the first year to gain strength. I had no roots on them when lifted. I cut the bases flat. They root very easily.

Stimson wrote:here is one of mine back in July last year, 5 years after collection

can you spot the grafted branch on the main upright? I have two others in progress now to fill a few gaps.

thats a nice one too mate its got a heavy trunk up the middle but i still like it

they have rather thin trunks for the heights of the trees when collected hey

this one has a nice sized trunk for what i want to do, but when i collected it the tree would of been well over 4 metres i reckon

they do power on really well once chopped back but, i reckon they are great trees to collect, to be able to collect on 31st of january and be at where i am now with it only 3 or so months later is excellent, no 1-2 years recovery, i had this bare rooted too its grow box is packed with new roots


jamie

Stimson wrote:

Stimson wrote:here is one of mine back in July last year, 5 years after collection

can you spot the grafted branch on the main upright? I have two others in progress now to fill a few gaps.

its the one in the middle near the top facing towards the veiwer mate i can still see where the shoot thickened around the hole when it was fusing

Jamie wrote:thats a nice one too mate its got a heavy trunk up the middle but i still like it

they have rather thin trunks for the heights of the trees when collected hey

this one has a nice sized trunk for what i want to do, but when i collected it the tree would of been well over 4 metres i reckon

they do power on really well once chopped back but, i reckon they are great trees to collect, to be able to collect on 31st of january and be at where i am now with it only 3 or so months later is excellent, no 1-2 years recovery, i had this bare rooted too its grow box is packed with new roots


jamie

yeh, that branch on the right is a strong one. It grew like that over a season before i realised, bugger. Still one of my favourite trees in my colletion.

yea ya gotta watch them for sure i check mine every couple of days and go over it to make sure there arent wires digging in and the likes.

i am thinking bout letting it scar up some as a test to see if it helps thicken the branching and trunks up a little quicker as they are fast growers i was thinking it might help ?

do yours go into a dormancy or do they stay green all the time?

jamie

well heres another update, its coming along quite nicely, very happy with it actually i did a trim up a while ago and this is where it has grown back to, it will be left for a fair while again. then cut back hard, even though i am wiring it still needs to have clip and grow method used
cheers

jamie

Interesting...

very nice. are those pellets ...chicken poos (dynamic lifters) ?