AusBonsai

Im after some info on River Red Gums, and i also would just like show my lil sapplings idol.



and their what i hope to achieve......in 19yrs



Comments, Advice?

Pat

gday pat

Im just starting out with river reds, your seedlings are bigger than mine! mine only have a couple of sets of leaves thats a nice image to aim for.

FlyBri is the man to talk to about river reds, I am pretty sure he has been working with some for around 10 years now. I am interested in how long they will take to really bark up, unfortunatly most of the time it is exactly that to get these sorts of things, time.

I reckon grow them on for a while longer mate, get them to around 3-4mm thick, then put some movement into them and leave them alone for a few years (watch the wire of course).

keep us posted mate

Sweet as, River Reds just amaze me.
Get us a pic of yours?
and send us link to that guy, i'll have a chat.

Pat093 wrote:Im after some info on River Red Gums...

...and their what i hope to achieve......in 19yrs

Gday Pat!

I am certainly no expert, and I don't know your level of experience, but I believe that you could create a tree similar to the one pictured in much less than 19 years (no disrespect to the custodian of the tree in question). I have grown a River Red from a seedling for around 12(?) years now, and I think it is just starting to find its form.

Please feel free to ask questions or offer criticism, either here or in the thread I have linked to.

Thanks, good luck, and keep us posted of your progress!

FlyBri.

cheers man,
thats very nice, im impressed.
how long before its started to bark up and take shape? and did you ground it for some years?