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Another dig for Craig, my neighbour had a Bottlebrush (Callistemon) he wanted out, now so our tenacious, moderator obliged.

It stopped raining long enough for him to dig it out but then as he was tidying up it started again so yours truly got out of the rain.

Here is the result.

Cheers mate,talk about spur of the moment ,, that trunk is about 650mm in circumference now all i have to do is chop the trunk some more, clean up the roots, plant it again,take a heap of cuttings ,pot them up, clean the mess up and get rid of the rubbish,

Nice score

Must not be that hard to dig, Look at that sandy ground !
Better than the clay and rock I get here!

Ken

Now this is what i like to see . Community spirit , everybody in a WIN WIN situation , Very nice score for a rainy day .Cheers Alpine

kcpoole wrote:Nice score

Must not be that hard to dig, Look at that sandy ground !
Better than the clay and rock I get here!

Ken

Here, here Ken....fair dinkum you Sandgropers, or should I say Sanddigger's have got it easy....
Is that sweat on your brow Craig or did Pup spray you with the hose?
You know we're only jealous.
Glenn

kcpoole wrote:Must not be that hard to dig, Look at that sandy ground !

Glenn C wrote:Is that sweat on your brow Craig or did Pup spray you with the hose?

You Guys are Too funny No sweat today Glenn, only rain.

Glenn C wrote:fair dinkum you Sandgropers, or should I say Sanddigger's have got it easy

Someone has to get the easy stuff, Right Yes, the sandy soils do make some digging fairly easy,

alpineart wrote:Now this is what i like to see . Community spirit , everybody in a WIN WIN situation , Very nice score for a rainy day .Cheers Alpine

Exactly the way it should be , Thanks Alpine,

Nice bark and thick trunk on that baby Craig! What height will you reduce it to?
Cheers, Dario.

I have no idea yet Dario, i'm still on the high from collecting it , still trying to sort through the branches for cuttings. I think i might try some HUGE cuttings

Nice score. I to, am jealous of the easy digging conditions. In Central Victoria i would have had to dig out a mountain of rock to get at it. Keep us updated on its progress here at A.B.

Agreed Diederik it is so selfish of Craig to rub us easterners noses in the ease of digging over there I have a graveyard of dead callistemon as a result of hard ground up here.

bodhidharma wrote:Nice score. I to, am jealous of the easy digging conditions. In Central Victoria i would have had to dig out a mountain of rock to get at it. Keep us updated on its progress here at A.B.

Bougy Fan wrote:Agreed Diederik it is so selfish of Craig to rub us easterners noses in the ease of digging over there I have a graveyard of dead callistemon as a result of hard ground up here.

Rock Hard digging never heard of it Thanks Guys

Dario wrote:What height will you reduce it to?

Dario, i'm thinking something like this ? What do you reckon mate.The trunk gets cut down to that first branch(900mm) and grow branching from there,ending up somewhere around 1.3-1.4m high,, no point wasting such a beautiful trunk if i don't need to .I borrowed Jamie's Virt bits thanks Jamie.

cool champ!

great to see my tips and bits getting used I wasnt sure how people understood it all but it looks like its getting worked out well!

good work

an update of a Native

This tree has recovered very well since collection. It had a bare minimum of roots and has reshot all over the trunk, alot of shoots were removed saving some for it's design . looking like it may be a nice tree in a few years.
i've since wired some branches and thinned out the branches a bit.

Looks like a good start, hope it grows like crazy for you