The 2024 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

I’m having some confidence. That this spring collected rock crack . Red maple is going to make it . Obviously I’m happy 😃. As always bonsai starts with a base . And this tree has a unique base . The long root with the hollow . Is not deadwood . The hollow is completely barked over . I’m actually unsure . What I originally thought was 2 roots fused together . I think is just one root . Any thoughts 💭 on how to best use this in a style . Glad to here them . There is very little usable structure . Other than that . So almost anything is possible. I have thoughts but would like to hear others without . Muddying your idea
 

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Frozentreehugger said:
I’m having some confidence. That this spring collected rock crack . Red maple is going to make it . Obviously I’m happy 😃. As always bonsai starts with a base . And this tree has a unique base . The long root with the hollow . Is not deadwood . The hollow is completely barked over . I’m actually unsure . What I originally thought was 2 roots fused together . I think is just one root . Any thoughts 💭 on how to best use this in a style . Glad to here them . There is very little usable structure . Other than that . So almost anything is possible. I have thoughts but would like to hear others without . Muddying your idea
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Twin trunk dancing snakes
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Cajunrider said:
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You see that’s why diversity. Amongst us is so useful . I would not have thought about snakes . Course when I’m collecting trees . I’m not in the swamp fighting off coton mouths . 😂😂😂😂😂 thanks bro very interesting could be very dramatic
 
Been a few weeks since this one popped now, leaves have remained small and has small internodes on this red maple. Slower grower than the others I collected so far.

Thats the biggest leaf on it beside my finger.
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I collected a prunus trunk at the beginning of May that has not yet shown any signs of life. Do any of you have experience with how long cherry trees take to show buds after collection?
 

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gschup said:
I collected a prunus trunk at the beginning of May that has not yet shown any signs of life. Do any of you have experience with how long cherry trees take to show buds after collection?
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Some collected trees are slow to respond. Give it till early July. If it hasn't leafed out by then, it's probably dead.
 
The Barber said:
Been a few weeks since this one popped now, leaves have remained small and has small internodes on this red maple. Slower grower than the others I collected so far.

Thats the biggest leaf on it beside my finger.
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That's not uncommon for the leaves to stay small after collecting. The massive root reduction means the tree has to to split it's energy reserves between foliage and roots now, when normally it it would put it all into foliage.
As long as they're otherwise healthy you should be ok. Just remember to fertilize, slightly heavy on the P and K proportions is ideal.
 
gschup said:
I collected a prunus trunk at the beginning of May that has not yet shown any signs of life. Do any of you have experience with how long cherry trees take to show buds after collection?
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As stated above, some are stalled longer than others. I have trees still just now starting to bud that were collected in the fall and spring.
 
Victims found for next spring . All three will get the fert spike and medium added near base . On next visit mist likely next weekend . The hollow base . Is Hop hornbeam . Next eastern hemlock . Very straight no taper . But old bark and damaged . Dead wood creating the low growth . Last is common juniper . All three are growing with shallow roots . In regular forest setting near my cottage . The contributor is outcrops of rock . Creating slow and or damaged growth . In marginal soil . But good light . Rock created clearing . The point is to search . Even regular forest has opurtunitues
 

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