Cork Oak Tree Blowout Sale

[barely]

Saturday, March 24, 2018
8 am to 12 noon
14620 E. Edgeridge Drive
Hacienda Heights, CA
Los Angeles County
91745

All my medium to large specimen, pre bonsai cork oaks will be discounted.
Mature trees - 40 plus years old, grown from seed, raised in nursery containers.

Great opportunity to get quality stock for less than $200 each. Price range for this group is $100 to $190 each.
(Other younger cork oaks available for $40 or less per tree).
Extra price discounts for multiple tree purchases.

Call Barry at 626 826 6250 or respond to this thread if you have questions.

 

[JosephCooper]

Hmm, I'm interested.

 

[barely]

It would be great to see you, and I will make it worth your while if you can come.

 

[justBonsai]

I'll be there extra early!

 

[mcpesq817]

I PM'd Barry after seeing this, and after asking if he would ship, I bought one of his cork oaks. Tree arrived really well packaged, in great shape, and very healthy. Obviously these are pre-bonsai with sacrifice branches and all, but he had a nice selection. The pictures don't do the tree justice, but just wanted to give Barry some positive press. He still has a bunch of trees left in case anyone is looking to add a cork oak to their benches, and is a really nice guy. Thanks Barry!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I love cork oaks! Just remember they are Mediterranean species. Don't over-water.

 

[mcpesq817]

Thanks got it in a coarse well draining mix. I’ve experimented with smaller cork oaks in the past and they seem to do fine here as long as I make sure they don’t get hit with freezes.

 

[justBonsai]

Thanks got it in a coarse well draining mix. I’ve experimented with smaller cork oaks in the past and they seem to do fine here as long as I make sure they don’t get hit with freezes.

Did you take it from those 5-10 gallon tubs into that?

 

[mcpesq817]

It arrived in a ball now that much bigger. The fine feeders were at the top, mostly a big coiled tap root underneath. It was probably buried a good 1-2” more.

Did you get one?

 

[justBonsai]

It arrived in a ball now that much bigger. The fine feeders were at the top, mostly a big coiled tap root underneath. It was probably buried a good 1-2” more.

Did you get one?

Yep 2 of em. I always do oaks the same, taking off half of the root mass and removing some tap roots. I found by experience if I do too much of a reduction without a full defoliation the tree gets dieback from transpiration stress.

But it seems like you had a nice ball of feeders to start with so you should be good.

I kept mine completely sealed in a tarp and let it cool under the sun. My back bud results are always extremely good doing this and I'll post pictures next week.

 

[mcpesq817]

Ah good to know. We’ve had pretty cool weather this week so I put mine in a shady spot and will move it to a sunnier spot (raining all day today and will be rainy next couple days here). Looking forward to seeing what you picked up!

 

[Wilson]

I PM'd Barry after seeing this, and after asking if he would ship, I bought one of his cork oaks. Tree arrived really well packaged, in great shape, and very healthy. Obviously these are pre-bonsai with sacrifice branches and all, but he had a nice selection. The pictures don't do the tree justice, but just wanted to give Barry some positive press. He still has a bunch of trees left in case anyone is looking to add a cork oak to their benches, and is a really nice guy. Thanks Barry!

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That's a kick ass tree! Love corkers of all sorts!

 

[justBonsai]

Did I say cool. That was supposed to be cook lol. I pretty much let it get extremely hot and humid. My bigger of the 2 did fine without skipping a beat and I have excellent back budding results. On my second oak not as many feeders were in the upper half of the root ball than I hope for. In hindsight I should of defoliated more as in the following weeks it showed clear signs of transpiration stress. I'm still keeping it in the tarp and my fingers crossed. Hoping it will bounce back.

If you tree has been fine for a week already without leaves drying or any signs of dieback it probably will do fine. If you just repotted it in the past few days I'd keep a close eye on it. The second oak I had looked completely fine the first 5 days and then suddenly started to drop leaves and die back. If it's raining a lot in your area that's perfect and can help prevent transpiration stress and recover from repotting.

 

[justBonsai]

I documented my work on my oaks here:
https://bonsainut.com/threads/big-cork-oaks.32723/

Took em out of the tarp after 1 month. Excellent backbudding results. Would of been even better if I cut back hard to start with, but I aired on the side of caution and waited to see green on key sub trunks or branches before lopping em down.

 

[bonhe]

The second oak I had looked completely fine the first 5 days and then suddenly started to drop leaves and die back. If it's raining a lot in your area that's perfect and can help prevent transpiration stress and recover from repotting.

If the leaves turn yellow but not dry and fall off, the tree will be fine. One of my cork oaks had this phenomenon after transplant, and it is doing fine so far.
Bonhe

 

[justBonsai]

If the leaves turn yellow but not dry and fall off, the tree will be fine. One of my cork oaks had this phenomenon after transplant, and it is doing fine so far.
Bonhe

What got me worried is that some of the fresh buds dried out and leaves drying while still attached. After the initial die back it looks like it's still holding on and I think some new buds popped. I will leave it tarped with high humidity until I am confident it is stable.

 

[bonhe]

bleumeon, post: 554286, member: 18891"]What got me worried is that some of the fresh buds dried out and leaves drying while still attached.
I would have worried, too, because it is a sign of dehydration secondary to improper root- leaf evaporation balance.

. I will leave it tarped with high humidity until I am confident it is stable.
I would.
Bonhe