Double Trunk Cork Oak

[sorce]

I have 2 free bridges available too!
Call me at, no better, give me your SS#.

I apologize if this really is Barry.
But I barely beleive it!

Sorce

 

[barely]

Sorce,
This really is Barry Altshule and I did sell the tree to the person who started this post.

 

[sorce]

Sorce,
This really is Barry Altshule and I did sell the tree to the person who started this post.

Barry! You're definitely nuts man!
If you get a late night call from a Krishna, this is why!

I'd love to see some of your stock!

Thanks!

Sorce

 

[barely]

Please go to www.facebook.com/Legacy Cork Oaks to see some of my trees. Had a major surgery in August, so I have not been able to update or add more pix of some of my bigger stock. The site will give you an idea of the type and size of my trees, mostly cork and coast live oaks as well as chinese elms and olives.
Barry

 

[0soyoung]

Please go to www.facebook.com/Legacy Cork Oaks to see some of my trees.

Typos matter. The link is https://www.facebook.com/LegacyCorkOaks/

 

[barely]

Thanks for correcting the link to the facebook site. Much appreciated.
Barry

 

[ColinFraser]

Hi @barely, I met you at the Huntington this year too. I'm sorry to hear you won't be able to make it out to the next couple of bonsai events, but I hope you are recovering well.

As for this thread's tree - any update from @symbiotic1 ?

 

[barely]

Hi Colin,
I do remember you from the Bonsai A Thon last year. Great to hear from you. Hope you are doing well and enjoying your trees. Actually, I will be at the State Bonsai show in Riverside at the end of October. Last August I had open heart surgery and am still in the recovery process. Doing ok now. Several people will be helping me because I cannot lift anything very heavy. Many of my trees are in five gallon cans or greater. I will be bringing mature coast live oaks, olives, chinese elms and privets as well as cork oaks. If you go to the show, stop by my table and say hello.
Thanks,
Barry

 

[barely]

Hi @barely, I met you at the Huntington this year too. I'm sorry to hear you won't be able to make it out to the next couple of bonsai events, but I hope you are recovering well.

As for this thread's tree - any update from @symbiotic1 ?

 

[ColinFraser]

Hi Colin,
I do remember you from the Bonsai A Thon last year. Great to hear from you. Hope you are doing well and enjoying your trees. Actually, I will be at the State Bonsai show in Riverside at the end of October. Last August I had open heart surgery and am still in the recovery process. Doing ok now. Several people will be helping me because I cannot lift anything very heavy. Many of my trees are in five gallon cans or greater. I will be bringing mature coast live oaks, olives, chinese elms and privets as well as cork oaks. If you go to the show, stop by my table and say hello.
Thanks,
Barry

I am fully registered and looking forward to Riverside (that may be the first time anyone ever said that)! I'm glad to hear you'll be there; see you then.

 

[barely]

Haven't heard from him. Not sure if this a duplicate message. I will be at the upcoming show. Have a table and several people to help. I can do lots of things except lift the containers holding the trees.

 

[symbiotic1]

Sorry I haven't been on for a while to see the messages. Thanks for reaching out, Barry. Colin, I'll post some photos shortly of the tree.

Unfortunately it's no longer a double trunk. Seems I snipped too much off the roots on the smaller trunk or shocked it too much when transplanting and that trunk died. The large trunk sulked for a while and did nothing but since then it has had one growth spurt in early August of new leaves and is shooting up at the moment. I've refrained from trimming anything for now.

 

[Potawatomi13]

"My main goal right now is to get the two trunks to fuse into one large base, which they are already starting to do just at the soil line. There is a sort of semi hollow shape on what I've tagged as the front of the tree that could look interesting as the trunks fuse. I envision this eventually looking like a massive, sprawling oak and want to train the branching to arc and hang down as though it's a very old tree with thick heavy branches."

You can nail or screw the trunks together hopefully with thin enough hardware to prevent/minimize splitting.

 

[ColinFraser]

You can nail or screw the trunks together hopefully with thin enough hardware to prevent/minimize splitting.

Unfortunately it's no longer a double trunk.

 

[symbiotic1]

Sorry it took me so long to snap some new photos. I was moving all my trees today due to severe winds and grabbed a few shots of the oak.
All the top runner shot up late summer and now the tree is about 6' tall.


Base shot showing the now-deceased second trunk.

And some shots of the tree doing a little twirl.




Well there ya go. The whole tree seemed on the verge for a while after reporting but I'm glad it put on a bunch of growth.

Is there anything I should be doing on this tree for the fall/winter? And considering it was bare rooted this past spring, should I be thinking about big chops on the top at bud break?

 

[MiguelMC]

I know this and old topic but I'm a bit curious about these trees since they are quite common where I live and made me wonder if I should try and get one.
My main concern like @Bonsai Nut said the taper, can you trunk chop them heavily and expect new growth coming out from the stumps? I mean can new growth push itself out through the cork bark, or should we remove the bark if we intend on doing a trunk chop, also how is this trees root growth , in case of tap roots or a thick root system can we prune them (50-75%) and expect growth or will the tree just die of.

I have 2 red oaks that I've been trunk chopping and so far they have been able to produce new steady growth every year since this is also an oak I was thinking about go about the same way.
also regarding red oak roots one my trees is in the ground (the only tree i have in the ground) and i was wondering how to go about it and start training it in a pot, I'm guessing that by now that tree might have some thick roots.

thanks a lot gor any input

 

[Potawatomi13]

DUH!! Oops!

 

[MiguelMC]

DUH!! Oops!

What?

 

[BrianBay9]

I know this and old topic but I'm a bit curious about these trees since they are quite common where I live and made me wonder if I should try and get one.
My main concern like @Bonsai Nut said the taper, can you trunk chop them heavily and expect new growth coming out from the stumps? I mean can new growth push itself out through the cork bark, or should we remove the bark if we intend on doing a trunk chop, also how is this trees root growth , in case of tap roots or a thick root system can we prune them (50-75%) and expect growth or will the tree just die of.

I have 2 red oaks that I've been trunk chopping and so far they have been able to produce new steady growth every year since this is also an oak I was thinking about go about the same way.
also regarding red oak roots one my trees is in the ground (the only tree i have in the ground) and i was wondering how to go about it and start training it in a pot, I'm guessing that by now that tree might have some thick roots.

thanks a lot gor any input

Cork oaks seem to respond better than most to heavy work. Yes you can do hard trunk chops and get a good response. I would still do root work in stages, and not the same season as a hard trunk chop.

 

[Potawatomi13]

What?

See post #34. Did not transfer with reply link.