Look at what I did with my Mark Comstock maple!

[Deleted member 21616]

I keep seeing Mark's (@kingsville grower) trees popping up on this site, and it makes me really happy!

Maybe this will be a slow thread, but it might be fun to track what all of use are doing with his work over the decades to come.

I suspect many of us will be showing his trees in 20-30 years, and some of us will be killing or ruining them before then!

So please, share your maples from Mark: successes, failures, plans and anything else!

Thank you Mark for all your hard work!

 

[Deleted member 21616]

I have a few koto hime from Mark, but here is just one for now:

I am planning 1-2 main trunks, with 3-4 lower branches. All of these emerge from the same base. The top-down view gives the clearest picture of what I have in mind.

the straight branches on the right of the first picture (the main trunks to-be) will certainly back bud, and when they do i will select new leaders to create movement (and prune back those branches)

 

[Nybonsai12]

Amur maple I got from mark as very young stock years back. Been in the ground for a while, will probably dig, cut back roots and put back in the ground this spring. Fall color was nice last year.

 

[Dav4]

Kiohime I acquired a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I never took any before shots but this is the tree after I flattened the road base and screwed it to a board.

 

[Deleted member 21616]

i made a mistake - mine is a kiyohime from mark, not a koto hime!

 

[Gary McCarthy]

How do you guys contact Mark to buy his trees? I've tried contacting him off his website, FB page, and I never get any response.

 

[coh]

I bought one (kiyohime) from him a few years ago but it didn't make it. At some point I'll probably try another.

@Gary McCarthy , I bought mine from him after seeing one on his facebook auction (not sure if it was 99cent or the auction page). Someone else bought it but
I just sent him a PM and he sent back photos of a couple of trees for me to consider. He's always responded to PMs on facebook pretty quickly in my experience.

 

[Deleted member 21616]

How do you guys contact Mark to buy his trees? I've tried contacting him off his website, FB page, and I never get any response.

He’s a very busy guy - but don’t let that mislead you! He is great!

I’m in montreal, i drove to him (6 hours each way) and all of the Canadian-US import paperwork was worth it!

I know a lot of americans buy and have the trees shipped!

 

[Dav4]

Another kiohime from Mark I picked up from Mark In kannapolis a year and change ago. No before pics, which is too bad because I did a load of work on the roots, flattening them and screwing it to a board, along with some trunk cutbacks. Any way, some before and after pics from today’s session... more root and top work.

 

[kingsville grower]

How do you guys contact Mark to buy his trees? I've tried contacting him off his website, FB page, and I never get any response.

You have to badger me on messenger, or put me on the spot when I’m posting something,,like”dude answer my messages” you gotta call me out

 

[ysrgrathe]

Kashima from Mark. Waited too long to do major cuts this winter, for now working on nebari and will cut back in late spring.

 

[Deleted member 21616]

@ysrgrathe wow!

 

[ysrgrathe]

Oh, I realized I had a photo of this one from a year prior. You can see I cut about half of the vertical root mass off last year, and already there is a nice more horizontal root system. Looking at what my teacher did on similar maples, I probably should have removed even more roots this year, would have allowed me to get it on a board a year sooner.

 

[Rip]

Ive bought a few from Mark through .99 bonsai. No pics, but his roots are hands down some of the most well developed you will find.

 

[M. Frary]

his roots are hands down some of the most well developed you will find.

That's what she said.

 

[Deleted member 21616]

Here is a quick before and after the wiring/pruning

(more details here: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/my-maples-in-montreal.33315/page-9)

I encourage others to share what they are doing with their MC Maples! I know you all have one!

 

[Deleted member 21616]

buds are popping on these two kiyohime from mark!

given the overwhelming demand... the auction for these trees will start at $2000.00, and I promise to answer your messages within minutes!

 

[Gary McCarthy]

This red Japanese Maple is on it's way to me from Mark. Can't wait to start getting to work on it.


I want one of his Kiyo Hime next!

 

[Deleted member 21616]

That's a really nice one @Gary McCarthy !

 

[music~maker]

This is a fun idea for a thread. Looks like I'll need to grab a maple from Mark at some point so I can play along. =)