Newbies - want to share your trees?

[Anthony]

It maybe from 2008.
Please note not a newbie, just wanted to encourage, seeds are great.
Yes, grown from seed in the Caribbean.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Vali]

I like the attitude of this thread, so I will participate with my linden. I collected it last november. The second flush is growing as it was pruned back 2 weeks ago. Good idea, teacher

 

[Clorgan]

I like the attitude of this thread, so I will participate with my linden. I collected it last november. The second flush is growing as it was pruned back 2 weeks ago. Good idea, teacher

Thanks for the kind words!

Nice - it looks healthy! Have you got plans for it yet?

 

[Vali]

Have you got plans for it yet?

The only plan is to let it grow and see if it tells me how it wants to look like.

 

[Clorgan]

I see you have mastered the skill of patience - I could learn a lot from you!

 

[HorseloverFat]

While I am not a COVID newbie.. i definitely consider myself one. (A generalized newbie)

I am ALL for this! MUCH SUPPORT!

I will not be posting trees here today, but I have some threads going now that will be receiving updates at the end of june.

Showing support was a MUST!... that’s why I “stopped by” hehehe.

Fantastic idea!

 

[Clorgan]

Thanks for this - very kind of you!

I'll look out for the updates!

 

[Vali]

I see you have mastered the skill of patience - I could learn a lot from you!

Self control is really important. Trees need you to be patient.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Enjoyed all who shared...It's all about your individual journey... <3 Thanks for sharing.

 

[ShadyStump]

Already posted my dying pinyon pine stump elsewhere. Thought it was gone and went to get rid of it only to find lots of fresh root growth, so I reported it and we'll see what happens.

And another pinyon that's doing much better. Half of that angle was how it naturally grew, and the rest is because I couldn't keep it from falling over in the pot so just quit fighting it. The best part of this one is the root structure I found on it. I probably won't keep the height/length, but it will definitely be a root over rock some day. And a couple random fruit seeds in pots as experiments.

A three trunk American elm I dug out of the yard. I want to go 100% cut-and-grow on this one, no wire or anything.

And a fist full of cuttings I'm rooting. Two mulberries and a willow. There was recently a death in the family, and the decision was made to have him cremated and planted as a tree. One of the mulberries will likely go to that.

 

[Badge30]

I’ll join in. Satsuki Azalea, Chinese Fringe tree and Sharps Pigmy.

 

[Clorgan]

Already posted my dying pinyon pine stump elsewhere. Thought it was gone and went to get rid of it only to find lots of fresh root growth, so I reported it and we'll see what happens.

And another pinyon that's doing much better. Half of that angle was how it naturally grew, and the rest is because I couldn't keep it from falling over in the pot so just quit fighting it. The best part of this one is the root structure I found on it. I probably won't keep the height/length, but it will definitely be a root over rock some day. And a couple random fruit seeds in pots as experiments.

A three trunk American elm I dug out of the yard. I want to go 100% cut-and-grow on this one, no wire or anything.

And a fist full of cuttings I'm rooting. Two mulberries and a willow. There was recently a death in the family, and the decision was made to have him cremated and planted as a tree. One of the mulberries will likely go to that.

What a lovely way to remember your family member, best wishes to you!

 

[Clorgan]

I’ll join in. Satsuki Azalea, Chinese Fringe tree and Sharps Pigmy.

Love the flowers on the azalea!

 

[Badge30]

Love the flowers on the azalea!

. Thank you

 

[Woocash]

Great logic there! But no I'm actually from Yorkshire, England. Clorgan is just an amalgamation of my name - Claire Morgan, genius I know very nice collection! Looks like you've got some great material there

Oh, well I’ll go t‘ foot of our stairs! Nice to meet thee Claire. Woocash is the Ponglish version of Łucas, Polish for Luke. I’m not Polish, that’s just what some old colleagues used to call me, but I am Luke.

Thanks very much. It’s been a fun year collecting and rooting round nurseries and garden centres. I haven’t got much to call bonsai yet, but I’ve been doing pretty well at keeping stuff alive so far and that was my main focus really. I’m glad to see you have a decent sized garden. You’re going to need it! No way you’re just stopping at five....just saying. Best to come to terms with that now.

@Woocash Is it a canal boat? My parents have one - it's a great life!

Yes we love it. Bit of a pain in Winter sometimes, like when you can’t move for 6 months because the river’s in flood, but could not have been in a better place for lockdown, to be honest. We live on a narrowboat (small one on the right), but we bought the big one in Holland a couple of years ago and had it shipped over as a complete do it yourself refit. Slow progress but I’m getting there!

Where do you’re parents keep theirs? We’ve not managed to get up north in ours yet but we will one day.

 

[Woocash]

So you keep stuff off ship?

Side note, cross thread points...
You can never ever show a tree, and still be the one source of information we have for "trees at sea".

Just saying! Glad to have you!

Sorce

What about if I just keep one or two on board? Does that still count? I have a Ficus in the wheel house....
Na there’s a section of roof that’ll be reserved for my best ones when all the refurb is out of the way.

They may not be trees at sea, but they’re exclusively fed with river water, if that counts for anything. Mmmmm field runoff nitrate heaven.

 

[Clorgan]

Oh, well I’ll go t‘ foot of our stairs! Nice to meet thee Claire. Woocash is the Ponglish version of Łucas, Polish for Luke. I’m not Polish, that’s just what some old colleagues used to call me, but I am Luke.

Thanks very much. It’s been a fun year collecting and rooting round nurseries and garden centres. I haven’t got much to call bonsai yet, but I’ve been doing pretty well at keeping stuff alive so far and that was my main focus really. I’m glad to see you have a decent sized garden. You’re going to need it! No way you’re just stopping at five....just saying. Best to come to terms with that now.


Yes we love it. Bit of a pain in Winter sometimes, like when you can’t move for 6 months because the river’s in flood, but could not have been in a better place for lockdown, to be honest. We live on a narrowboat (small one on the right), but we bought the big one in Holland a couple of years ago and had it shipped over as a complete do it yourself refit. Slow progress but I’m getting there!

Where do you’re parents keep theirs? We’ve not managed to get up north in ours yet but we will one day.

Your Yorkshire dialect is actually very accurate - you sure you're not a northerner?!

Well it's lovely to meet you Luke - interesting story about your username!

You look like you've acquired some great material! I completely see you being right about the need for more...much to my fella's dismay I've told him if he's going to complain, he needs to get his friend to make us a planter so I can offload some into there!

Amazing about the boats - definitely come with their unique problems and challenges but it's such a lovely life on them and like you say absolutely perfect for lockdown. Where is it you keep them? I think theirs around the Doncaster area? They live just outside of Hull so it's local for them. Their plan is to slowly make their way down to the Midlands on it to come and visit me. I did tell them driving would be quicker, but they're always up for a challenge

My mum's favourite joke is "Stick t' kettle on love, be there in 3 months!"

 

[RJG2]

Mountain ash

First tee, collected from the woods. Sat in a nursery pot for years until I stated getting the bonsai itch. Lot of problems with it now that I've learned more, might have to start it over =)

Dwarf Alberta spruce

Collected from the yard; recovering.

Forsythia

Collected from the yard; not sure how to handle that middle stump yet.

Euonymus
Euonymus

Collected (at the wrong time) from a neighbor's yard. Smaller one is probably gone, but the larger one might make it.

Privet air layer

Still going, but it was the gnarliest part I could find on my hedge.

On my second year. The first year was just messing with the mountain ash. If I didn't have a two year old and another coming soon, it would probably be 100 trees by now

 

[YAN]

I started my bonsai journey in spring of 2018, i got about 6 different species of conifers, i did tones of researches before doing anything to the raw materials of nurseries, i wired repoted pruned jins sharies everything i could practice all with 100% success and saw new growth even back budding on cedrus libani wich is rare to happen. Fast forward to early spring of 2019, i had to travel out of country for about a month just to come back and see the disaster (the person I trusted to water them was untrustworthy apparently), the poor cedar of Lebanon was standing strong due to big container and very clay like compacted soil that I didn’t repot last spring retained enough rain water to survive (after all bad soil had some advantages) disappointed and angry I ditched the hobby just watered the cedar sometimes as a regular plant.
So quarantined and bored the neglected cedar catched my eyes and restarted work again, I removed wires that left some scars but nothing serious, followed by a repot and some pruning of long branches, didn’t want to rewire to give it a break so i guy wired down some branches. I was a little concerned post repotting cause i read about not messing too much with cedar roots but couldn’t help myself and pruned more then half but didn’t bare rooted it (hard old clay soil wouldn’t come out without water jet anyway), now after a week new growths are on every meddle cluster so I’m relieved, I’ll start fertilizing after 2-3 weeks and let grow freely untill next spring to regain it’s health and strength.

The soil mix is :
2 parts Pumice sifted 3-10 mm and rinsed well
2 parts perlite sifted 2-6 mm and rinsed well
1 part coco coir

i can water this mix every day even twice a day without fear of overwatering, at the same time good retention for hot summer sunny days of 30-35 C, i did try to find a substitute for coco coir as it is not much recommended for bonsai but options are limited here in Lebanon. Container is a laundry basket with plastic mesh (let’s see if air pruning works) im a patient person so this is not going in a bonsai pot anytime soon before training stage is over and refinement stage starts, maybe 4-5 years.

 

[Clorgan]

So it continues - a juniper!