Woocash
Omono
Really hope it survives for you. That's a great trunk!
The 2025 Yamadori/Collecting Thread
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Really hope it survives for you. That's a great trunk!
ponderingsage
Mame
Now seems like a good time to me.
I would also talk to the contractor and see it they could just pop a few out with a digging machine if they have one on site.. might save you a few hours of digging .
With a shovel it is often hard to get in close, so you end up with a monstrous root ball.
Also
Maybe get a few and experiment with cutting back hard, leaving more foliage etc.
I find box woods to be hit or miss.. could be just me.
Good luck !
ponderingsage
Mame
Cool tree.. l have one losing color like this and the buds haven’t extended. I don't think there is much hope but fingers crossed!
dallin_hubb
Seedling
Love the utah junipers!! They're great out here.
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
I've learned my lesson with Mayhaw, these buds will be nothing if there aren't any roots. Only time will tell.
DeepSouth
Yamadori
UncleTrout
Seedling
Man those bald cypress are awesome! How did collecting them go? Pretty challenging?
I have one I got from a nursery last year that I just set an air layer on since I was going to trunk chop it either way.
DeepSouth
Yamadori
Of the trees shown in that image, the BCs were probably the easiest to collect. Takes less than 5 minutes with a reciprocating saw in the swamp. I imagine collecting them from hard ground would be a different story.
The most difficult one to collect was the big dogwood on the right side of the bench. That one was tangled up with the rootsystem of a nearby holly and took about 2 hours to tease away. It is doing super well though and has new growth over 3 feet long and a quarter inch in diameter. I am really liking the species so far.
Woocash
Omono
Nice haul! I hope those bench leg joints are reinforced though. That's a fair amount of wet weight.
The Barber
Chumono
This Privet clump i collected this spring didn't miss a beat, really amazed at the growth I'm getting with the switch to NPK Grow. Out of 40ish trees collected this spring, mainly hornbeam, and elm (slippery, American, and winged) only 2 have failed to bud yet, possibly let them get too dry in the shed this winter on those 2, but they are still alive so they may yet push. They were potted in 100 percent pumice whereas most of the other hornbeams went into 80 percent pumice, 20 percent Sunshine mix #4. Just happy the damned bag worms have left most of my trees alone this year, other than a plum that I picked probably 15 off of before they chewed on it much.
Housguy
Chumono
The misters are setup and the Uhaul packed with trees, still a little snow on them after we got hit by a little snowstorm on our last day. Was a good trip!
ponderingsage
Mame
Nice set up with the misters!
ponderingsage
Mame
It might be too late for deciduous… but I’m sure it depends on the species and how strong the tree is. You typically want to get them when buds are opening…especially if your new to it.
However, if it is from a situation like digging them up before a construction project starts then I’d roll the dice and get them.
Another thought would be to do a partial defoliation at collection to lower the water need of the plant. I did this with a summer collected hawthorn with good results.
gschup
Yamadori
Yamadori tour with the local bonsai club. Found a wonderful pinus sylvestris with lots of fine roots near the trunk, fingers crossed!
boguz
Mame
The Barber
Chumono
Well, I thought this was a slippery elm, I had collected this spring, that the beavers had pruned multiple times over the years. It turns out it is a Liquidambar. Late push compared to every other tree I collected.
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