That's a good idea. Crabs sprout from root cuttings easily.Plant the root ball and see if it sprouts.
Pic tax - columnar white pine at work. The resin coming out of the cones was glistening in the sun...
The pic does not capture it...
What did you do today? Show us Pic Required
- Thread starter Underdog
- Start date
Pic tax - columnar white pine at work. The resin coming out of the cones was glistening in the sun...
The pic does not capture it...
MalsRFun in TN
Yamadori
I did that right away with the tops of the broken roots above the soil. I hope it grows, but I'm disappointed about losing the large top of the tree. Not the greatest bonsai prospect, but pretty pink blooms and tiny fruit.Plant the root ball and see if it sprouts.
Hack Yeah!
Omono
Did you not plant the top of the tree anyway? It could root
Separated an AP Calico air layer today.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
exactly. Once it starts to root, it can go very fast.
I would have defoliated, planted it and placed it in a shed for a week or two (protected from wind and sun) and basically just treated it as a cutting. Roots in 2 weeks I would forecast.
MalsRFun in TN
Yamadori
That's exactly what I did. I'm hoping for the couple of tiny roots on it to be enough until it can grow more. Picture tax is the rootless side before the break.
Last edited:
Jetson1950
Mame
Checking air layers today. They are almost 3+weeks along. Only one is showing good progress at this time. It’s a silver maple with a 1/4” trunk at the air layer point. New roots looking good and back budding on trunk is taking off. Should be a success. I’ll look to take the top off toward the end of September. That will give it a few months to settle in before it goes dormant for the winter. We don’t really see any cold weather here till late December and that’s 40’s and maybe a dip or two down to freezing in February.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
And from the roots. This one always sent up soldiers from the roots, but I had enough of the CAR last year on my junipers that I cut it down.
Now it sprouts like crazy.
Picked and weighed an heirloom Super Beef.
Fidur
Chumono
My garden today
shohin_branches
Omono
Went to the Midwest Bonsai Show but didn't spend too much. I was supposed to buy one nice tree so I could get rid of a few starter trees. Well of course there is something deeply wrong with my brain and I bought three starter trees.
Mark Fields of course had an amazing tree in the show
And the Milwaukee folks showed some awesome trees!
Got to walk around the gardens a bit too but it was very hot out.
Mark Fields of course had an amazing tree in the show
And the Milwaukee folks showed some awesome trees!
Got to walk around the gardens a bit too but it was very hot out.
The Barber
Chumono
Did a bit of wiring on this hornbeam I collected in the spring, already working the tertiary branching on the 3 lowest branches. One of my favorite collects this year for sure...the
leatherback
The Treedeemer
The Barber
Chumono
I'd say it'll be at least 10 inches (25cm) at the base once the roots are exposed eventually. I almost passed it up and would have had I not taken 2 seconds to kick the leaves off the base that were hiding nearly the entire flare of the trunk. It'll only stay wired for maybe 3 weeks max.
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Finally got around to removing some dead sections of one of the Japanese maples.
Here's the tree in 2021, shortly after the middle left trunk died.
And today after removing 2 large dead trunks/branches
Detail of where the 2 trunks were.
Front:
Rear:
Other branches suffered significant sunburn bark damage after I defoliated in Summer one year.
I've been treating the dead wood with lime sulphur hoping the tree would heal the wounds but I suspect there's not enough growth to drive enough callus growth to heal it completely so this year I've just contoured the dead section a little and reduced a lump. Doesn't look too bad now?
Nebari:
Here's the tree in 2021, shortly after the middle left trunk died.
And today after removing 2 large dead trunks/branches
Detail of where the 2 trunks were.
Front:
Rear:
Other branches suffered significant sunburn bark damage after I defoliated in Summer one year.
I've been treating the dead wood with lime sulphur hoping the tree would heal the wounds but I suspect there's not enough growth to drive enough callus growth to heal it completely so this year I've just contoured the dead section a little and reduced a lump. Doesn't look too bad now?
Nebari:
Brain Treez
Mame
I died a little inside when I noticed last night that a local business was removing their landscape junipers out front. These are probably 40-50 years old. There are still a few left standing, but considering their size and the time of year, I'm not sure it would be worth the effort of trying to save and put in a box. They're massive. Anybody got a forklift?
Google street image of before:
Now:
Google street image of before:
Now:
JoeWilson
Mame
Was that at the Chicago Botanic Garden? Haven't been there in a few years now, but when we lived in Iowa City, we would go once every year or two. Post photos of the new trees!
JoeWilson
Mame
Photo tax. Killed a kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), probably cut the roots and foliage back too hard. Revived another one that was unhappy with where it was planted in the yard, and replaced the dead one in the grow box. Have a bunch more and some manzanitas growing in the ground if this one doesn’t make it.
Fidur
Chumono
These are the trees in the corner of my garden today......
Only one of them is in my personal top 5 ranking, only 2 in my top 10, and the 3 are in my top 15......
Only one of them is in my personal top 5 ranking, only 2 in my top 10, and the 3 are in my top 15......
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
FOLIAR FED THE JAPANESE BLACK PINE SEEDLINGS AND CHECKED ON THE SEEDLING CUTTINGS TOO.
Orion_metalhead
Masterpiece
Care to save me some seeds from this?? Would like to try in my climate here in NJ.
Tax: Today set up sprinklers on offset timers for my two benches in preparation for a trip next week. Will water each bench for 30min. Should hold over until I get home.
