Ugo
Shohin
I got this Ligustrum yesterday from my parents place:
Reduced root bulge:
Reduced root bulge:
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The 2022 Yamadori/Collecting Thread
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Crazy Diamond
Omono
Nice find
Crazy Diamond
Omono
PonderingSage:
Shohin
I dig it! Could be a fun sumo style.
Ugo
Shohin
Thanks
Yup we see the same thing! the sumo style takes over in my initial design drawings so far.
I can't wait to see how the tree will react at the level of the secondary branches. Zero experience with Ligustrum except the basic reading that confirmed I could collect easily.
Unfortunately I didn't take a picture but I worked on all the cuts that are under the cutting paste, the edges and angles of the cuts have been corrected hoping to help the future branches to grow outwards.
I really like this first collection experience.
I plan on letting it grow and do a lot of root work but I also want to try wood carving on this one, hoping to modify the scar that will be left by the removed front branches and reduce the big secondary branches stumps left on the trunk.
The next one to be collected:
The base is huge. To compare, the one on the left that just been collected is about 6in at the nebari.
On this precise tree all the trunks emerge from the base that is a pancake style!
I plan on keeping only the big main trunk on that huge base.
Hope I will have time to do the work this week!
PonderingSage:
Shohin
Yeah, see if it recovers, and give it time to grow out and strengthen. Then try out carving. You can do a lot with carving time
Here is my olive from April 2018 to April 2022.
(Not collected but nursery stock)
Here is my olive from April 2018 to April 2022.
(Not collected but nursery stock)
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Kullas
Shohin
This one was about to be ripped out. They were about to grade the property. Thankfully I got to rip it out first. Its been in the bucket for about 2 weeks now. Its just now starting to put out some buds. If it lives and thrives I will try and air layering it. I think it has potential. Dont know what it is. But its a free tree to practice on. 
Ry2Tree2
Yamadori
I dug this one a moth ago and it's still going strong! Mountain laurel. Since digging, I've heard they are tough customers but this one came up with a decent amount of fine roots so fingers crossed it stays healthy over summer.
Ugo
Shohin
Hi!
The second Ligustrum is now out and repotted!
I still have to clean the cuts and that will be it for this year... That's just to bad as some other trees are also very interesting but Ill try to make sure both the ones I collected survive and if so I will do more attempts collecting in the future.
There is still a lot of work, Im trying to see the tree finished with some wood work and trunk hollowing but that's the first design that I've think about:
Most of the stumps will be shaved flush and carved to see inside while the ones on top could be carved vertically so one could see through.
We will see! One thing for sure is that I want to leave more material than on my previous tree so more material to carve in!
The second Ligustrum is now out and repotted!
I still have to clean the cuts and that will be it for this year... That's just to bad as some other trees are also very interesting but Ill try to make sure both the ones I collected survive and if so I will do more attempts collecting in the future.
There is still a lot of work, Im trying to see the tree finished with some wood work and trunk hollowing but that's the first design that I've think about:
Most of the stumps will be shaved flush and carved to see inside while the ones on top could be carved vertically so one could see through.
We will see! One thing for sure is that I want to leave more material than on my previous tree so more material to carve in!
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Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Considering lack of roots is miracle time if can keep aliveTook a long, sweaty hike with my dog.
Wore her out.
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Stupid trees photo bombing my dog pics all the time!
Anyway, I THOUGHT I'd finally found that nice Gamble's oak clump I'd been hoping for, but then it turned into an infomercial when I started digging.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
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Had to saw it out, which I generally dislike doing.
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Well, we'll see what I can do with it.
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ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Funny thing about how these grow is that most stands of Gambel oak are a actually a single tree. Much like quaking aspen - though not to the same extreme - they often propagate from essentially root suckers. That's what happened here, and why that clump was connected to such a large portion of root wood.Considering lack of roots is miracle time if can keep alive
These are NOT to be thought of like regular oak trees.
Though, still, your not entirely wrong. There's very little fine root, but the hope is there's enough energy stored in all that wood to push some growth.
Right now it's in a large produce basket with 100% organic soil of mulch and compost for the above reasons. It's loose and drains well, so should hopefully keep the root moist and warm enough to encourage more root growth.
Not the conventional thinking, I know, but these aren't like other trees, so I'm applying some basic gardening technique to play it safe.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I have a windfall Syriacuse...:starting it's second year..
Small pot/inorganic soil provided impressive reactions ALREADY
I'm OBSESSED with this stage of tree development.
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
I have a crazy spring for collection this year: 7 hulking BCs, 3 Mayhaw, 1 Oak, 1 Hackberry, 1 Ilex
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
I'm already prepping for end of year collecting. After my spring digs are done, I walk the area to find next winter's material. I think I've ID'd the last three coast live oaks (CLO) that I'll collect from this site. It's about 3 or 4 acres in size, and I've collected a dozen CLO so far. Here's the site. Doesn't look like much but I'll miss it.
I ID the trees in spring and cut back hard to stimulate back budding. These CLO will push buds all over old wood. Then I'll collect after the winter rains start - probably December.
I ID the trees in spring and cut back hard to stimulate back budding. These CLO will push buds all over old wood. Then I'll collect after the winter rains start - probably December.
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BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Here are next December's trees.
Tree #2
Tree #3
They've all thrown out lots of new growth tight in on the trunks. After winter rains, they should be ready to go.
Tree #2
Tree #3
They've all thrown out lots of new growth tight in on the trunks. After winter rains, they should be ready to go.
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BrianBay9
Masterpiece
This site was part of the old Ft. Ord, and as typical for old military bases, lots of chemicals were just dumped on the ground. Parts of this base are a superfund site but no significant clean up has occurred as far as I can tell. Other places are not ID'd but I'm sure were used to dump oil, diesel, solvents, etc. Occasionally I'll notice an established tree suddenly die from top to bottom. By suddenly, I mean in less than a week. My impression is that this happens after a rain event. I wonder if their roots have managed to get just close enough to an underground toxic waste site, and the rain flushes enough chemicals into the tree to kill it.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
My impression is that superfund sites rarely ever actually have funds for the clean up ordered, much less "super" funds. We have an old uranium mill from the early cold war days that's been a work in progress for over 30 years.
Most folks around here aren't too worried; it was first stage refinement from raw ore, making yellow cake at best before the stuff was shipped out; but it's getting more attention as the wealthy McMansions expand into that area.
Except for a few specific spots, the background radiation at the site is still within normal parameters for the region, but there's concern about ground water and runoff into the river which is already very high in heavy metals just because of the mountains.
MacSpook
Yamadori
A couple of European Hawthorns in 6 inch pots. Collected just as they were beginning to push buds, hopefully they'll make it.
BrianBay9
Masterpiece
Nice. I've never collected hawthorn. Is there a reason why you don't cut back further at collection?
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