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Engelmann- collected 8/2015

Tortured Engelmann- collected 5/2014

Bristlecone- collected 4/2012

Watch the watering video fro them if you need a chuckle. Wow.

My name on this site (and others) refers to my BASE jumping number. I was the 797th person to get all four objects (Building, Antenna, Span/bridge and Earth/cliff). Also being an avid rock climber and sponsored athlete at the time, El Capitan and I met back in 2007. And, I mean met. What should...

Hey Walter. Patrik from Boulder here. Thanks for showing your amazing broadleaf trees at this special time of the year. Great stuff. Patrik

Haha. I inadvertently omitted a comma. It was more like... How about the weather, man. I was merely pointing out the abrupt change we encounter most years. I am quite familiar with orographic weather being a geographer. When I graduated from Penn State, one out of three meteorologists came from...

Noticed your post mentioned the group of seven. Curious if you are also a fan of Eyvind Earle? Google his images if you are not familiar. He also has an interesting back story. Patrik

Oh, here's the deadwood. Patrik

October 2014, 2 years after collection. Work done earlier today. May 2016 October 2014 Patrik

Both, I suppose. Traded for some of Ryan's time and sold it for some loot. It was a hard decision as it will be the best bristlecone in a pot someday. In the end, I have quite a few trees ready for some major work beyond my skillset and Ryan will likely do something very special with that plant...

Thanks guys. Giga, that particular bristlecone found its way to Mirai a few months ago. Can't wait to see what Ryan does with it. Patrik

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Yeah man, I'd probably just go for it then.

You can dig a large rootball around it and it should be fine. Or, you can scoop it up early in spring and have a relatively bigger trunk, and be able to be more aggressive on root pruning. Which alternative you choose will either set you back a year or benefit the long term goal, its up to you...