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  1. RKatzin

    Collected Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)

    On forty acres of forested mountain top I have these in every possible situation. True that they are happier in the understory, but I also see them exposed where it's been logged and growing in clay (that famous Oregon red) and rock, far from any water source. Big difference! Compared to the...
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    Collected Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)

    Very nice! Lots of this in my neighborhood and I've collected a few. Usually as a result of digging something else, but I've potted some and have had no luck keeping them going for more than a year or two. Any tips you can give away would be much appreciated.
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    WTB Coast Live Oak or Coyote Bush

    I've bought coastal live oak from the Jonsteen Co. in No. Cal. They'll ship anywhere in the US. Also can get them at Forestfarm.com.
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    Pumice - east coast resource?

    Badatusernames, how much pumice do you need? Are we talking gallons or cu yds? I'm in SW Oregon where pumice is readily available. PM me and we'll talk about getting it to you. I can send sifted pumice, no sand or dust, all usable product. Don't want to say too much, but on the cheap to you. PM...
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    Western Juniper

    I had this tree in a full sun position and it lost a lot of foliage. I moved it to a shadier spot last summer and it rejuvenated very nicely. Much better color and no more brown out. Hoping to get the roots sorted out and repotted this spring. Thanks for your interest and I'll try to keep it...
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    Sucker Play?

    It would not be uncommon to get a very nice Japanese maple from the understock. They are seedlings and a good many cultivars have been derived from selected seedlings.
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    English Hawthorn / Common Hawthorn

    Thanks for the clarification, always appreciated.
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    English Hawthorn / Common Hawthorn

    Just to clarify, I don't see English Hawthorne here. Cratagus oxycantha is English Hawthorne. The name means sharp or acute thorn. Needle like thorns and I'm not seeing those like I do on my EH. Common Hawthorne in the PNW is Cratagus monogyna. It's a completely different critter. Persnickety...
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    Trident maple from seed

    I guess I'm lazy about it, but I just go out in springtime and collect the sprouted seedlings right out of the landscaping. I know several sites around town that produce a good crop of seedlings every year. Just have to beat the landscapers to them or they weed them out. But they never get them...
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    Juglans Nigra (Black Walnut) 1

    I wish I could be of more assistance, but I really haven't had any kind of schedule for pruning. Most have been chopped at least once, but I've been primarily concerned with keeping them growing. I do no leaf mass reduction at this point, but will once they're established as a forest planting...
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    Juglans Nigra (Black Walnut) 1

    Very interesting indeed. I have eighteen Black Walnut trees in pots that are getting on to some age now. Oh, ten to fifteen years I been dragging these from place to place. They're just starting to look like trees and not so much saplings. Some have grown very nice burls at the base and most...
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    Juglans Nigra (Black Walnut) 1

    Very interesting indeed. I have eighteen Black Walnut trees in pots that are getting on to some age now. Oh, ten to fifteen years I been dragging these from place to place. They're just starting to look like trees and not so much saplings. Some have grown very nice burls at the base and most...
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    Bonsai Raft Question

    Thanks and the best of growing to you also
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    Bonsai Raft Question

    I am creating a raft forest with an airlayer branch on a Kiyohime JM. I did some preparatory pruning and removed all downward branches to the trunk. I just removed the airlayer yesterday and planted it with the entire trunkline buried. The Kiyohime roots cuttings fairly easily so no additional...
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    Dawn Redwood wilting out of the blue.

    I wouldn't do any root work at this time of year. Keep it well watered and shaded as much as possible. Make it through the heat and give it a good repotting in spring. You might add a water tray under, or set the whole thing inside a bigger pot full of chunky pumice to help keep the roots cool.
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    Dawn Redwood wilting out of the blue.

    I'd say that your container is way too small for a DR that size. Probably pot bound and the roots can't support the mass. I grow my dawn redwood in sifted pumice. I find the small grade to work good with them. I keep them in full morning sun, shaded by noon and I water once a day and maybe a...
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    Red currant (Ribes rubrum) first styling

    That's some gnarly currant! You did a great job with it. I see these growing in the woods around here, but I haven't collected any yet. Nothing like that bad boy!
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    misplaced concern ??

    It looks like a cultivar characteristic. Many Japanese maples have red coloration in the leaves. I have one that flushes out red and those turn green and the consecutive new leaves are red with the older green leaves as a background. Not a cultivar, just an exceptional seedling.
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    So my car grows these maples...

    I took a closer look and I see the big leaf maple in most. The one pic of only one leaf got me. A very difficult tree to work into bonsai culture. Of course, huge leaves, but also extremely long internodes between those leaves. You can get the leaves to reduce somewhat, but you're constantly...
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    So my car grows these maples...

    Not that it makes a difference, the treatment is the same, but those look like Sweetgum trees, not maples. I have tried to get rid of scale on two trees. A Flying Dragon (Ponceris trifoliata) and a Hillier elm. I fought them diligently with all methods described for over three years before I...
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    Dawn Redwood development

    Yes, they have will root very easily. I use the fines from my sifted pumice, but any seed starter mix will work.
  22. RKatzin

    Mature Trident maple Forest

    You can get bundles of trident maple saplings at auction on Facebook. I put together a trident forest last spring with the same trees. Carl Brock is the seller. Very nice, small leafed trident maples. I think I paid $85+shipping for a bundle of 15 two to three yr old trees.
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    First maple ever

    What you can do with a maple at this point, I'm looking at your first pic before any wiring, is replant it so the base tilts to the left about forty five degrees. That brings the leader almost horizonal and the branch on the right vertical. Chop the leader side to the first set of leaves and it...
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    Dawn Redwood development

    Okay, here is a pic of cuttings I took last spring and put together this spring. That's mama holding the background.
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    Liquid cut paste vs putty cut paste

    I would use the putty, if I could get it, especially on vertical or slanting wounds, as the paste has a tendency to run off. I use a chopstick to pull it back up until it sets.
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