5 Year Native Tree/Native Pot - Ribes Considerations.. (HorseloverFat)

[HorseloverFat]

the community seems right up my alley.

This is HALF the reason I come here... my friends are all here..

Once enveloped in this lifestyle... finding "like-minds" is precious.. so those in more rural areas, don't regularly get to "speak bonsai" (I can go to Green Bay area Bonsai events and meetings, but even that is a small TinyTree community, and 17 miles west) so THIS is where we CAN engage with other members from all around this sphere... it's got no sides for a reason.

I've found this Forum a tremendous asset to my growth and development... as well as finding many friends throughout. They put up with me now.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Bro you have a amazing amount of native stuff . That I would not have any idea what it was if I tripped over it . . And nice duct tape pot . like the tree . What are you using fir wire in it

 

[Carol 83]

m fairly sure that in my particular location in Fairbanks is 3A. We live at a little higher elevation than the actual city so with the temp inversion we very rarely see colder than -30 at the house, however, when its -20 up there its usually -40 to -50 in town.

OMG, I would shrivel up and die there.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Thanks for the welcome!

In regards to which one it looks like Im guessing the one you refer to as "The turtle". Its got a super fat stumpy lopsided trunk, its a thing of beauty. I think the tree itself is kind of telling me it wants to go cascade perhaps, but it may change its mind after this years new growth.
The red currant is under about 3-4' of snow currently but I'll get some pics as soon as it shows up.

I've trolled here for awhile and the community seems right up my alley.

Im fairly sure that in my particular location in Fairbanks is 3A. We live at a little higher elevation than the actual city so with the temp inversion we very rarely see colder than -30 at the house, however, when its -20 up there its usually -40 to -50 in town.

The pleasure is all mine!

There are not many here . With a colder climate . Them me welcome . I think I would wear out all my wild collecting tools in one season . There must be some incredible . Yamadori

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Was reminded today . The snow has mostly melted past week . Just piles and in the woods know . Made me think of my great grandmother . Her birthday would have been Saturday . She used to say. You have to have the new snow fall in late March to make the old snow go away . I think you have to be a northerner to understand

 

[HorseloverFat]

Bro you have a amazing amount of native stuff . That I would not have any idea what it was if I tripped over it . . And nice duct tape pot . like the tree . What are you using fir wire in it

Thank you!!

The pot was one of my first native clay experiments.. which was underfired in a weber grill (and stupid low-fire Wisconsin clay) my first 6 months into pottery and clay processing.. it promptly broke... but I didn't want to repot yet.. so the duct tape worked. I'm a little better at clay now.

That wire was a fine wire from Bonsai Aesthetics.. it came in the first pack of wire I ever bought, and sat around for a while.. I like to re-use whenever I can.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

3 things my friend . 1 get better with clay I have pots for you to make . 2 Home electrical bare copper ground wire . Multi strand . 10 foot length cheap . Un strand it wrap it around your coffee can pot . ( sorry could note resist ) aneal it throw in bbq or wood fire coals when glows red it’s done . Throw in water . It’s know soft easy to bend anealled When you work it like wiring a tree it gets stiff and holds better . Dont reuse cut off throw away it’s cheap . 3 I have been to Wisconsin. As I told you . Lakes shore and or islands .anywhere the wind blows hard in winter . White cedar . Think bigger the wood is light . . Don’t settle for normal . Get out of the woods . Open rocky ground . Get in the car . Backroads small old farms still with un processed steaks . Pasture with shrub looking things . Scout first purchase digging permit with bottle of wine . There is top prizes . The heavily chewed down to a stump with all kinds of knobs abs buds . Are WILD APPLE practically anything they eat. Makes good bonsai . And there clumsy offs and step on everything .

 

[HorseloverFat]

Here is a thread documenting my work with stoneware from the beginning to present.
(I believe posts #654 and #657 show my most recent work.. sitting green.. waiting for it to be warm enough to fire)

Stoned...

...in a crude tangent of immaculate. ;) I thought, for (mostly) my own sanity, I would start another thread documenting my work with Stoneware... from the beginning.. much like my low-fire thread. After some work... I have my FIRST EVER STONEWARE “LOAD”.. ready for the heat. I feel like I...

www.bonsainut.com

 

[HorseloverFat]

3 things my friend . 1 get better with clay I have pots for you to make . 2 Home electrical bare copper ground wire . Multi strand . 10 foot length cheap . Un strand it wrap it around your coffee can pot . ( sorry could note resist ) aneal it throw in bbq or wood fire coals when glows red it’s done . Throw in water . It’s know soft easy to bend anealled When you work it like wiring a tree it gets stiff and holds better . Dont reuse cut off throw away it’s cheap . 3 I have been to Wisconsin. As I told you . Lakes shore and or islands .anywhere the wind blows hard in winter . White cedar . Think bigger the wood is light . . Don’t settle for normal . Get out of the woods . Open rocky ground . Get in the car . Backroads small old farms still with un processed steaks . Pasture with shrub looking things . Scout first purchase digging permit with bottle of wine . There is top prizes . The heavily chewed down to a stump with all kinds of knobs abs buds . Are WILD APPLE practically anything they eat. Makes good bonsai . And there clumsy offs and step on everything .

I love collecting.. all the property managers, parks coordinators (whatever the heck their actual title is), and DNR guys know me... The Marshalls around here are great... I even got to do some ash survey walk-alongs with the State.. (I just happened to be out there with the boys) These Woods/Wetlands/Bluffs run Soul Deep... And I'm a Soulful
guy.

I actually have a few Wild Apple (Johnnies!) scouted..

But a conscious attempt is being made to avoid overcollection.. I've discovered the theoretical "size of my plate" in past years...

And THIS year, only Two trees are scouted for collection.. but they are, honestly, one of my deciduous favorites.. Elaeagnus.. Umbelatta.. Naturalized-Invasive..

Buuuut I'm out in the sticks, or in the "swamps" or on the lake near river outlets almost everyday... So will seize "fantastic" opportune specimens IF noted.

I hike with a rucksack and an ol' rusty shovel in Fall and Spring... When I'm BY MYSELF.. people turn around on the trails as soon as my form, and tools, and apparel, and "crazy-guy-face" is visible!

 

[Alaskanrocket]

Ok, perhaps I’m slightly delusional as now that I looked at it again it doesn’t look that similar. Here it is anyways. I’m really hoping that it made it through the winter ok. At any rate, I’m still figuring out this stuff so go easy on me.

 

[ShadyStump]

Thanks for the welcome!

In regards to which one it looks like Im guessing the one you refer to as "The turtle". Its got a super fat stumpy lopsided trunk, its a thing of beauty. I think the tree itself is kind of telling me it wants to go cascade perhaps, but it may change its mind after this years new growth.
The red currant is under about 3-4' of snow currently but I'll get some pics as soon as it shows up.

I've trolled here for awhile and the community seems right up my alley.

Im fairly sure that in my particular location in Fairbanks is 3A. We live at a little higher elevation than the actual city so with the temp inversion we very rarely see colder than -30 at the house, however, when its -20 up there its usually -40 to -50 in town.

The pleasure is all mine!

Not sure I'd move there permanently, but I SOOO want to spend some time out there just for the adventure of it. Just a year or two to have the stories.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Ok, perhaps I’m slightly delusional as now that I looked at it again it doesn’t look that similar. Here it is anyways. I’m really hoping that it made it through the winter ok. At any rate, I’m still figuring out this stuff so go easy on me.

Awesome!!!

I think that red rim and "same species" is definitely "enough" to make your brain think very similar.

Trim back to visible, swelling buds you'd like to build from. (Next time you prune.

I like it!

 

[HorseloverFat]

Not sure I'd move there permanently, but I SOOO want to spend some time out there just for the adventure of it. Just a year or two to have the stories.

My Friend, Dillon John, Is an "assisted jumper" like he HUGS people out of planes.

He did so in Alaska for many years.

 

[DanaWhicker]

On my bucket list is to hit a fishing spot in Alaska where I can't see any sign of human activity in any direction. If I catch some fish, all the better.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Spring work on the turtle...
Looking classy!

On the smaller specimen.. one trunk is suffering a tad.. but spring work, either way.. shifting attention towards the vigorous trunk.

The New Ribes I collected this year is showing impressive vigor... and IS, in fact the "Standard" Black Currant... So I will be outlining SPECIFICALLY what "Spring Work" MEANS in THAT thread...

I will be using that Black Currant to write my Ribes Care Guide.

 

[HorseloverFat]

I'm documenting my care and exact procedures in my "Another Native Ribes" Thread..

So If you want a further explanation of these uncommon operations.. you could check it out.


About a week ago, worked again.. (Turtle)

And pictures of the response, TODAY.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Same for lil' thang!

A week ago..

Today...

 

[HorseloverFat]

A good chunk of the documentation of flushes, and the corresponding work, got 'lost' when my other phone went kaputz.

So I will be just baseline updating...
(My new ribes, which I was attempting to write my 'species care guide' on... Decided to start dropping a couple trunks while recovering this year, so was repurposed as landscape stock. I will use THESE Trees, starting next spring, if I do not acquire a decent "teaching/learning" specimen this fall)

I am very pleased with the results and responses of my Ribes methods...
(Any questions please ask. Hopefully my updating schedule should be back to normal now)

(These aren't even the truly REDUCED leaves... I left this set on, actually, after shoulders were set in place... The next set, if "Initiated" comes in at 2-2.5 cm!!!!
It's ridiculous....

although... I'm still not convinced Ribes could ever be termed a "tree"... It grows much differently than a tree, vine, or shrub...

like a woody, perennial "cane")

Lil one grown from 'seed/root chute'

The turtle.
We're getting leaf color and drop here already... So excuse the ugly leaves.

 

[Alaskanrocket]

Speaking of Ribes.....I picked this Ribes Alpinum up at an end of the year nursery sale for cheap. Its got good bones, as they say. Maybe some twin trunk potential.

 

[minkes]

I have redcurrant and gooseberry. They are not typical choice as bonsai, but I like them (And eat them ). They are about 15 years old although not looking so old (in my past I knew nothing about good bonsail soil or fertilization, so I am glad they survived). If it is ok, to spam a little bit, here are photos of mine