Cjr Crataegus aestivalis clump

[Cajunrider]

Natural clump collected from the grove so all the placement was natural. Roots were cut flat and tops were pruned. I am super excited about this clump.
Collected June 09, 2022 in 96 deg F weather.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Nice clump I hate you southern guys you just go out back the roots way back chop the top off stick it in a pot give it that crazy southern sun and away it goes love that rock covered table seen a pic of your garden think that’s way cool

 

[Cajunrider]

Nice clump I hate you southern guys you just go out back the roots way back chop the top off stick it in a pot give it that crazy southern sun and away it goes love that rock covered table seen a pic of your garden think that’s way cool

Under that crazy southern sun I was sweating like a pig collecting that clump.

 

[discusmike]

Very nice clump

 

[Cajunrider]

Under that crazy southern sun I was sweating like a pig collecting that clump.

Correction. I sweat like a horse. Pigs don't sweat much at all. However, I dug like a wild pig for sure.

 

[Cajunrider]

Note that, while I called it a clump, the trees in it are individual trees that just grew so close together naturally.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

What’s your after care regime . Your collecting late in the season do you put them in the shade mist them . Or just full sun sink or swim

 

[Cajunrider]

What’s your after care regime . Your collecting late in the season do you put them in the shade mist them . Or just full sun sink or swim

Under patio with just 3 hours of morning sun for a week. After that out to full sun. Soil mix is moisture retentive for sure. Watered twice a day. I'm testing bonsai mix later today!! Stay tune to the species study thread.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Under patio with just 3 hours of morning sun for a week. After that out to full sun. Soil mix is moisture retentive for sure. Watered twice a day. I'm testing bonsai mix later today!! Stay tune to the species study thread.

If you water twice a day with your retentive mix you better be standing by with a hose in your hand all day with free draining mix

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Not sure it’s the latitude or species . Or the grower . I’ve learned the hard way to be much more patient with collected trees . We have no conifer here that will respond like your . BC I have a common needle juniper I collected very late April . I got a far amount of its roots all I could get and trimmed none of the foliage . It’s quietly sulking under my crab apple tree gets about 2 hours of first light then dappled light . Granted they are know. To be difficult . The large silver maple again this spring top little trimmed all the roots I could get not a great amount rock crack tree . Moved into more light from the shade yesterday . Nothing moves until it shows growth . I have learned the chop the roots and chop the top and grow a new tree had a high degree of failure . Up here . You need solar panels to grow roots and roots to grow panels . But that’s just me and here do what works for you on your trees .

 

[Cajunrider]

Budding

 

[Cajunrider]

 

[Michael P]

Try as we may, it is SO difficult to get a trunk placement as beautiful as in this clump/forest!

 

[Cajunrider]

Budded out nicely. I might put it in a mica pot soon. It us just to nice to stay in a flat.

 

[Cajunrider]

 

[Cajunrider]

 

[Cajunrider]

Taken out of the tray buried in the grow bed and potted today.
Before pruning


After

 

[Cajunrider]

It doesn't look like much but I am slowly carving the tops of the trees and working on the development of the canopy. As soon as the trees settle and grow in the new pot, I am going to prune and wire the branches. I believe this will look very good in a few years.

 

[Cajunrider]