collected siberian

[JohnnyFive]

I collected this "old" siberian between two railroad ties on an abandoned line that hasn't been used in 8 years. Pretty sure the train would roll over top for years and has been able to grow freely since the line went down. When I cut the tap root i counted about 20 rings. I got very few roots, and I am still not convinced it will survive. I think the buds may be about swelling. I will feel better when it's budding all over though. (it was a private line where they didn't use the herbicides that large train lines regularly use to keep vegetation clear.

Any ideas on where a tree like this could go? it was lying with this view straight up. I screwed it into a flat board and tied the board into the pot. I don't have any plans on touching it this year... I just wanna see the thing grow!

 

[justBonsai]

Elms are supposed to be extremely hardy. I think people even take large cuttings of these trees--but there are so many varieties so I'm not sure how the siberian elm will fare. Perhaps Tony Tickle's "sweating" method might be a good way to encourage budding and prevent dieback.
http://yamadori.co.uk/blog/page/3/

Looks like a nice stump. Hopefully others can give you good advice. Wish you luck with the tree!

 

[aml1014]

Elms are supposed to be extremely hardy. I think people even take large cuttings of these trees--but there are so many varieties so I'm not sure how the siberian elm will fare. Perhaps Tony Tickle's "sweating" method might be a good way to encourage budding and prevent dieback.
http://yamadori.co.uk/blog/page/3/

Looks like a nice stump. Hopefully others can give you good advice. Wish you luck with the tree!

The siberian elm is such an insanely tough tree, they are extremely invasive where I live and it's quite difficult to eradicate literally thousands of little seedlings a year. We call the seeds this time of the year "Albuquerque snow" lol

Aaron

 

[M. Frary]

If you got anything that looks like a root you should be fine.

 

[aml1014]

I agree with Mike here's the thread on my pumila http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ulmus-pumila.22438/#post-339892
I also didn't say in my first post but that is a pretty sweet find man!
Aaron

 

[sorce]

Toot toot!

Sick!

Sorce

 

[barrosinc]

Huge potential!

 

[Cypress187]

Waw!, Supercool man.

 

[Ironbeaver]

Any ideas on where a tree like this could go?

Walter Pall Fairytale style?
Really cool tree.

 

[JohnnyFive]

If you got anything that looks like a root you should be fine.

I hope you're right!

Walter Pall Fairytale style?
Really cool tree.

That's what I was thinking. If it's doing well, I think I am gonna take it to get Peter Tea's advice... Or wait til next year.

I agree with Mike here's the thread on my pumila http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ulmus-pumila.22438/#post-339892

I also didn't say in my first post but that is a pretty sweet find man!
Aaron

Nice project you linked. I have another siberian (my first collected tree with NO character) that was a telephone pole I collected in spring 2015. chopped it 6inches high, and just did a diagonal cut 4 inches above the soil line this winter. Gonna see how fast I can build taper. I have it in a cement tub. They grow crazy fast! Your tree had way more roots than the one in this thread...

 

[JohnnyFive]

Well, i't been awhile since I have logged on here, Unfournately the Elm didn't make it. Two others I collected from the same area (albeit less cool trees) are growing like crazy! I think it's because I was being dim where I placed the newly collected tree in my greenhouse. I had already started fertilizing established trees that were breaking buds and had it on a lower shelf below... It was a hard lesson to learn... I've killed other trees when I was just starting out. This one kinda hurt!

 

[aml1014]

That's surprising, I've literally pulled one out of the ground in summer and it lived. It was actually my first little elm. Sorry to hear it didn't wake up for you.

Aaron

 

[sorce]

Reporting failures is important.

Thanks for sharing...

How bout pics of the others?

Sorce