Collecting 2020

[Kernel_mucci]

sagebrush!

 

[Tieball]

We moved about 3 weeks ago and I dug this little sapling out of the old backyard before leaving. Just started budding out. I have it inside because we just had an unseasonal blast of winter come through last night that is supposed to last most of this week.

Nice sapling......Hornbeam? I’m guessing. I thought you’d have full spring In April.

 

[BrianBay9]

Here are some coast live oaks I collected this year. First attempts so I took some big ones, some little ones. All but one are budding out.

Looks like these all have a good shot. New growth is elongating.

 

[According_bid]

Eastern larch I grabbed on Saturday while picking ramps. Also snagged a few more hornbeams. Super easy dig, taproot didn't go down very far at all. Didn't even use the saw. I like the trunk movement and chopped it at what seemed like a logical spot. Still brand new to the hobby so feel free to criticize. I added a little wire, but tried to stay loose with it. If it looks like it's biting into the bark I'll clip it off and rewire in the fall. I added some sphagnum moss around the roots as well. I still need to cover the trunk a little deeper too I think. Thoughts on this tree's potential or suggestions on styling?

 

[RyanSA]

So, would my best time in South Africa be to collect yamadori a month before spring? Currently winter here.

 

[fredman]

Best time is to scout them now. Lift when the sap starts flowing...buds swell.

 

[Shibui]

Depends a bit on the species. We dig here either mid winter through to bud burst for deciduous or through to late spring (November) for olives and other hardy evergreens. Another window in autumn around March and April has also been successful for olive, cotoneaster, hawthorn, privet, Indian hawthorn.
I have had good success with azaleas any time of year, even mid summer.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Was on a walk with my Mom and me kids and.....saw this sad fella.
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with all the dead, the trunk was very visible .
My mom asked her neighbor friend if she wanted it. I guess she didn’t.
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Yikes! The roots definitely reflect the foliage! Or lack there of.
I put it in a pot full of sphagnum moss with a little bark and Napa.
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still had a little elastic string from the tag. I suspect this wasn’t planted to long ago.
It was in very poor high clay soil.
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can anyone tell me what this is about?
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it looks like it spent time in a clamp?
Any thoughts?
Thank you! And be well.

Suspect was where burlap bag tied around tree too long.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

This is a hackberry with not much root. I put down heavy aeration layer of soil profector, dusted what little root it had with rooting hormone and potted in potting soil. We’ll see what happens.
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Is this tree alive? I've found a couple growing wild and was wondering how easy they would be to collect. I tried an airlayer this year and it has been extremely hardy.

 

[atlarsenal]

I dug two this spring, one never did anything. The other put on half a dozen little green buds and I thought it was going to take off but it sat like that half the summer and never did anything. I checked it a couple of weeks ago and it's done. Both did not have much lateral roots at digging. They send a tap root straight down and maybe one or two lateral roots and they will be deep.

I have a couple in my yard. They are very vigorous in the ground. I'm planning on digging this one next spring. I chopped it at 10" this spring and it has put on more than 7' of growth.

 

[sfeagan]

Here is a muscadine.
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How is this muscadine doing? I've got plenty of this available and was thinking of digging one.