Collecting a Juni in the North? Timing Question...

[Vance Wood]

beach shovel?!? That would be a luxury! I did archaeology all through and after college, all I need is a trowel and a toothbrush and I can dig to China... It's how I get all my elms...

Make sure you have permission to dig the tree, and I assume you do but I may have missed the part of the thread detailing purview.

 

[Giga]

Also when digging into other peoples yard you may want to call miss utility- No tree is worth hitting a water/fiber/electrical line

 

[brewmeister83]

Make sure you have permission to dig the tree, and I assume you do but I may have missed the part of the thread detailing purview.

Yup yup, unlike someone who posted this past month or so (you, vin, giga, frary, jkl, and dave4 know who...) I have enough of a conscience to get permission to dig in someone's yard. (that and I don't want milehigh tracking me down on the web...little creepy...) I'm dropping off a nice letter and business card with contact info this week when I drive by again. I'm offering to replace it with new plants, or compensate them monetarily when I dig the plant up. If they say yes, great! If no, oh well, there's more 60's landscape juni around to pick from...

Also when digging into other peoples yard you may want to call miss utility- No tree is worth hitting a water/fiber/electrical line

Good call! I'll have to ask if they know where any of those are relative to the road... I'm guessing I'm safe though, because the driveway is offset from the house, so my guess is that all the utilities are at least 20yrds down the road from this spot near the pole. That, and it looks like this plant's been in the same spot since to 60's. Still, better safe then sorry

 

[Giga]

Yeah since I think the fine is in the thousands, also if you see construction sites about to break ground another place to look if your hunting the streets lol

 

[brewmeister83]

Well, dropped off the letter in their mailbox today, finger's crossed I hear from them soon. Got a closer look at the trunk standing at the mailbox, nice big old shari connected to a long wavy branch on the front and lots of back and forth movement up top. I'd really love to work on this tree, challenging piece of material...

 

[Vance Wood]

Good luck. Just to inform and not discourage: People are funny, ---funny peculiar not funny Ha,Ha, they will consider something a piece of excrement until someone else voices an interest in it then it becomes the miraculous manifestation of the image of Jesus in a cannoli. I have seen this happen more times than I really care to remember. One guy I know who harvests Yews from landscapes approaches people with bribes of booze and or money.

 

[Giga]

Vance has a point, people are weird most the time when something "might" have value of some kind. Good Luck!

 

[Vin]

Good luck. Just to inform and not discourage: People are funny, ---funny peculiar not funny Ha,Ha, they will consider something a piece of excrement until someone else voices an interest in it then it becomes the miraculous manifestation of the image of Jesus in a cannoli. I have seen this happen more times than I really care to remember. One guy I know who harvests Yews from landscapes approaches people with bribes of booze and or money.

I see several statements on their way to the famous (or infamous) quotes page

 

[GrimLore]

I am with Mike on this one. As soon as there is any sign of new(even just one or two tips). If the soil is still stiff man up and dig, pick, and chip away. On a previous post I see you have it in you Hell I am 60 and pulled that Yew a day after it snowed! Not a brag either but it was parked on the buried power cable as well so it just required tiny tools to get around the roots and underneath just pulling away soil. After that a few shots with a chainsaw cutting back the large horizontals and lift! Lift careful - that was very close to if not 100 pounds

Grimmy

Edit: I forgot to add that I have seen plants pushing such as Maples, Hornbeam, and Mulberry and when repotting or digging the root ball was frozen. In all cases I have left the frozen portion frozen and slipped the mess into its new home. NEVER lost one so far

 

[brewmeister83]

Edit: I forgot to add that I have seen plants pushing such as Maples, Hornbeam, and Mulberry and when repotting or digging the root ball was frozen. In all cases I have left the frozen portion frozen and slipped the mess into its new home. NEVER lost one so far

This is really good to know... Thanks for the info. Haven't heard anything back yet, but it's only been a day... Just thought of something today...Hope it isn't an old couple that winters in Florida, might be waiting a while to hear back...

 

[brewmeister83]

Good luck. Just to inform and not discourage: People are funny, ---funny peculiar not funny Ha,Ha, they will consider something a piece of excrement until someone else voices an interest in it then it becomes the miraculous manifestation of the image of Jesus in a cannoli. I have seen this happen more times than I really care to remember. One guy I know who harvests Yews from landscapes approaches people with bribes of booze and or money.

Well, I already offered money... Now the booze - I've got about 15 gallons in the basement... think that's enough?

 

[brewmeister83]

Vance has a point, people are weird most the time when something "might" have value of some kind. Good Luck!

Yeah I've seen that before too, just hope they don't do a google search and find this article and get greedy...

 

[leatherback]

So.. Easter weekend has come and gone. Have you heard back? Otherwise I would consider dropping by and ringing the doorbell (Something I would have done first thing, to be honest).

 

[brewmeister83]

So.. Easter weekend has come and gone. Have you heard back? Otherwise I would consider dropping by and ringing the doorbell (Something I would have done first thing, to be honest).

Nope, haven't heard back yet. I may try the doorbell tomorrow since I'll be driving by again for another doctor's appointment.

As a side note - because of where I live, I've always been hesitant to just "drop in" on someone... Around here, you never know if it's going to be an open minded liberal willing to talk about bonsai, or a gun toting conservative "escorting" me off his property with a shotgun... We're rural enough so we've got both extremes of people up here (and everything in-between) It's the kind of grab bag population that teaches you to be prepared for anything, and I mean anything...

 

[MidMichBonsai]

No pain, no gain? No guts, no glory? ...take your pick.

 

[brewmeister83]

No pain, no gain? No guts, no glory? ...take your pick.

This is bonsai, not football or war...
How about civil discourse which leads to an amiable outcome?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Around here, you never know if it's going to be an open minded liberal willing to talk about bonsai, or a gun toting conservative "escorting" me off his property with a shotgun...

How about an open-minded gun-toting conservative willing to talk about bonsai? I'd be happy to escort you around my property to talk guns and bonsai! Heck, football too.

 

[brewmeister83]

How about an open-minded gun-toting conservative willing to talk about bonsai? I'd be happy to escort you around my property to talk guns and bonsai!

Throw in beer and/or whiskey and you got yourself a deal! The guns might be lost on me though, I'm a bow 'n arrow person myself...

 

[Dav4]

Throw in beer and/or whiskey and you got yourself a deal! The guns might be lost on me though, I'm a bow 'n arrow person myself...

I wanna come, too!

 

[fourteener]

For me, the thing that really determines things is freezing temps at night. When I gather something in the spring, I don't want it to freeze after I've disturbed the roots. If I've gathered something and it is going to freeze, I just keep it in the garage for the night. Turn on a heater if I need to. It's impossible to give a date because spring is always different. Keep your eyes on when the ground thaws and when freezing temps are mostly in the past.