Highbush Blueberry yamadori

[Darth Masiah]

 

[Darth Masiah]

that insane late march frost hit killed a lot of stuff on my tables. only really hurt the flower buds. the dead twigs are from me breaking them during wiring.



had dug this one for one of my senior dept. members

 

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this guy has grown strong, so i gave it a cut back thinking about the future planting angle.

 

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cuttings all rooted

 

[ShadyStump]

Looking good!

 

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completely grown out again. nice and healthy.

 

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reducing some of the double and triple clusters. man, that clump is going all out.

 

[Doogliebop]

Are these potted in standard 333 from bonsai jack?

 

[Darth Masiah]

Are these potted in standard 333 from bonsai jack?

i switched from the universal inorganic substrate to build your own because i didn't like the turface in it. too many flat shapes for my liking. seemed inferior to the bonsaiblock. i don't think the roots cared for it either; they didn't wrap their little fingers around it ever so gently like lava and they didn't pierce though it and crush it like pumice

January '23 repot/yamadori order

 

[Darth Masiah]

gotta wrap the zip ties if you don't want them tearing thin skin.



trying out some high temp electrical tube shrink-wrapped copper wire. #18, 16, and 14 copper wire is quite nice

 

[Darth Masiah]

 

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fall cutback on shoots i didn't like.


casper was on me before i even finished taking the picture




cuttings looking good

 

[Carol 83]

casper was on me before i even finished taking the picture

He's a beauty.

 

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the whole gang


i see a pretty sick blueberry collection in my future
Nils L.L.

 

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started pluckin a few more from the woods. i always check these 7 foot plus beasts. this one was growing on a couple flat rocks and had a rare radial root formation.



and a fairly small one

 

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aaaaand we're done with the blueberries



not too much trouble. mostly twenty minute jobs.

 

[ShadyStump]

aaaaand we're done with the blueberries

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not too much trouble. mostly twenty minute jobs.
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If it doesn't draw blood it isn't worth it.

 

[Darth Masiah]

first time trying to collect vaccinium arboreum. 99% of the time they're straight poles with two roots, but this one has a little bit of character to me. and it had three roots i busted it's ass pretty hard. hope it makes it, but I'm not keeping those huge field roots around. i also dug another corymbosum that was next to it cause why not.



here they come

 

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