defra
Masterpiece
3 years from seed wont work cus in 1 year and 6 months it should be in a tiny pot so it wont thicken up enough i guess
Mame contest idea
- Thread starter defra
- Start date
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Ends mid winter...am I figuring wrong? Three months to get tree. Puts us into end of summer heading into fall. A year from then in pot...is still end of summer. Then one more year...would still be end of summer...no? I am considering it starts when the ending of the tree collection/acquisition is up. And then from year to year at that ending date.I'm always up for a contest. Entered every one since joining here. Thinking Tropical this time since it's ending mid-winter. I swore no more tropicals but always room for a little one
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
It would be cool to see winter silhouettes for an update leading into the last year of the challenge though, to see development on the branching.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I think that is fare...material that you haven not actually worked. That has not had wire on it or a direction yet set for it.
Congrats @M.Frary for keeping his tree on the right path to a successful lil' Mame tree.
Looks like Feb. 20-02-2020?
From the entry thread
How does the contest work?:
The contest is made out of three parts:
Part one:
the search for material.
3 months
(20-05-2017 -- 20-08-2017)
Part two:
prepare it and get it in the mame sized pot.
1 year and 3 months
(20-08-2017 -- 20-11-2018)
Part three:
keep it alive and devellop the mame tree.
2 year and 3 months
(20-11-2018 -- 20-02-2020)
Total Contest length:
3 years and 9 month's
Start: 20-05-2017
End : 20-02-2020
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Well...for trees that are dormant in the north...that sort of sucks. Oh, well...guess it will be silhouette shot then. Best hope my game plan is to create ramification then. Still a great excuse to add material that I pondered then talked myself out of...I guess I assumed it would allow dormant trees to wake up. So figured end of Summer with the date of the final tree being purchased the start of the final parts. I'm not disappointed...just gives me an ideal to shoot for style without foliage. Which can still be pretty cool.
I just hope I live that long... let alone a tree in a tiny pot.
defra
Masterpiece
You can do it !
defra
Masterpiece
After the three months you have one year and three months to get it in the pot..
(20-08-2017 -- 20-11-2018) so it has to be in the pot at 20-11-2018
Its a part of your search to consider if the material you score will be up for the potting in the given time...
And yes end of contest will be in winter so there is a visual on the branch structures if decideous if everyone wants to have the end with leaves we can always extend the contest
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
When I was talking Dates...
I was talking 1yr And 3 Months later, like. From "today".
So I'm not taking credit for this schedule.
But I like these times Better.
Allows time for any tree to Be potted in either hemisphere.
Mugo, Tropicals, Ds.
Then in the end we get To see green needles, Bare naked, and tropical leaves!
Sounds fun!
I Got a Barberry, maybe a box, maybe an airlayer.
I hope we get a lots of entries.
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Keep Pulling Effing Wheelies!
Moving Trucks full of stone....
Digging river cliff trees!
I gotta die young to know I Was good!
It's getting effing late!
Sorce
Lets me know my "limbs" are still flexible enough to train. LOL
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I like you allow for all species to be reported in a healthy onset for their climate. Was thinking fall color...or early spring with spring foliage emerging. But silhouette is fine with me. Will mean focus on a pot choice needs to be stepped up...presentation a key. Hiding no ugly flaws under foliage. For those deciduous trees. Which is fine by me. 20-11-2018 most likely will have a dormant tree as well. Wish we could have a photo update for deciduous just for viewing in leaf. But, we can share elsewhere so no real hiccup there for me.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I'll pot them now. Because I would use nana procumbens junipers.
Could have the tree ready for the final showing by next weekend.
And they would be alive in 3 years.
CasAH
Chumono
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Mame raft?
Squirmy mame?
Burly mame?
Sumo mame with uro?
All American elm
Squirmy mame?
Burly mame? Sumo mame with uro?All American elm
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Tentakelaertje
Omono
Yeah, the burly mame is purty! Time to start building branches?
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
These trees are 2 years old from seeds I took from an adult elm I was trimming.
That one is about an inch in diameter just above the soil.
It's just got it's second chop and a good example of chop and grow technique. No wire yet. Maybe never if it behaves good like it is. Also I don't use wound sealer on elms. Well,anything but these trees heal over like gangbusters.
