New starts for 2017

[Smoke]

I finally retired this tube of cut paste. This empty is the original one I started with some thirty years ago. I bought the new tube about a year ago but the old one just seemed to go on and on. I finally used it up tonight preparing this tree for spring...



the tree I used it on....

 

[justBonsai]

What the hell is that ugly thing....elm tree?

 

[halfclueless]

I think you can squeeze a bit more from that old tube!

 

[just.wing.it]

That's what my last tube looked like...
Thanks for reminding me to get more!
I see someone likes old bottles! I used to collect old bottles...they look cool!

 

[j evans]

I like the bottles too, what are the ones on the far right?

 

[Smoke]

I like the bottles too, what are the ones on the far right?

Soda bottles

 

[Smoke]

What the hell is that ugly thing....elm tree?

Nope!

 

[augustine]

Hi Smoke,

I like this gnarly tree. Looks like some type of vine. Branches at the apex look like VA creeper but I don't know if you have these on the West Coast.

Happy New Year, best to you and your Sweetheart!

 

[Giga]

I have the same type of stuff

 

[CWTurner]

one I started with some thirty years ago

30 years! Well you can't throw it away now. Put it on the shelf with those bottles.
CW

 

[ColinFraser]

Nope!

Grapevine maybe?

 

[just.wing.it]

I thought it looked like a vine too...
But I have no clue...

 

[JudyB]

Very Cool.

 

[M. Frary]

What the hell is that ugly thing.

Maybe it's a foemina.

 

[discusmike]

Rough crowd!good luck with your vine

 

[Smoke]

Hi Smoke,

I like this gnarly tree. Looks like some type of vine. Branches at the apex look like VA creeper but I don't know if you have these on the West Coast.

Happy New Year, best to you and your Sweetheart!

Nope

 

[Smoke]

Grapevine maybe?

smart fella....

 

[Smoke]

Maybe it's a foemina.

close....

 

[Smoke]

Grapevine maybe?

The vines are gone. They were bulldozed a year ago. I took this one as a cutting. The shohin study group was invited to take some cuttings and see what we could do.




That's Ken To in the shorts. They are looking at a map to see if they are in the correct field. Notice the shorts and sweat in Feb?


This is how it looked when I took the cutting and planted it into a colander. That was in Feb. 2015. Next month will start it's third year. The whole bottom of the colander is full of roots as it had escaped into the ground. I'll pot this up soon.

 

[Milly]

I like it a lot.
Btw...love the quotation