New to Bonsai from NJ

[Orion_metalhead]

Thanks! Yeah, Im a plant guy at heart. I just like the slow rolling change.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Some more collected trees from today. Some kind of juniper and some elm/zelkova saplings. They look slightly different than my zelkova and the growth habit is more weepy/lateral so I think maybe an elm. Not many roots on the nicer one... hoping it lives. Most went into the grow bed.





Side by side of zelkova(bottom) vs collected treee (top) leaves.

The juniper.... just letting it grow and recover now. Will style in spring. Need to move it to the side of the yard. Its heavy. I think it will survive.

 

[Gabler]

Do you find you have better luck collecting in the fall? Why now, as opposed to spring?

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Ive collected in fall before without issue. Especially species not super dependent on roots/water or species which root easily. Also I take the opportunity when I get it no matter what time of the year. I dont repot my own trees in fall but if something is getting ripped out anyway, ill give it a shot.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Whatever this is, looks like its doing ok. If it pops in spring, I'll start a thread for it.

 

[Eckhoffw]

‘picture this’ seems to say that it is this

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Makes sense. Will see as it gets a bit more progressed. Just happy with the growth response.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

@leatherback, trying your cutting method. They're ficus cuttings so... probably the easiest test subject of all time.

 

[leatherback]

@leatherback, trying your cutting method. They're ficus cuttings so... probably the easiest test subject of all time.

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It has been a few hours now. Got roots yet?

 

[Orion_metalhead]

I went downstairs and look what I already have!!!

 

[leatherback]

I went downstairs and look what I already have!!!

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Looks about right. Well done

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Heavy Metal Bonsai Attack from New Jersey

Name the song and get a reward:

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Posting for historical on this collected viburnum. Hope it survives collection.

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Also collected some root sprouted crepe myrtle and some other bush which I dont know what it is. The crepe myrtles got potted up. Not many roots on them. Hope they do ok. The other bush is not potted. Its in a bin full of mulch to keep it moist. Plan on putting tomorrow.

Seems to have made it through... plenty if buds showing on this tree. By end of this week, Should have leaves all over.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Repotted this hydrangea today. Will get its own thread at some point.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Picked up some nursery stuff off discount:

A berberis:


Boxwood 1



Boxwood 2


Chokecherry

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Pruned up some zelkova cuttings... 1 yr old. looking good. Will separate them next year for grow out.



Also pruned some forsythia collected last year.



This one might become a raft:

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Long road ahead.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Example of trident cuttings with humidity vs without. I had them covered but with a big bucket on the one group and it didnt trap moisture enough:

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Rooftop collection turned root over rock. Trying @Shibui's foil method.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Took the procumbens collected in the chip bag Monday and potted it up properly. Ill leave it in this pot for probably two or three years to bulk up. Maybe some selective wiring on it. Need to get it really healthy.