John P.
Chumono
Another Engelmannii with about 5 years to go before the trunk is large enough to do anything with:
Just showing per the post above.
Just showing per the post above.
Show us your Oak (Quercus) Pre-Bonsai
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dacoontz
Mame
Actually not absolute on the ID. It is a best guess based on local trees and having some fellow bonsai enthusiasts give their opinions. Have any thoughts because I’d love to know with 100% certainty?Aahh Spring! Sure of ID on this? Personal ones just swelling buds now. Some wild ones showing tiny leaves.
Pine_nut
Mame
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Indeed maybe can help. Need to wait for wild trees growth and perhaps personal trees also. Patience and will see about photos(and tech support help)to provide pics for you
. One question: when new leaves FIRST emerged were they slightly fuzzy and pink?
dacoontz
Mame
They were not. Always this pale green like you see in the picture. Funny you should say that though as I have an urban yamadori that I collected from the lot behind my house with leaves that did emerge looking this way. I’ll post a pic here in a little bit when the light is better.Indeed maybe can help. Need to wait for wild trees growth and perhaps personal trees also. Patience and will see about photos(and tech support help)to provide pics for you
BeepBeepBonsaiSheep
Chumono
Gabler
Masterpiece
Quercus palustris
dacoontz
Mame
Picture of the collected oak I mentioned previous. Long way to go. Wants to push news buds like crazy at the bottom of the trunk but infrequently where I want them. Going to feed frequently this year and hope for the best. Think my box and soil may not be ideal either, but too late to change that this year, I’d imagine?
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Nice trunk! These appear as Cal Black Oak. Personal one slightly behind yours presently. Personal tree is exactly opposite in that is very apically dominant but could be because of poor growing location/overcrowding of trees
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tangledtanuki
Yamadori
Oaks collected ealry this year. Seemed to have woken up nicely. I'd love any feedback although this year just going to leave them to get nice and strong this year.
szelelaci
Mame
Quercus cerris, turkey oak from nursery. In development for 3 years now. Primary branch structure is established, first branch needs to double in thickness. I love the nebari, it's around 20 cm wide but some gaps need to be filled so most of it is still under the surface. Bark is getting rough where it was burried before I started shaping it. I'm thinking to wrap the higher section of the trunk with sphagnum or something similar and keep it wet for a season or two. I read somewhere you can speed up the aging of the bark this way. Any experience with this?
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Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Nice bark & some good trunks. When ready would suggest cutting first tree back to lowest branches because of straight uninteresting trunk. Good collecting
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Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
Quercus virginiana collected 2019 and now pictures.
tangledtanuki
Yamadori
Yup. There's some potential there for cutting back although I might just keep it long and try something more light and delicate. First need to get them through the first yearNice bark & some good trunks. When ready would suggest cutting first tree back to lowest branches because of straight uninteresting trunk. Good collecting
BeepBeepBonsaiSheep
Chumono
tangledtanuki
Yamadori
Loaf those leaves. Do you know the scientific name for this species. I'd like to see if I could find some here in Israel.
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Quercus shumardii
SininCincinnati
Seedling
Can you air layer a 100 year old oak? I have a 40 foot ladder and I’m eyeballing some great branches with good taper. I was told earlier my silver maples would be much easier.
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Depends on age of part to be layered. Oaks generally considered very difficult to layer. Best prospects pretty young stems of only maybe a couple years. Perhaps possible with longer layering period over one year
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Gabler
Masterpiece
I‘m in the process of trying to layer a burr oak, Quercus macrocarpa, with beautiful corky bark. I cut off a two-inch strip of bark, all the way around each stem. One branch died. It was on the north side of the tree, so the tree just aborted the whole branch. Two more were at the apex of the tree. The tree completely closed up the gap in a season. You would not have been able to tell I had even attempted to air layer it. It completely healed. The fourth branch was on the south side of the tree. A narrow bridge of callus/scar tissue almost bridged the gap, but not quite. It also had a bunch of fragile, white protuberances, which I took to be an early sign of root formation. Of the three surviving attempts, I’ve girdled them again this spring and generously applied rooting hormone gel, so hopefully, this year the layers take, and produce enough roots to sever them from the mother oak. If I can get just one genetic clone, I’ll be happy.
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