Sorce 6 Year JBP contest entry.

[Anthony]

@sorce ,

let us know how the ones with the curly cotyledons grow.

Caution - the cutting off the stem under the cotyledon may not be for
better surface roots [ eagle's claw [ but for getting a better, lower response
with regards to budding and the cut down [ when your top grows to say 36 inches
tall and you cut down to 3 / 4 inches height for the next step of training.]
Good Day
Anthony

 

[sorce]

Them seeds soaked for 48 hrs on the oops...then sat dry till now.

Going in the fridge lile this.
View attachment 173820
Real moss.View attachment 173821

Sowed some soaked ones in the white and green drip trays. And some in the water of the whitetray holding the dried but scratch green ficus...oops! Looks good though!View attachment 173822

I will be filling random crevices all year!



Sorce

How long are they supposed to be in the fridge!?

2.5 months later!

No pests at all go Marigiold! Flower!
Absolutely no growth on the seedlings..
Ohhh pooh Marigold, hogging all the nutrients. Imbalance!

Pill bugs in the fridge? Imbalance!



But we'll see how these do in the yard!

Along side some fresh ones....

Kiss
Fully noting the Assanine activity of putting these in the fridge so far....!

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Planted out a couple pairs in small 8822 top.
Big 8822 middle.
And one single in pumice on thebottom

And they went outside on an east facing wall.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

So the seeds thrown in the fridge....are still in there!

More are popping though.

This one was "seedling cuttinged" while still in the pod. About 2 weeks ago.

I wonder why we don't do this early on?

Thos is one of those new waxing moon poppers...
May be a Barberry though.


Sorce

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Did them earlier last time some in the seed. Less success and less roots. I think they need more green to produce roots?

 

[sorce]

Did them earlier last time some in the seed. Less success and less roots. I think they need more green to produce roots?

It seems...I'm wondering if there is a early stage maybe...like 1mm or less out of the seed...

Where there is still enough energy in the seed itself to make roots.....

I'm not having much success with anything....
So I'm experimenting!

Sorce

 

[Anthony]

And then the High Sorce, remembered he only needed 5 to 10
seedlings to go for the prize.
Goeth Sorce groweth.
Best of growing
Anthony

* And where do you put 5 to 10 black pines in 12 to 16
inch wide x 5 to 6 inch deep pots ?

AND AND AND, learn to take cuttings from your personal
stock, then needing more 12 to 16 ........................ pots ...........................

 

[sorce]

The one I seedling cuttinged still in the pod...

Right fatter and lower than everything else.

This is my horse.
The basket with all the eggs.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Much more growth on the small DE ones...which...is still 2...so half the nutrients, none since Mid July

Pumice.

..

Large De

Small DE is winning.

S

 

[M. Frary]

Small DE is winning.

Because its D.E.
Nothing better to grow plants of any kind in.
Trees especially. It's like the perfect substrate for them.
No breakdown. No need to ever half bare root that tree.
Excellence!

 

[bonhe]

Hi Source,
Since you have so many JBP seeds, why don't you try this? You just scattered the seed on the ground, I mean regular ground in the yard, and water every day as needed. You should see a lot of new seedlings arise in one month. That is from my friend's experience. He had a lot of Korean black pine seeds which he got from Korea. Because of having no time, he just scattered the seeds on his yard. A month later, multiple seedlings appeared. A year later, he removed these seedlings and put them in 4" square plastic containers. It was so impressed to me.

Any way, will you start wiring your seedlings next year?
Thụ Thoại

 

[sorce]

Any way, will you start wiring your seedlings next year?

Haven't thought about wiring yet!

They say my winter treatment should Kill em. If it doesn't, I will!

Sorce

 

[bonhe]

Haven't thought about wiring yet!

They say my winter treatment should Kill em. If it doesn't, I will!

Sorce

Your area is really cold in the winter, so it is probably not a good idea to wire the tree at that time.
Thụ Thoại

 

[sorce]

Your area is really cold in the winter, so it is probably not a good idea to wire the tree at that time.
Thụ Thoại

I would wire them after spring growth. Or maybe in fall.

S

 

[Fonz]

I would wire them after spring growth. Or maybe in fall.

S

I read somewhere that the images in Bonsai Today #20 aren't representative with our climate and that our trees get to the same size (where you wire them the 1st time) in fall where in BT#20 they wire in spring.

I hope my Engrish made sense

 

[sorce]

A bit of a look at where -20 with snow cover took place.




Uploaded out of order.. .but even the one with late growth from last year hiding any good terminal has great buds just back.

Couple yeller needles I'll lose.

But yeah. G.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Healthy AF these.
Like -20something is regular!

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Sorce

 

[sorce]

From June 30th.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Found this...in the very center of my "cramped for autowater" table.
Must have been a bird.

Topped off with some Frary mix and some small DE.

This one went for more a bit after the Solstice.

Great simple tight rootmass by the way.
The part exposed there is the same as the other side, nice round mass.

Sorce