The 2023 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

[Cajunrider]

Common hawthorn I’ve just collected do you think it has potential

Nice. The trunk has interesting character and is starting to bark up.

 

[Wattsy]

its been chewed by rabbits for years that’s what’s made the callouses it’s probably very old this is one loads that I have looked at all of which are obtainable all barked up in the same way they have also all stretched for the light so no low branches on any of them

 

[Shogun610]

Common hawthorn I’ve just collected do you think it has potential

Seal those cuts , usually you want to make a horizontal straight cut as well , then as buds form create taper. Pumice is always good default soil medium as well for anything collected. But cool , I’ve been looking for hawthorn material for 2 years I can’t find anything

 

[Wattsy]

Seal those cuts , usually you want to make a horizontal straight cut as well , then as buds form create taper. Pumice is always good default soil medium as well for anything collected. But cool , I’ve been looking for hawthorn material for 2 years I can’t find anything

When I took the photo I’d only just got it in the pot cuts are sealed now I took one from the same area last year as a n experiment and it pushed shoots last year so I assume all is well with that one

 

[danvillebonsai]

Is there anyone on here in the Northern California/East Bay area that would be willing to share some information about getting started with yamadori in the area? Thanks.

 

[LuZiKui]

Is there anyone on here in the Northern California/East Bay area that would be willing to share some information about getting started with yamadori in the area? Thanks.

What sort of info are you lookin for? Locations to find yamadori, or just best practices for succesfully collecting? A lot of people are very tight lipped about yamadori collecting sites, especially when it comes to trees like Junipers that can take decades (if not centuries) to mature. Someone on here may be willing to provide some info but your best bet is to join a bonsai club up in the bay area and try to make some relationships that way. You've got some great options up that way.

 

[Cajunrider]

What sort of info are you lookin for? Locations to find yamadori, or just best practices for succesfully collecting? A lot of people are very tight lipped about yamadori collecting sites, especially when it comes to trees like Junipers that can take decades (if not centuries) to mature. Someone on here may be willing to provide some info but your best bet is to join a bonsai club up in the bay area and try to make some relationships that way. You've got some great options up that way.

All that is true plus in some cases the land belong to private owners that give special permission just to the one person they know and prefer not to let anyone else on their land.

 

[rockm]

Is there anyone on here in the Northern California/East Bay area that would be willing to share some information about getting started with yamadori in the area? Thanks.

Best way to get into collecting is to join a local bonsai club that does collection trips. Often the places clubs go MAY be already "played out" of excellent material, BUT getting to know people in your local area CAN lead to better stuff down the road.. Connecting with people who collect can be an important part of the process.

 

[Cajunrider]

Best way to get into collecting is to join a local bonsai club that does collection trips. Often the places clubs go MAY be already "played out" of excellent material, BUT getting to know people in your local area CAN lead to better stuff down the road.. Connecting with people who collect can be an important part of the process.

So true. Among the thing I am most excited about is joining a bonsai club in PA once I move up there.

 

[Shogun610]

So true. Among the thing I am most excited about is joining a bonsai club in PA once I move up there.

PA Bonsai society ? We operate out of Montgomery County and surrounding areas.

 

[BrianBay9]

Best way to get into collecting is to join a local bonsai club that does collection trips. Often the places clubs go MAY be already "played out" of excellent material, BUT getting to know people in your local area CAN lead to better stuff down the road.. Connecting with people who collect can be an important part of the process.

A good way to connect is to offer physical labor in return for info. Find an older club member who needs help with the digs.

 

[Cajunrider]

PA Bonsai society ? We operate out of Montgomery County and surrounding areas.

Yeah. I will be near Villanova University.

 

[Cajunrider]

PA Bonsai society ? We operate out of Montgomery County and surrounding areas.

I might show up at a PA Bonsai society meet with a truck load of collected BCs for a club sale

 

[19Mateo83]

Got my beaver assisted red maple dugup yesterday. It was growing in the tidal zone of the creek in the back of our property. It had deep tap root. The soil was the consistency of wormed up peanut butter, making smacking sounds... but the tree ground layered itself in the top humus layer and it had what looked like double root spread.
One with lots of fibrous roots in the humusy layer and another one about 2 inches down with 3 or 4 thicker side roots, which I cut off.
The top portion with nice movement is dead.View attachment 476441View attachment 476442View attachment 476443View attachment 476444View attachment 476445All new growth come out from the section on top of the strait trunk. Need to select a leader there. It should help with creating some taper.

Good score!

 

[KateM]

Good score!

Thank you. I also noticed how variable in color red maple flowers are - from dark ruby red to pinkish tan. I wonder if flower color has correlation to leaf color in the fall?

 

[BrianBay9]

Don't know if this counts, but 20 yr old privet from the landscape. Wife hates them so they had to go. Got two more left to dig but the last one nearly did me in. Usually I'd just run a Sawzall around the root ball and go from there. Three of these were in flower beds with power lines and in-ground irrigation. I had to carefully visualize everything I wanted to cut. The last one was nearly fused to the irrigation line. I spent way too much time separating the two. In retrospect I would have been better off cutting out a section of the irrigation and replacing that. Privet are not my favorite material, but we'll see what lives.

 

[Cajunrider]

This jujube survived multiple hurricanes. I dug it up from my old homestead as a living memento. Today it was chopped from 8ft down to 10”. It has a decent base and gorgeous bark.
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Budding

 

[Gabler]

I would love for you to dig one of those . Wrap the roots I. Damp moss . Pack it up and air freight it to me . But there is that pesky international border . Government inspectors . Quarantine. Fines . And generally buzz killers some people just don’t now how to have fun and mind there own business .

Have you seen Trailer Park Boys? Transport the tiny trees by tiny train.

 

[Cajunrider]

I would love for you to dig one of those . Wrap the roots I. Damp moss . Pack it up and air freight it to me . But there is that pesky international border . Government inspectors . Quarantine. Fines . And generally buzz killers some people just don’t now how to have fun and mind there own business .

 

[Frozentreehugger]

There just styling it. For a more natural deadwood look