CreekChalk
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They will come north in May, with phytosanitary papers from Louisiana.As a fellow Canadian can I ask how you got it across the border
I sent you a PMThey will come north in May, with phytosanitary papers from Louisiana
With an elm you should be fine!
I just rewarded myself a BIG slice of homemade cheese cake for being able to get that tree.Went deep into the swamp today and only collected one BC but it is a special one! Got mud from head to toe so no picture until I get that thing potted.
BTW yes I did have to fight skeeters and scary critters to get to that tree.
The tree took a long time to collect. My charge rate is $250/hr. This tree is costly![]()
I like the apple good luck .my first round of bonsai I had 2 nice wild apple . The classic old farm cattle pruned . Still looking this round . Be pro active with pest and disease . ControlI just collected two trees in the past several days. The first is a hornbeam that was growing beside a brook in our woods. I put it in a grow box, and made a tent with a clear plastic bag, and placed that in our furnace room. That process worked well last spring with several hawthorns collected in March. The second tree is a root sucker from a Sargeant's crab apple (Malus sargeantii). This tree had been pruned and even hit by the lawn mower over the past several years. I previously used the root cutting shovel to sever it from its parent tree. I put this in a pot.
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How big a moving truck are you getting just for the trees . Don’t lie it’s bonsai people asking . Not people that will pass a insanity exam . Don’t forget to bring mine northWent deep into the swamp today and only collected one BC but it is a special one! Got mud from head to toe so no picture until I get that thing potted.
BTW yes I did have to fight skeeters and scary critters to get to that tree.
The tree took a long time to collect. My charge rate is $250/hr. This tree is costly![]()
What no beer ? LolI just rewarded myself a BIG slice of homemade cheese cake for being able to get that tree.![]()
I will rent the biggest Uhaul enclosed trailer and make two trips.How big a moving truck are you getting just for the trees . Don’t lie it’s bonsai people asking . Not people that will pass a insanity exam . Don’t forget to bring mine north
Walking that tree out of the swamp took my breath away! Every step was hard laboring.
That’s a major nice tree . Crazy potentialWalking that tree out of the swamp took my breath away!
I got back to my office. Took a cold shower and got right back to work![]()
I like the bark a lot.Ahhhh, but so worth it!
Now for the photo tax...a yamadori barberry I got today!
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Me too, my first barberry, other than the 8 I ripped out of my flower bed when I purchased my house like 16 years ago, back then bonsai didn't cross my mind, and I hated barberry.I like the bark a lot.
She’s a beauty!