Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
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The 2024 Yamadori/Collecting Thread
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Orion_metalhead
Masterpiece
I see youre
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Isn't it always?
Cammo
Seed
This is my first post on the forums, hope I'm not doing anything wrong.
I have a fair assortment of trees I'm working on; new to the hobby though so nothing finished worth showing off anywhere else.
But I did manage to collect these awesome Crepe myrtles from a facebook marketplace listing. I think it was worth it.
I was afraid they weren't gonna survive but in just under 2 months they appear to be doing just fine. Gonna leave them alone for a while before I put them into shallower containers and make more chops.
I have a fair assortment of trees I'm working on; new to the hobby though so nothing finished worth showing off anywhere else.
But I did manage to collect these awesome Crepe myrtles from a facebook marketplace listing. I think it was worth it.
I was afraid they weren't gonna survive but in just under 2 months they appear to be doing just fine. Gonna leave them alone for a while before I put them into shallower containers and make more chops.
The Barber
Chumono
Looking good! That's a nice haul for sure! Welcome to the forums! You might start a thread in the flowering trees sub forum for those trees, might get some good input for sure, not to mention it's a nice way to document them as they develop.
Also, here's my photo tax.... American hornbeam collected this spring, thriving.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I've collected a few. Killed most.
Spring for me but I've collected some in August with varying success.
I like spring for the simple reason the tree gets more recuperation time before the deep freeze.
Also collecting these trees is an exercise in patience. They love their sand. I get as much around the roots as possible at time of collection. Then slowly remove some replacing it with bonsai soil over the years.
I've not been around much here lately. Lost a bunch if trees,lost some interest blah,blah,blah.
Nothing in pots but I do have 2 jacks that I collected 5 years ago in buckets still. Just been keeping them alive. Almost released them back into the wild. Still native soil nothing done to them.
I'll be cutting off every new shoot back into last year's growth tomorrow to get some back budding. Hopefully.
In 2 years(yep 2 years) I start removing soil and deploying the colander. 2 years later maybe a large bonsai pot. Like I alluded to. Patience with these trees.
Forrestford
Shohin
Does anyone know of a guided yamadori collecting trip? I would love to get to the mountains with like minded individuals to collect.
The Barber
Chumono
You might hunt down someone who goes collecting out west (Or east), and see what it would take to go on a yamadori trip with them.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
I've thought about offering such services - I'm in a great place for it here in southern Colorado - but I can't rightfully do it without getting much better at collecting myself. Taking money for the trip without being able to offer a reasonable assurance of the trees' survival would eat at my conscience.
cody94withrow
Yamadori
well I'm about as jelly as it gets rn.
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
Accidental collection. Buttonbush
gschup
Sapling
The Barber
Chumono
The 5 ft tall boxwoods I got for free from Facebook marketplace a month ago or so are starting to push buds,so survival is starting to look possible as bad out of season as it was. They'd been laying out pretty near bare rooted/pulled out of the ground with a strap for a day when I picked them up.
Desert O'Piñon
Chumono
Sounds like tree-rich people problems!
Lol
"Accidental collection" is an absolutely foreign concept for me.
Hoping to collect these elms (Chinese or Siberian?) from a lot slated for construction. Not sure when it is scheduled. Might have to risk an off-season attempt.
4 elms ranging from 2 to 7 feet, the largest trunk about 5 inches.
The last is a native Catclaw Acacia, Senegalia greggii, which is almost taking over the lot, along with honey mesquite.
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ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Look like Siberian elms to me. Pretty sure it's way to dry in NM for Chinese elm to naturalize like that.
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
I dug around a BC and yanked it up. The buttonbush was weaved in with the BC roots so it came up as well.
Desert O'Piñon
Chumono
Nice. That makes sense now.
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
First bud today 8/03
Attmos
Shohin
Does anyone ever make Yamadori from trees damaged by nature? I found a Honeysuckle tree that had been blown over (or something disastrous) right at ground level.
It's about a three to four inch diameter and still very much alive even though it's being fed by a small number of roots.
Thing is... it's not real attractive right now, actually very boring, having only one branch below where I would cut it.
I think it could have potential but I have no experience. I'd love to have a few experienced eyes take a look.
It's about a three to four inch diameter and still very much alive even though it's being fed by a small number of roots.
Thing is... it's not real attractive right now, actually very boring, having only one branch below where I would cut it.
I think it could have potential but I have no experience. I'd love to have a few experienced eyes take a look.
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Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
We collected damage trees all the time. In lots of cases, that is more often than collecting perfectly healthy trees. For me I am always looking for damaged and stunted trees with lots of characters.
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