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The 2024 Yamadori/Collecting Thread
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19Mateo83
Masterpiece
Another nice one!
Cajunrider
Imperial Masterpiece
Thanks. This one will be a tall flat top with minimal trunk carving just for the top development.
19Mateo83
Masterpiece
Joe Dupre'
Omono
I'll go get my shovel!Pound of flesh you say? I wonder what the cost is for this oneView attachment 527401View attachment 527402View attachment 527403
Faisal Ahmad
Mame
whoaaa its amazing tree, i want some
Joe Dupre'
Omono
Not so funny story. I lived in the country at one time and had 3 of the same type of trees close to the house. Someone told my wife that lizards loved to live in these trees. The wife HATED lizards. I came home from work one day and all 3 were cut to the ground and blocked up in 2 foot sections with all the thorns and poison ivy still attached. It made for a wonderful weekend!
19Mateo83
Masterpiece
How thoughtful of her
PonderingSage:
Shohin
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The ImpalerPound of flesh you say? I wonder what the cost is for this one
The Barber
Chumono
This honeysuckle is a back breaker.
Darth Masiah
Omono
there's a lot of these oaks in the woods, so i might as well start experimenting
The Barber
Chumono
I have a couple I'm going to try and work in the ground, slowly reduce the roots, and fertilize heavily to try and promote feeder root growth near the trunk prior to collection for a couple of years and see how it goes. I too have a couple collected similar to yours, but from what I read they rarely survive collection. Good luck, hope it survives, I love oaks.
Darth Masiah
Omono
i actually did cut a few strong roots on that one last year and removed a couple little rocks and it did put out a few more roots. working on them while still in the ground helps a lot.
I collect Lodgepole pines that are in the same family as your Jack pines. I have found that the best time to collect them is spring when you see green buds coming on. It is also a good idea to get a good root mass and dirt when collecting. If you collect and it is still freezing at night, I would put the tree on a heat pad set at 60 degrees or so to protect the roots and encourage new growth. If I collect in the fall, I do things the same, but a heat pad is a must.
The Barber
Chumono
Found a great spot to collect virginia pines, gravel/clay soil, all of them are shallow rooted best I can tell, pretty sure they'd pull up without a shovel based on how loose they are in the ground. There are a ton of them in this spot to boot. The needles are tiny on these guys as well!
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Don't trust it!
I no the Rockies aren't the Blue Ridge, but around here if you find trees growing like that they often have LOOOOONG running roots heading off to find water. It is much drier here, so local species have specifically adapted to that end. Yours may be different, but I'd go at it cautiously.
The Barber
Chumono
Ended up grabbing one, it actually had a decent amount of roots near the trunk, the issue was there is no way to avoid bare rooting them. The soil just turns to powder being what it is, so I just mixed in some soil that I know has micorrhiza. Gave it a soak in SuperThrive prior to potting it since I figured couldn't hurt since it was bare anyways. The trees are so shallow, I'm not sure how a breeze doesn't uproot them in that soil. They have some nice old bark to them, definitely gonna see how this goes, hopefully i can grab some more.
PonderingSage:
Shohin
I’d see how this goes before taking others. Without soil l’m afraid you chances are slim for pines and it may be best to visit and enjoy them in the wild.
Maybe try after rain.
The Barber
Chumono
Agreed, didn't start out with the best of them, figured adding soil with plenty of micorrhiza would give it a fighting chance at least. There are probably a dozen nice ones. I collected 6 from a neighbors property that were getting bulldozed back in the fall because they were going to build a house. Those trees all bare rooted like that, of which 4 are still looking as good as they did when collected, 1 is dead, but i believe it had a small amount of roots, and 1 has brown tips. So I believe mixing in the soil has definitely made a difference for those trees. I generally collect the soil from around pines that I can visually see the micorrhiza.
I just put in a layer of pumice, then place the roots onto that layer of pumice, then place the collected soil around the roots and work it a bit with a chopstick, then continue adding the rest of the pumice.
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