The 2024 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

[Cajunrider]

I walked through a grove of near death oaks and selected the smallest one to save.
8” trunk live oak collection. As weak as the tree was and the drastic prune necessary to remove the dead circling roots. It is very dogtful that the tree would live.
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Tree is surely dead but a root sprout managed to live on.

 

[The Barber]

Went and walked for an hour and a half on an 80 acre property I got permission to hunt trees on this year. I was too busy being amazed to take photos...but did snap a few. Typical Kentucky shallow topsoil on top of clay which makes for some really amazing radial roots.

Can't wait for spring!

 

[BonsaiManic]

Typical Kentucky shallow topsoil on top of clay which makes for some really amazing radial roots.

Can't wait for spring!

I'm jealous! Except for the last one. I don't envy you trying to dig out that monster!

 

[The Barber]

I'm jealous! Except for the last one. I don't envy you trying to dig out that monster!

Hadn't crossed my mind, though I snort laughed when I read that lol.

 

[gschup]

Hawthorn that was part of a hedge. Collected may 4th, stuck in a black bag for a little less than a month. The growth looks promising!
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Short little update: It reaches for the sky!