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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
Join Date: Sep-2004
Location: Bartlesville OK
Country: USA
Posts: 839
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Some Collected Elms From Spring 05
These are some elms and winged elms (the first two pics) I collected this spring. They are vigorously growing-I have to stay on top of the new shoots every other day or so.
One is going to end up as a mame, one is a shohin, and probably the third one too. The two smallest ones have a flare at the base that is buried under the soil for stability during root development. But they'll be lifted in their new pots eventually. They were all growing out of rock (limestone), which caused the swell at the base. I may do a sort of layer eventually to get more visible roots around the bases.
Collection of these was done strictly with hammer and wedge and hand pruners. They were left to soak in a nearby pool of water in their plastic bags while other trees were being collected. A couple of hours later and after a sandwhich, they were potted up in training pots because their roots were shallow and fibrous enough to do so. Two others didn't make it because there weren't enough roots. One of them broke off during collection. I tried to treat it like a cutting, but it was just too aged for that to work.
The first one has a rock imbedded in it.
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