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bonsaiTALK Adept
Join Date: Mar-2004
Location: Aptos, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 215
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Oaks on a Juniper dig?
Al and Melissa: Thanks for taking the pictures of us hard at work. I have finally got around to taking the pictures (not very good ones) you suggested of the collected Tucker oak in the pot. This oak is very tall and has a hollow trunk for 90% of the height. The hollow part is about 3/4 of the depth of the trunk and it is naturally aged. This feature is very dramatic although the pictures don’t show it well. It is 12 inches in diameter at the base and 43 inches tall at the last live branch. About the top 6 inches is dead and will be removed as soon as I get enough energy to cut through that hard wood. Harry suggested it would be a good one to dig but it may be too tall to be a bonsai unless it buds back lower on the trunk.
I have also posted a picture of the oak that I collected two years ago in a nearby location. This one is doing fine and it has grown new branches back very low on the trunk. It looks a little bare because I just repotted and cut it back. I also removed about 50% of the leaves on the remaining branches to help it recover from the transplant. It is 8inches in diameter and 23 inches tall.
I will see you and the rest of the Bonsaitalk crew at the Shohin Seminar tomorrow.
Gareth
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