Looking for info on collecting/yamadori

21-Dec-2007	#1
Sailor_Jerry bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Dec-2007 Location: Ft Meade, MD USDA Zone: 7a/b AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 179	Looking for info on collecting/yamadori Apologies to everyone if this has been discussed at length previously, but I've searched and gone through the articles section and can't find it. Can anyone point me to a primer or guidelines on collecting potential bonsai material from the wild? Anything from intro through in-depth material would be great. I'm not looking to kick off a whole discussion (althought I'm certainly not standing in the way of one), just a link would be a great help. Thanks for any help!

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21-Dec-2007	#2
AndyWilson bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: May-2006 Location: Johannesburg Country: South Africa USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 667	Try Nick Lenz book. its the est i have read on the subject so far. and here http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/AT...0W%20Pa ll.htm first part of a 3 part article by Walter Pall. check out the website and the advanced articles section...

21-Dec-2007	#3
Mcspeed bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Mar-2006 Location: West Springfield Massachusetts Country: USA USDA Zone: zone 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,202	http://walter-pall.de/ - read it from the master, also did you use the word "Collecting" in your search, because there is some really good info written up, I think also Brents site has info too. I echo Andys choice for Nicks book - although it is limited to mainly northern north american native material. __________________ If at first you don't succeed -- skydiving is not for you. Always remember that you're unique -- just like everyone else Enjoy this day. Bill

21-Dec-2007	#4
Sailor_Jerry bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Dec-2007 Location: Ft Meade, MD USDA Zone: 7a/b AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 179	You know, I totally forgot to look around at B4M! Great Walter Pall link too. Thanks guys... Last edited by Sailor_Jerry : 21-Dec-2007 at 11:18 AM.

21-Dec-2007

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There is a great DVD by Andy Smith a premier collector. It can be found here this a very through review of collecting and instruction.

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21-Dec-2007	#6
rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	The basic guidelines are there aren't really any basic guidelines. THere is no one or a thousand ways to tell you how to collect a specific tree. Even Nick Lenz specifies in his book that his methods are for tree in the Northeastern US. I know I don't use alot of them here in the Middle Atlantic states, depending on which species I'm digging. The best way to learn how to do it, is to go with someone who has done it--more than once successfully. Without experience, you're in for ALOT of trial and error. Not that there's anything wrong with that. That's basically how I learned, but don't collect any terrific trees (learn on mediocre or even bad trees) until you have kept a collected one alive in a container (don't plant collected stock back in the ground) for at least TWO years...

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