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3-Feb-2004
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Amature Tanuki
Haha..
After asking a hundred questions on this forum and researching, I decided to use my very boring needle juniper to form a tanuki. Found myself a piece of deadwood, then carved it a bit with a chisel. I don't have all the equiptment that most pros have so I used resources to the best of what I had. It was pain staking but here are the results!
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3-Feb-2004
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I dug a trench to fit the front part of the trunk...and nailed the tree to the deadwood.
If u'r trying this for the 1st time, make sure u take the tree out of the pot 1st...and then when u do...make sure u drill a hole in the tree 1st...man...nailing a nail to a tree wasn't all that easy when it's got a round trunk... I also nearly got bitten by a red back spider...so check the pot... oh and one important thing..wear gloves... anyway. so I nailed the tree, twisted the top part to the dead wood and added two more nails there. Here is a close up of the nail. The tree is about 1.7 cm in diametre.
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3-Feb-2004
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Ummm...
nails... conifer... I have read and been told that ferrous material and conifers don't mix... I hope they are brass nails  Nice job though  Regards, TB
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3-Feb-2004
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haha yea..they're brass...well...at least gold in colour...
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3-Feb-2004
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Greggles,
Couple things: Brass is toxic to junipers and this is not a needle juniper. Rather, it is a San Jose juniper. You might consider replacing the brass nails with aluminum screws. Best of luck! Kind regards, Andy Rutledge www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm zone 8, Texas |
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3-Feb-2004
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Andy, You've made me doubt my own mind now
 Just to make sure it wasn't a figment of my imagination, I did a little checking up... I have a book in front of me which says to use solid brass screws, never steel or plated screws. The plant being demonstrated on is a blaauws juniper... can we have a second (third?) opinion here Regards, Chris.
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3-Feb-2004
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Aaaagh! Chris, you're rightl; my mistake! I remembered exactly the opposite. I found my reference and it says as much as yours does. Greg, I am very sorry for this mistake. You've done right if you used brass. I apologoze for my brainfart.
I'm going to and read all of my bonsai library over again... Kind regards, Andy Rutledge www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm zone 8, Texas |
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3-Feb-2004
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Andy, you had me going there! not to worry, all sorted now.
Regards, Chris.
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3-Feb-2004
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Chris thanks for getting us back to whats right... and Andy...thanks for being a better person and admitting a mistake, something anyone can do.
We have here an example of what Andy has said a few times in various places... be on guard of what you learn on the net... For the most part we do get it right here but sometimes a 'brainfart' or just some poor judgement comes through. Not all who give the incorrect answers are as up front in trying to check their facts... Plus... it was better than 5 hours that the incorrect info sat out there. Conclusion, check and double check...be sure of your info and if you see something that looks incorrect...question it and check..... a lesson learned by all? Lets hope so!!! Jay
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3-Feb-2004
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Jay advises:
"Conclusion, check and double check...be sure of your info and if you see something that looks incorrect...question it and check..... a lesson learned by all? Lets hope so!!!" Words to live by! Kind regards, Randy Utledge ...um, wait... um, let me get back to you on that... |
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