Bones For Stephentoddpope

ripsgreentree

Just minets ago I was having a conversation with stepentoddpope about saving the bones of trees that have died in my care. This tree was purchased at a show in los angeles for $80.00 one tree the smaller had already died when I purchased it and I was taking a known gamble on the living tree. It was potted in decomposed granit and I feel that this was the reason for loosing the smaller tree. Any way the tree did not servive the repotting and so I am left with these beautiful bones. I will use them eventually in some arangement.

$80.00 bones

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stephentoddpope

thanx rips, those are neat, i will try to poast a pic of my bones i got yesterday, i am planning on leaving them alone, and just keeping themm as an indoor decoration

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DavidN

I too have kept bones of some of the trees that have died. I intend to use them somehow, either as driftwood or a dead tree in a saikei or group planting. I find it hard to throw out things.

David

zeb

You're right.
The most natural saikei I've seen this far had a dead tree fallen under some of the live ones. It made the planting look like a true forest, not a group of japanese-style miniature trees.
Unfortunately, I've lost the pic and I only can see it in my head.


Zeb

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DavidN

Here is a picture of a demo group put together at one of our club meetings. The main tree was an old dead tree. Thats why you shouldn't throw out trunks of a good looking tree.

David

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zeb

That's exactly what I mean. Never throw away any good-looking bones.
Ofcourse, in some cases you can even make a phoenix graft and make it live again.

Zeb

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stephentoddpope

ok, like i said in my last poast, about the mugo pine, i finnaly got up and took some pics, here are the bones i got

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ROBOKU

Ouch thats gotta hurt!!


can i ask how much and how long



ROBOKU

stephentoddpope

how much what?..........how long what?.........

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