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23-Sep-2004
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
Join Date: Jul-2004
Location: Parksville BC
Country: Canada
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Collected Birch Stump
This birch was collected from my parents farm in Northern Alberta, only one of about 6 or 7 that survived. Tree completely died back except for 2 buds which is what produced this growth.
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This is the story of every birch I have attempted styling on. Enjoy it, play with it, but don't get too attached to it. 
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23-Sep-2004
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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This will be its third year in a pot, I'm hoping its past the point of dying on me, once they get established they seem to be rather prolific growers.
I think the reason that I lost the other ones is because the area where they were growing was a peat bog and the majority of the trees had very long tap roots, this one came from closer to the road so it had a fairly shallow root structure. Live and learn. |
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23-Sep-2004
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That's interesting Matt, I've only tried birch once, and after two years it looks remarkably similar to CD One's.A stump with shoots coming of the base.
Anybody else have similar or different luck? Mike |
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24-Sep-2004
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This belongs to one of the members of the local bonsai club. It was collected from a lanscape area.
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24-Sep-2004
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bonsaiTALK Artisan
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So, it can be done, nice tree Rene, the trunks and bark on a mature birch are beautiful indeed.I'll have to try again.
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24-Sep-2004
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
Join Date: Jul-2004
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The whole reason I collected the birches in the first place was because of the bark, The majority of the trees I dug were fairly young yet they already had that wonderful silvery white bark. I'm sure it will take a few years to get that on my twig. My project for the winter is to build a large grow bed so hopefuly that will speed up the progress.
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24-Sep-2004
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As you can see the bark on this one is a bit brown-ish. The owner assured me that later in the year it will shed the old bark and new shiny-white bark will appear. The trick here is to wire the branches early in the year, bend them in one go and then let them alone until you remove the wire. They do not tolerate bending the branches back and fort. This will lead to die-back.
I can assure you this tree looks even better in real-life. regards, René |
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25-Sep-2004
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Hi All ,
I too have collected a couple this past spring and so far so good . This is also my first go at birch and I have been referencing Nick Lentz's "BONSAI FROM THE WILD" for my attack on this specie! Rene' I really like your friends tree.Don't you all agree that the bark can be stunning? Regards, Jonathan
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