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18-Apr-2005
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mistermoyogi
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Collected pin oak
Our club went on a dig this past weekend - we visited a site that was strip mined for coal many years ago. A stand of pin oaks was planted by the state of West Virginia about 40 years ago as part of a mine reclamation project. This is one of the better trees that was collected. Interestingly enough, none of the oaks we collected had a tap root - maybe because of the extremely rocky soil that they were growing in. The site has been grazed continually by deer and such, making for better collection choices as well. I am sure we will be revisiting the site during the years to come.
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18-Apr-2005
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bonsaiTALK Expert
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holy cow! what a find! I've gotta move myself near some old strip mines!
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19-Apr-2005
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Hi Mr.Moyogi,
Nice looking tree,although reading the thread title I entered with some negative interest.The PinOak grows here all throughout the wild aswell.I have always been told that the tree was no good for making bonsai unless the finished tree was going to be in the XL sizes(4'range) due to its leaf size.So now I must ask if this tree will really reduce its foliage and ramify enough to make a convincing bonsai?Wow,I can only assume that it will or you would not have went through the trouble of collecting it.Thanks.
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19-Apr-2005
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mistermoyogi
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Pin oak
Thank you all for your comments...
Wes: I have read that the foliage on this species does not reduce well...The tree currently is about 39 inches in height....I will probably not plan on too much reduction of the current apex - especially since the taper is good. I am hoping that someday it will be a credible larger size bonsai, pending of course, its survival. Continued regards, Tom Simonyi |
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19-Apr-2005
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bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
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Hi and Thanks Tom,
Ok, so yes its going to be a big one,cool.I hope it goes well with the reduction,if not...at least it looks good in dormancy.
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19-Apr-2005
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bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
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Leaf size and reduction are kind of beside the point with really good wild specimens. If the tree has decent movement and character in the trunk and is capable of pretty good ramification, what difference does leaf size make anyway, or species for that matter.
This tree comes up excellently in trunk size, ramification, character and potential. So what if the leaves are four or five inches (they will most likely be smaller than that since "life size" pin oak leaves are about four inches). I suspect the leaves will reduce on this species pretty nicely (although not greatly) anyway. Tom, it already is a credible bonsai--you did very well in getting this one. All you have to do is make it live and make it credibler  |
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