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21-Jul-2005
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Crepe Myrtle trunk chop
In early March I decide that I would remove a Crepe Myrtle (CM) from my yard and attempt what the folks over at Dugz do with Olives.
http://www.dugzbonsai.com/olivehead1.htm I had asked around the board to see if anyone had expierience with this to no avail. I even contacted the folks at Dugz and they hadn't tried it on a CM either. So....I went to work. 1st picture is the CM taken from Mom Earth and with root ball still attached, awaits the butcher block. 2nd picture is the cleaned up ball...notice the veins of awesome colors that run trough these trees!
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21-Jul-2005
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Now to take the plunge.......THE CHOP
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21-Jul-2005
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The same day I planted er' and watered and root hormoned and stimulated...
then came April......May......June.......July....NOTHING. I kept scraping back some bark and it was still green underneath so there was hope.........but.......nothin. I thought about tossin the ole boy. Then came the rains from Dennis. AND!......ALAS!.....buddys! yep, little buds!
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21-Jul-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
 
Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: South Texas
Country: U.S.A.
USDA Zone: 9-10
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and roots?
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21-Jul-2005
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Scared to look until fall. The soil I used was from the same place I dug it up only I mixed in some Turface. Its kinda think but I assume there must be some since I scraped of the edges at 45 degrees at the chop to expose cambium layer. Maybe I'll have a looksee today.
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21-Jul-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Eagerly waiting.....
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21-Jul-2005
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I assume you guys are thinking that its budding off stored energy in the trunk?...I didnt think so because of the time it took to actually bud.
look close and you will see litle white roots. buds are turning to stems also in pic 2
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21-Jul-2005
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BeeJay_323
Join Date: May-2005
Location: St. Helens, Oregon
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USDA Zone: 8b
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WOW! I didn't think they were that hardy!
 I've always treated mine as if it they were fragile little babies, I'm always so afraid I'm going to kill them somehow! Well those little imps....they had me fooled! Didn't they?.....Well no more! I should have known better though! Mine survived, even though I had 3 of them crammed into a 10" hanging pot (That was meant to be a temporary fix) for several years. I forgot they were even there, I had other pots all around it and they got water only because I would spray off my deck in the summer, and it drained off into their pot. They were sitting, on blacktop, at the base of my east facing deck, year in and year out. hot summers to freezing winters, with hardly any soil left in the pot! And I only lost one of them, when I finally remembered that they were there, and checked to see if there was any life in them one spring, and I found that they were just full of buds ready to pop! Well 2 of them were!  This was when I was first starting to do bonsai and was potting everything I came across! LOL about 4 years ago now. I potted the 2 survivors up in bonsai pots, and they are doing great. Go figger! BeeJay_323 // Bobbi Jo //  Ma! |
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21-Jul-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Jan-2004
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Steve,
congratulations...looking good AND good information to know. andy |
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