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Crawlings Bonsai or Bust Join Date: May-2005 Location: Madison, AL Country: USA USDA Zone: 7b AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 15	Found two Cryptomereas today... I was on a walk today and found these two growing in a cleared out area in some red clay and decided to bring them home and see what I could do with them. BTW these are my first ever bonsai attempts, I figured what the heck, if they fail then nothing wasted, right? So I took them to the local nursery and the guy told me that they are Cryptomereas, but I just wanted to get a second opinion from you guys about what species they are. When I brought them home I potted them in regular potting soil after pruning the roots, then watered them. I also put wire around the tall one as you can see to try and get some structure to it. I'm open for suggestions and what the next step should be. Should I just leave them be for a year or so, just watering, or do I need to replant into some better soil, or did I do everything completely wrong and these are wasted? (I wouldn't be surprised Does anyone have a good link to a "how-to" for transplanting a tree from the wild into bonsai( is there a more technical name for this technique)? Here they are:

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15-May-2005

Carl_Bergstrom

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Originally Posted by Crawlings

I was on a walk today and found these two growing in a cleared out area in some red clay and decided to bring them home and see what I could do with them. BTW these are my first ever bonsai attempts, I figured what the heck, if they fail then nothing wasted, right?

So I took them to the local nursery and the guy told me that they are Cryptomereas, but I just wanted to get a second opinion from you guys about what species they are. When I brought them home I potted them in regular potting soil after pruning the roots, then watered them. I also put wire around the tall one as you can see to try and get some structure to it. I'm open for suggestions and what the next step should be. Should I just leave them be for a year or so, just watering, or do I need to replant into some better soil, or did I do everything completely wrong and these are wasted? (I wouldn't be surprised

Does anyone have a good link to a "how-to" for transplanting a tree from the wild into bonsai( is there a more technical name for this technique)?

I don't have a good link ,but here are a few rules of thumb. I'm sure I've omitted plenty. Will Heath has written a nice article here at BonsaiTALK about collecting from the wild, where he goes into this in quite a bit more detail.

1) Get permission from the land-owner
2) Collect at a seasonally-appropriate time (early spring, for most species in most places) whenever possible.
3) Get as much of the root mass as you can.
4) Place the tree in a well-draining bonsai soil with minimal disruption to the collected root ball
5) Cover in a poly tent if necessary
6) Don't style them until they have recovered, established vigorous root growth, and are pushing new buds vigorously. This will take at least a year, often longer.

Best regards,
Carl

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