Sno’s Class of 22
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Sno’s Class of 22
I thought I would start a new thread to show , talk about stuff that is happening at my place this year . The good the bad and the ugly .
First up . Because it’s flowering at the moment is a Baekea imbricata .
This year I repotted it into a ‘42 mice ‘pot .
To my eye it’s a bit to big ,but I am not braver to go any smaller .
Close up of flowers . I started it from tube stock probably 5 or 6 years ago and from what I have experienced it is reluctant to bud on older wood , that’s why it’s tall and slender . It isn’t endemic to my area but so far it handles a sub alpine climate .
First up . Because it’s flowering at the moment is a Baekea imbricata .
This year I repotted it into a ‘42 mice ‘pot .
To my eye it’s a bit to big ,but I am not braver to go any smaller .
Close up of flowers . I started it from tube stock probably 5 or 6 years ago and from what I have experienced it is reluctant to bud on older wood , that’s why it’s tall and slender . It isn’t endemic to my area but so far it handles a sub alpine climate .
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
pot looks good to me - better an oversized pot than a struggling tree -- a struggling tree can easily attract too much care - nice tree
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
If that’s only 5-6 year old stock I wouldn’t think you’d have a problem with shooting on older wood.
I would be more confident than you, but I can understand your unwillingness.
I find they are fairly good at shooting back on older wood, but I’m not in a sub zero climate.
Mine seem quite happy to shoot anywhere from a cutback. Although I find they are similar to Casurina, in that they don’t shoot back well from very young twigs. Cutting the very young growth seems to die-back occasionally. I wouldn’t have a problem cutting back on 1cm thick branches in about November.
The flowers are beautiful how they tuck in behind the leaves.
I would be more confident than you, but I can understand your unwillingness.
I find they are fairly good at shooting back on older wood, but I’m not in a sub zero climate.
Mine seem quite happy to shoot anywhere from a cutback. Although I find they are similar to Casurina, in that they don’t shoot back well from very young twigs. Cutting the very young growth seems to die-back occasionally. I wouldn’t have a problem cutting back on 1cm thick branches in about November.
The flowers are beautiful how they tuck in behind the leaves.
Rory
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
Great idea, I look forward to the regular updates with anticipation.
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
I may be guesstimating a bit on the age , I think I am trying to forget the last couple . It was grown in a pond pot and it’s been chopped a couple of times . Going on my memory I doubt I would of chopped below the green and if it had popped a bud lower on the trunk I would have cut down to it . I think last year I gave up trying to thicken it and went with what’s there . It was put into a bit bigger bonsai pot than this one last spring from the pond pot .
I’m moving away from pond pots into nursery flats because I don’t like how the roots set when they are scrunched up .
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
Hi Craig very nice little tree ,personally i dont mind the thin trunk especially with a little movement. If anything it seems to be a better representation of what you see in the bush. Next.. Cheers John.
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I repotted this Kunzea today after a good trim , it’s been flowering for a couple of weeks but the new growth had hidden the flowers . The bark on this is the real feature .
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
Great bark and lovely movement from the trunk line into the branching.
Nice…
Nice…
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The bark at this time of year becomes all flaky , you can leave it on but it gets a nice constrasting look if you peel it off .
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I dug or rather I sucked it out of the mud this Eucalyptus viminalis today . I have been watching this tree for a few years after it had got damaged in a storm and died back to close to the base . It’s been growing in a dry creek bed , not in the best of health because of to much competition from other trees around it .
We have had so much rain that everywhere is literally a quagmire so the creek is not dry anymore . Lake Jindabyne has been full for a while , maybe a couple of months . Unfortunately the powers that be , won’t release or use the water . So we are going to lose thousands of trees that are under water on the lake foreshore . It’s not going to be pretty .
Anyway now I wait and see if this tree will respond .
No snakes were harmed during this operation .
We have had so much rain that everywhere is literally a quagmire so the creek is not dry anymore . Lake Jindabyne has been full for a while , maybe a couple of months . Unfortunately the powers that be , won’t release or use the water . So we are going to lose thousands of trees that are under water on the lake foreshore . It’s not going to be pretty .
Anyway now I wait and see if this tree will respond .
No snakes were harmed during this operation .
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
Thanks Mel . The roots are what I am keeping . There was another ‘layer ‘ of roots underneath which I chainsawed off . In time , if it survives , I will ringbark some of these roots to encourage better roots closer to the trunk .
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
A good project, I'll look forward to seeing how you go with it! La Nina is being a bit strong this year, hope it doesn't mess with Winter weather like it's doing with Summer. (I am enjoying the relative cool though.)
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Re: Sno’s Class of 22
Are you putting it into bonsai mix, potting mix or pure grit? I'd be thinking about the grit.
I hope it goes crazy on you,
Gavin
I hope it goes crazy on you,
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