Mystery stump
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Mystery stump
Any ideas on species? It was in hard rubbish. Until I liberated it.
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Re: Mystery stump
Possibly some type of Prunus? Do you have a shot of the cut edge/wood?
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Re: Mystery stump
Those sideways flecks in the bark remind me of the peach family. Will you be planting it in the ground, to get the next set of branch/trunk things thick enough to balance with what you've got?
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Re: Mystery stump
Yeah - I’m not sure what I will do if it survives.
It was a surprising pickup - hopefully it makes it in straight orchid bark.
It was a surprising pickup - hopefully it makes it in straight orchid bark.
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Re: Mystery stump
Definitely a stone fruit, could be cherry, plum or even peach with that bark. You will have to wait for the leaves.
Well worth keeping me thinks.
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Well worth keeping me thinks.
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Re: Mystery stump
Looks very much like a plum to me.
If that is the case, you could be elevated into the "plum club"?
If that is the case, you could be elevated into the "plum club"?
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Re: Mystery stump
I'm with you Mike. A stump like that needs either really good carving skills or many, many years of growing to match any new shoots to the existing thick trunk. Quicker and easier to start with seed and grow up to that size.
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Re: Mystery stump
Gotta agree with treeman and shibui; my dad was pulling out a massive old Kanzan Cherry that looked like a slingshot similar thickness.
It has proved a boon in the fire pit, burns very slowly
It has proved a boon in the fire pit, burns very slowly
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Re: Mystery stump
Love a good liberated stump! Another +1 for prunus sp. Not a lot to work with there but worth keeping for some carving practice I reckon.
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Re: Mystery stump
Agreed. Just going to frustrate the bejeezus out of you for 2 decades. Also Luke, this type of material is best planted in pure sand (or even better a sand bed) for the first year then repotted into a more substantial mix. It will make much better root system that way.
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Re: Mystery stump
It was free - just curious on i.d.
I ran out of horticulture sand and wanted it pot into something quick smart given I couldn’t say how long it was the nature strip.
I ran out of horticulture sand and wanted it pot into something quick smart given I couldn’t say how long it was the nature strip.