River Red Gum Idol

[Pat093]

Im after some info on River Red Gums, and i also would just like show my lil sapplings idol.



and their what i hope to achieve......in 19yrs



Comments, Advice?

Pat

[Jamie]

gday pat

Im just starting out with river reds, your seedlings are bigger than mine! mine only have a couple of sets of leaves thats a nice image to aim for.

FlyBri is the man to talk to about river reds, I am pretty sure he has been working with some for around 10 years now. I am interested in how long they will take to really bark up, unfortunatly most of the time it is exactly that to get these sorts of things, time.

I reckon grow them on for a while longer mate, get them to around 3-4mm thick, then put some movement into them and leave them alone for a few years (watch the wire of course).

keep us posted mate

[Pat093]

Sweet as, River Reds just amaze me.
Get us a pic of yours?
and send us link to that guy, i'll have a chat.

[FlyBri]

Im after some info on River Red Gums...

...and their what i hope to achieve......in 19yrs

Gday Pat!

I am certainly no expert, and I don't know your level of experience, but I believe that you could create a tree similar to the one pictured in much less than 19 years (no disrespect to the custodian of the tree in question). I have grown a River Red from a seedling for around 12(?) years now, and I think it is just starting to find its form.

Please feel free to ask questions or offer criticism, either here or in the thread I have linked to.

Thanks, good luck, and keep us posted of your progress!

FlyBri.

[Pat093]

cheers man,
thats very nice, im impressed.
how long before its started to bark up and take shape? and did you ground it for some years?