My biggest dig ever - Monster Boug.
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congratulations, What a great result
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Wow what a weapon! Awesome.....
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Great tree. If you want to get it to flow read this https://adamaskwhy.com/2016/08/01/the-bougie-man/
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I actually love olives too. But shipping interstate is out of the questions for the big guys...Grainer wrote:Sooooo Jealous..been looking for a HUGE boug for quite a while.. it is on my bucket list! If you ever want to swap for HUGE olives let me know !
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Thanks for the info. However, from my experience and others that I know, except for smarty pants, all other bougainvillea species do not do well with carving... Doesn't matter what you use to preserve the dead wood, rotting is unavoidable. It actually happens from the inside out!delisea wrote:Great tree. If you want to get it to flow read this https://adamaskwhy.com/2016/08/01/the-bougie-man/
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Thanks Ken. It still has a long way to go but I am happy that it survived.kcpoole wrote:congratulations, What a great result
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Anything is possible!kvan64 wrote:I actually love olives too. But shipping interstate is out of the questions for the big guys...Grainer wrote:Sooooo Jealous..been looking for a HUGE boug for quite a while.. it is on my bucket list! If you ever want to swap for HUGE olives let me know !
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I actually did a couple more big digs after this one. Not as big but due to the narrow space, I had to chop all the roots close to the stumps and they seem to survive too. It appears that bougainvilleas are quite tough in this regard. From the experience, I learned that as long as the timing is right and sufficient soil, water and fertilizer during nursery time, the survival rate is very high.Andrew Legg wrote:Looking REALY REALY REALY nice mate! Stunning find and so nice to see it alive.
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I did a defoliating recently and today it pushes out heaps of flower buds. Looks like full bloom this time.
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Hey kvan64 - this is the first time I have seen this thread. To quote other folk - Wow!
Amazing stuff. What vision you had - I would never even think of this size of Yamadori as a future bonsai!
Thanks for posting all those year's back. Cheers for the update too.
Well done.
Amazing stuff. What vision you had - I would never even think of this size of Yamadori as a future bonsai!
Thanks for posting all those year's back. Cheers for the update too.
Well done.
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Hi MJL
Thanks for the kind words. I will update when it's in full flowers/
Cheers
DK
Thanks for the kind words. I will update when it's in full flowers/
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That really is a monster bougie. It'll be even more impressive when it's a mass of flowers. Good going, kvan!
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Thanks for the nice words buddy. Hope that it will flower profusely this time. Will definitely update with pictures when in better flowers.melbrackstone wrote:That really is a monster bougie. It'll be even more impressive when it's a mass of flowers. Good going, kvan!
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Re: My biggest dig ever - Monster Boug.
WOW!
Thanks for posting and updating,
I've decided that I'd like to grow little trees for the rest of my life and seeing incredible information and progression like this one really inspire me.
Thanks again,
JW
Thanks for posting and updating,
I've decided that I'd like to grow little trees for the rest of my life and seeing incredible information and progression like this one really inspire me.
Thanks again,
JW
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Re: My biggest dig ever - Monster Boug.
That's kickass mate. Awesome work, I gotta do some collecting.
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