Sno’s Class of 22

Sno · Post by **Sno** » January 2nd, 2022, 7:10 pm

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 .

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This year I repotted it into a ‘42 mice ‘pot .

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To my eye it’s a bit to big ,but I am not braver to go any smaller .

Close up of flowers .

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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 .

tgward · Post by **tgward** » January 2nd, 2022, 7:34 pm

pot looks good to me - better an oversized pot than a struggling tree -- a struggling tree can easily attract too much care - nice tree

Rory · Post by **Rory** » January 2nd, 2022, 11:20 pm

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.

Watto · Post by **Watto** » January 3rd, 2022, 5:54 am

Great idea, I look forward to the regular updates with anticipation.

Sno · Post by **Sno** » January 3rd, 2022, 3:46 pm

Rory wrote: ↑January 2nd, 2022, 11:20 pm 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 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 .

boom64 · Post by **boom64** » January 3rd, 2022, 8:31 pm

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.

Sno · Post by **Sno** » January 6th, 2022, 6:14 pm

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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Ryceman3 · Post by **Ryceman3** » January 7th, 2022, 6:07 am

Great bark and lovely movement from the trunk line into the branching.
Nice…

melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » January 7th, 2022, 7:01 am

Love it!! Bark sure does look dramatic.

Sno · Post by **Sno** » January 7th, 2022, 5:24 pm

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 .

Sno · Post by **Sno** » January 7th, 2022, 5:47 pm

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 .

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melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » January 7th, 2022, 6:29 pm

How much of those big roots are you going to hang on to?

Good luck with it!

Sno · Post by **Sno** » January 7th, 2022, 8:03 pm

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 .

melbrackstone · Post by **melbrackstone** » January 7th, 2022, 8:39 pm

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.)

GavinG · Post by **GavinG** » January 9th, 2022, 3:57 pm

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

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