callistris

Glaucophylla, Rhomboidea etc
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Max
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callistris

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Hi everyone
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This Callistris was given to me about 2/3 yrs ago. It sat in a 6" pot for about a year and was only watered , it got fed once in a blue moon, twice if lucky. I root pruned it last spring after a strong wind had blown it off the table and a lower branch ripped off the trunk, it was extremely pot bound. I cut 2/3's off, but when i raked it out i was left with even less. I planted it in a 300mm tapered pot using RichGro Seasol potting mix. Maybe for about a month or so it sulked but then it took off. I had cut off about a third off the leader to send energy to the lower branches
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the bark is coming along
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where the branch was ripped off
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The left branch i'm going to grow branching structure and then jin back to the trunk. The right hand lower shoot will be grown on. The trunk is 30mm, to top leader cut is 300mm high and at 150mm high the trunk is 15mm
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Re: callistris

Post by boom64 »

Hi Max ,Tough species ,looks like yours is powering on, well done. The only problem I have found with the light green variety is they can be a bit on the coarse side .Looking forward to future updates. Cheers John.
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Re: callistris

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Two years down the track
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