Mt. Crawford Forest Pine Dig (South Australia)

[Luke308]

Thanks, all I did was mist them twice daily for a month, and keep them in the shade. Ive now started watering them. If the soil is dry, I wait a few days, then water them. 100% success rate for my first dig (touch wood)

[Luke308]

Unfortunately one of the Radiata's didn't make it, it was due to me not getting all of the root-ball in one go It was the first pine I have dug though. Anyway here is a few recent pics of the other 2

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I thought I had more photos of the Radiata, but I cant find them. I will take some more during the week, and attempt to do a virt of what is in store for it this spring. I'm gonna try my hand at trunk splitting to get a radical bend

[Andrew F]

Looks like a good project mate, i look forward to the pictorial on how to bend these guys

[Luke308]

Looks like a good project mate, i look forward to the pictorial on how to bend these guys

So am I I took it to the workshop the other week, and got opinions. After hearing what is possible, I am rather looking forward to it as I thought it would kill it. We'll have to wait and see, but I will document the process and outcome. But be warned, it may be a what not to do tutorial Just kidding, my local pine guru has offered to help with the trunk splitting and bending, so I am confident. Stay tuned

[kcpoole]

Nice recovery Luke, they look healthy enough to start work on them

Velvet, check out this thread on some methods to bend larger Pine material, so far so good. viewtopic.php?f=131&t=7125&"

Ken

[Andrew F]

Looks like a good project mate, i look forward to the pictorial on how to bend these guys

So am I I took it to the workshop the other week, and got opinions. After hearing what is possible, I am rather looking forward to it as I thought it would kill it. We'll have to wait and see, but I will document the process and outcome. But be warned, it may be a what not to do tutorial Just kidding, my local pine guru has offered to help with the trunk splitting and bending, so I am confident. Stay tuned

Either way if its documented it'll be helping someone else mate, like me

Nice recovery Luke, they look healthy enough to start work on them

Velvet, check out this thread on some methods to bend larger Pine material, so far so good. viewtopic.php?f=131&t=7125&"

Ken

Thanks Ken i shall give it a look now.