Yamadori Azalea's

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Yamadori Azalea's

Post by Mack_187 »

G'day everyone

I've been pretty quiet so I thought i'd share todays adventure.

Got a call from my bonsai homie Ricardo on Thursday morning. He ask's "What are you doing on Saturday ? " I replied
with " Nothing man, what do you have planned ? " He got the hook-up to dig some azaleas in Melbourne. They've been in the ground
for 2-3 years and they're 1 metre tall. Trip planned for Saturday 9am. Digging tools packed, gps programmed in, lets go.

When we got there they looked abit drab but after closer inspection we knew these guys we're abit older than 2-3 years.
They had been grown in a front yard garden bed no more than 200mm deep and came out with ease (fibrous rootballs ready for bonsai pots) and were in soft loam. I really wish collecting was this easy all the time.

Got them home and gave them some seasol. :hooray:

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Nice haul boys!
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Hi Fella's , men after my own heart . Nice haul that's for sure .We should be seeing some nice Big Azalea Bonsai from Australia in the not too distant future .

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Very Nice haul boys :yes:
Just love the Gnarly stump :yes:
definitely been there a few more than 3 years too :-)

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:o :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:
Cool Mack. I am having a go at some backyard yamadori tommorow if you are free.
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Thanks for the kind words guys :tu:

The guy we got them off had a camelia in the ground that was coke can fat and he thought that was 2-3 years old aswell.

Said he'd sell it to us, changed his mind once we got there, oh well cant complain and the azaleas we got for $10 each :o

And gargar im there !

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Post by anttal63 »

Some nice shohin material there well done ! :tu:
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