allocasuarina torulosa2
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Re: allocasuarina torulosa2
I don't think you should chop it to the first branch ant, but repot it into a longer flatter pot, and earthy colour will do! I think it is an amazing tree and you would ruin it if you chop it back and air layer it! Love the tree I really want it!!!
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MattA wrote:Your right about the pot not doing it any favors, when did you pot it up? It's a great pot & loads of potential in the tree but not together.
I am finding my one an interesting species compared to cunninghamiana, slower all round but so much nicer in the long run. I will be interested to see how you go with an airlayer & if you get any back budding once its reduced to the first branch.
Matt
It has now been in this PK pot for 2 yrs. In the right size pot and mix with the right conditions they power hard and fast. We are getting some brilliant results in the ground !!! They pop really well when chopped but not on the cut like litoralis generally an inch or two lower and all the way down to the foot. Two years ago i purchased 5 x 1 metre high trees that i chopped all down to 6 to 8 inch bare stumps. They all popped like crazy 4-6 weeks later and are in the ground beefing up at an astonishing rate. Craig and Beau thanks all the same however you guys can tell me that when im done. This has been a long time coming for this tree. In my eyes its sub standard!
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Cheers mate, thats the sort of stuff I wanted to hear. I plan to put a heap of diff species in the ground real soon. I will be using tubestock but that wont make much diff to the rate they grow...
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I dont think you should chop it, I dont think you should chop it, I dont think you should chop it... OMG !!!
Dont think... just CHOP !!!
i told you bush stick just a matter of time !!! 
Dont think... just CHOP !!!
i told you bush stick just a matter of time !!! You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Re: allocasuarina torulosa2
Nice little tree in that layer mate, will be a cracker quicker than its mother
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Re: allocasuarina torulosa2
Excellent, a layer is the way to go. I am watching this thread to kick start my large one again. Might also be a layer job. Keep me updated.
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MattA wrote:Nice little tree in that layer mate, will be a cracker quicker than its mother
Funny that !!! Thats the bit i worked on Nature worked on the mother...
Thanks Matt ! Will do Bodhi !!!
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Re: allocasuarina torulosa2
That layer will be a ripper Antonio!
How recently did you do the layer...a day or two ago, or a few weeks back?
Cheers, Dario.
How recently did you do the layer...a day or two ago, or a few weeks back?
Cheers, Dario.
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Hey Dario did it yesterday !!! Will be great just wait to see how long it takes to layer ???Dario wrote:That layer will be a ripper Antonio!
How recently did you do the layer...a day or two ago, or a few weeks back?
Cheers, Dario.
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Re: allocasuarina torulosa2
In the wild Mother Nature would have given it more of a shellacking than any nursery or bonsai grower 
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MattA wrote:In the wild Mother Nature would have given it more of a shellacking than any nursery or bonsai grower
Yeah showm to me where are they ???
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Next time I head up the Wattagans I will get some pics of the torulosa's along the ridge, if only it wasn't National Park 
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Re: allocasuarina torulosa2
Yeah, I am very interested to see how long this layer takesanttal63 wrote:Hey Dario did it yesterday !!! Will be great just wait to see how long it takes to layer ???
Cheers, Dario
