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Re: Mt. Crawford Forest Pine Dig (South Australia)

Posted: November 18th, 2011, 7:28 pm
by 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) :fc:

Re: Mt. Crawford Forest Pine Dig (South Australia)

Posted: April 10th, 2012, 10:06 pm
by 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 :palm: It was the first pine I have dug though. Anyway here is a few recent pics of the other 2
pines2.jpg
pines3.jpg
pines4.jpg
pines1.jpg
pines7.jpg
pines5.jpg
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 :fc:

Re: Mt. Crawford Forest Pine Dig (South Australia)

Posted: April 10th, 2012, 10:17 pm
by Andrew F
Looks like a good project mate, i look forward to the pictorial on how to bend these guys :)

Re: Mt. Crawford Forest Pine Dig (South Australia)

Posted: April 10th, 2012, 10:28 pm
by Luke308
VelvetSicklid wrote:Looks like a good project mate, i look forward to the pictorial on how to bend these guys :)
So am I :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: 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. :fc: :fc: 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 :lol: :lol: :lol: Just kidding, my local pine guru has offered to help with the trunk splitting and bending, so I am confident. Stay tuned :)

Re: Mt. Crawford Forest Pine Dig (South Australia)

Posted: April 10th, 2012, 10:33 pm
by 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

Re: Mt. Crawford Forest Pine Dig (South Australia)

Posted: April 10th, 2012, 10:40 pm
by Andrew F
Luke308 wrote:
VelvetSicklid wrote:Looks like a good project mate, i look forward to the pictorial on how to bend these guys :)
So am I :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: 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. :fc: :fc: 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 :lol: :lol: :lol: 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 :D
kcpoole wrote: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.