Allocasuarina Littoralis [Ryceman3]

[Ryceman3]

A couple of before and after shots for both of these after I gave them some attention today.
They had pretty much just been left to grow on since the last update.
I'll be needing a pot for the second one soon I think.

Tree #1

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Tree #2

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[Ryceman3]

Gave one of these a trim today... I think some wire (and maybe a small angle change next repot) will help push it forward. Nothing traditional about it, but I enjoy working with this tree.

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[melbrackstone]

I love the shape of this one Ryan!

[Ryceman3]

I love the shape of this one Ryan!

Thanks Mel. It’s the first tree I ever wired so it got a lot of bends in places for no apparent reason essentially because I could. You can do a lot with a skinny stick!
Like I said, there are many I’m sure who aren’t convinced of it as a bonafide “bonsai”, but it’s fun to work on (and a bit sentimental for me too I suppose).

[Ryceman3]

... and here's the other one of these after it had some attention today.
I really need to get a pot for this, but I just haven't seen something that makes me think - "that's the one". I think it will look much better when it finally gets one, but for now - it's black plastic!

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[Rory]

I love your #2 (the one without a pot)
That heavy leaning casy is beautiful mate. Well done.
It’s hard to keep an Allo as a small tree, but you’ve chosen the better material. Littoralis is much easier to maintain small than torulosa.

As far as jin is concerned, I’ve never had much luck with deadwood on Casys. It just deteriorates too quickly and one day when you’re pruning, you bump it and notice it’s barely hanging on, haha

But well done on that look, that is lovely.
I’m not a big fan of the other, but I love number 2

[Ryceman3]

I love your #2 (the one without a pot)
That heavy leaning casy is beautiful mate. Well done.
It’s hard to keep an Allo as a small tree, but you’ve chosen the better material. Littoralis is much easier to maintain small than torulosa.

As far as jin is concerned, I’ve never had much luck with deadwood on Casys. It just deteriorates too quickly and one day when you’re pruning, you bump it and notice it’s barely hanging on, haha

But well done on that look, that is lovely.
I’m not a big fan of the other, but I love number 2

Thanks for the comments Rory.
I really like Littoralis, they are pretty easy to work with once you get into the swing with them and development is reasonably quick. Hopefully I can keep them relatively small - I don’t have space for big ones,
The jin is really just a bit of whimsy. The branch was coming off so I figured why not go for a bit of dead wood... if it stays for only a year or makes it 5, I’m not too fussed.

[Ryceman3]

One month on and another trim back today. Don't usually show another pic as the growth extends after a cut back so I thought I'd chuck one up ...

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[Ryceman3]

A new pot I got today put to good use ... and the first time in a proper pot for this Littoralis.
I had been hesitant to go with a crescent for this, but I think this one works pretty nicely.
The pot is Marie Hewartson.
I love the transformation from plastic to clay.

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[TimS]

I’ve always found a tree suddenly looked even more impressive when it goes out of plastic into a ceramic and your she-oak is no exception, looks great in the crescent

[Ryceman3]

These are still going, no before shots but they had a mid-summer trim today so thought I’d post an update. I left a little more foliage on than I have in the past just to see what happens. I’m finding these reasonably bullet proof now they are set in their pots, very easy trees to work with and develop.
Now that I’ve said that of course I can expect something bad to happen …

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[Patmet]

Love what you've done with these. Makes me excited to keep moving forward with my casuarinas.

[delisea]

Hey R3,
The trees are looking great as usual.

Do you fertilise your Casuarinas or rely on them fixing their own N? If so what with? I have burnt mine in the past so I'm a little shy.

Cheers,
Symon

[Ryceman3]

Hey R3,
The trees are looking great as usual.

Do you fertilise your Casuarinas or rely on them fixing their own N? If so what with? I have burnt mine in the past so I'm a little shy.

Cheers,
Symon

Hey,
I fertilise exactly the same as all my other trees. I use liquid ferts (Charlie Carp, Powerfeed … whatever) and also DL in tea bags. No dilution in strength and they seem to love it.
Make sure you apply liquid fert to wet soil, if it’s dry you run the risk of “fertiliser burn” in my experience.

[delisea]

Great, I'm big user if Charlie Carp on my other trees. I wonder if I it burn before because it was dry.
Thanks!