AusBonsai

Bretts wrote:Bugger you Mojo, Larch is great. Ray won't sell me one because he reckons my climate will kill it. I have 3 year old seedlings that I germinated that are still alive but they are growing slow in our heat. Told ray this but he still won't sell me one reckons give it time they will die

Brett, Ray is right, it's too hot for Larch in Parkes, your winter temp is the major issue, but you don't really have the rainfall either. I'm surprised he persists with them in Sydney as they need 60-80 days dormancy every year to stay healthy.

jamie111 wrote:yep there goes anonymity i still think we could run the contest with out to much of a problem even if it wasnt anonymous. and straight up at MM i want a larch too!

Jamie you need to move about 2000km South. Or buy a coolroom.

Cheers MM

Mine looks healthy enough at the moment They usually get a few months dormancy like everything else here. Rain is not an issue we have had running water out here for a while now
As I understand it it is our Summer heat that is the issue and as I stated they do not grow as fast as cooler areas but I am winning so far.

Been a little of a delay with soughting out the comp details with the boss out to lunch but we are still working on it

Maybe someone can get one of these over from Walter
http://walter-pall-bonsai.blogspot.com/ ... offer.html

hey MM, do you reckon an oversized esky would work????

I was told 30 years ago that I would never grow a Japanese Larch in the heat at Penrith, but it's still alive and healthy,
and in the last 2 years since I have moved to a cooler climate it is still going great and the colour is spectacular, in the heat it usually only went brown in Autumn. So it's always worth a try.
Cheers, Jonden

thanks for the info jonden.

i would love to have a crack at one but the problem is up here in queensland you can even find one, it was hard enough for me to get a swamp cypress! i got one of them now, its only a starter but its still alive and kicking.

regards jamie

C'mon Jonden, no bragging without proof, post up a photo.
Cheers
Watto

[quote="Bretts"]Maybe someone can get one of these over from Walter
Why All collected in the last 3 months

I'm interested.
I'll keep an eye out for the final rules/entry categories.
I have an established plant in mind to enter if there is a suitable category and always appreciate the excuse to acquire new plants to work on.

Jan

alpineart wrote:

Bretts wrote:Maybe someone can get one of these over from Walter

Why

...All collected in the last 3 months

Nice little finds there AA, but if I understand the proposed rules of the proposed contest, none of these trees would be eligible for entry, as your anonymity has been broken. (You'd have to check with the Rules Committee about this.) That said, I still look forward to your progress with them!

Thanks.

Fly.

Nice little finds there AA, but if I understand the proposed rules of the proposed contest, none of these trees would be eligible for entry, as your anonymity has been broken. (You'd have to check with the Rules Committee about this.) That said, I still look forward to your progress with them!

Thanks.

Fly.[/quote]

Hi Fly , obviously you didn't read my original post .I declined to enter the comp. I dont like rules , don't obey rules nor seek permission from commitee's Cheers Alpine

Hery AA I still prefer Walters
As far as I know we have given up on the anonimity thing but don't hold me to that yet . Pity you won't be joining us Alpine Literati has the least rules of all.
Looking forward to you joining us Jan.

Bretts wrote:Hery AA I still prefer Walters
As far as I know we have given up on the anonimity thing but don't hold me to that yet . Pity you won't be joining us Alpine Literati has the least rules of all.
Looking forward to you joining us Jan.

Surgery Starts on Wednesday so that rules me out . My pics are Yamadori untouched as yet , Walters are semi styled , big difference . His pics are better as well . Cheers. Alpine

It's the aged pine bark I like better Sorry mate I am hard to please hey