AusBonsai

bodhidharma wrote:That is starting to come together Matt. Although..i cringe at having to prune one, let alone a group. It would look good styled like the Chaemycyparis group i put up here. Oh, by the way, not sleeping mate.

Slowly slowly.. maybe in another 30yrs they might be getting close. The pruning is not that bad, standing on the trimmings barefoot is

Slept most of last week while it rained, all charged up now I can get out & do something with the trees.

At the National Collection, we have found that using thick leather gloves and long-handled scissors or secateurs has provide adequate protection from being merciless punctured.

I have a few A. bidwillii myself and have looked at this thread a few times. Interesting to see your progress. Here's one I liked the curve of and wasn't sure whether to chop just above the lower growth or remove it once I have some growth further up as it is on the inside of the curve. I guess we will wait and see!

I started removing a few of the internal branches and also in the apex's as they were getting very full. Attached is a pic of one of the branches & what I found most interesting, the variance in size. It gives me hope that in time leaf reduction may be possible. Dansai,
I look forward to watching your bidwillii develop & mature, you will find they grow very quickly if given plenty of food & water.

Matt

Edit: They really aren't that bad to prune, moving the group is another matter, tallest tree is now 115cm and they are not light.

I decided to dig my small bunya today to make room for more permanent garden residents. I look forward to seeing how it responds to the treatment, timing & health are both factors that swayed my decidsion. I am hoping to get budding at the cut ends of branches as these will grow horizontal or slightly downward. New shoots from the trunk turn upright close to it & can quickly outgrow this small tree. Height 28cm.

Matt

looks more interesting in real life matt but none the less agood read though a lot of it to me still is IM learning more every day and todays little trip out lunatic gully was great


talk soon

J

Matt
The trees are coming on well.

Dare I say that they look like A columnaris?

Roger

J,
Sorry if it was a bit of overload, their is loads more you didnt see

Roger,
The similarities are striking tho not true to bidwillii, what would the naturalistics say

Ok so experimenting with a midwinter prune didnt get growth going earlier like hoped but it did fuel massive amounts of back buds, on the shortened branches & also on the trunk where some of the whorled branches had been removed. Budding in the apex has been strongest (as expected), you can see where shoots have been removed & 2 strong new buds are forming (yellowish colour). The shoot at bottom of the pic has already had the tip pinched out & the new ones at top will be done in another week or so when they have extended a bit more. In this pic you can see the different stages of buds. Those marked in orange are completely new shoots from the trunk & have powered, already having there tips pinched out. The spots marked with blue are where 2 backbuds have already been removed & a 3rd has come up since the last tidy up 3wks ago. The buds marked in yellow at the tips have been present the longest but are slowest moving, a few further back in along the branch can be seen powering out just like those from the trunk. Instead of free reign I intend to keep the tips pinched this season & see how it progresses.
Matt

Gave this a light prune today :whistle

any chance of an update?

no idea wrote:any chance of an update?

Nope unfortunately as the OP has been banned from the forum (several times) .

Ken

kcpoole wrote:

no idea wrote:any chance of an update?

Nope unfortunately as the OP has been banned from the forum (several times) .

Ken

Maybe the OP's threads could be locked to save you this trouble

Or I could go get a photo of it if you want lol.