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I don't know what all the fuss is about really! Ozzy keeps telling me to burn all my trees!

Thats Gold Andrew

cmon Mitchell
What have you done? we need an update

Ken

kcpoole wrote:cmon Mitchell
What have you done? we need an update

Ken

I think he is building the excitement. Either that or he burnt the house down

bodhidharma wrote:

kcpoole wrote:cmon Mitchell
What have you done? we need an update

Ken

I think he is building the excitement. Either that or he burnt the house down

Sorry, guys and gals been away from the comp for a few days camping.

Ha ha, not much to show, just a pretty sore and sorry example of a tree.

I'll grab a shot for you all. Now comes the waiting, will it die or does it have some stored energy in the base.
I believe it has a fair chance of surviving. Looking at it now, 100% of the foliage is burnt and dead. I believe though the base holds enough energy to bud back.
I am having second thoughts now, as I should have left some green. Though I guess we don't truly learn until the extreme is committed.


No I didn't burn the house down, thanks for the concern.

wooshka. love your enthusiasum. for ya mate.

Thanks Istari.

Here's a shot of the plant.

Aww..c'mon Mitchell, ya wus, you didnt even singe the bucket.

bodhidharma wrote:Aww..c'mon Mitchell, ya wus, you didnt even singe the bucket.

Hey Bodhi, he did say a soft burn no thats methat says that

I'm checking everyday for green, looks very depressing atm, but will be worth it if I get a bud burst.

My current feeling is that it will die.

Ever flash all the green off before Pup? Did it survive?

Mitchell wrote:

I'm checking everyday for green, looks very depressing atm, but will be worth it if I get a bud burst.

My current feeling is that it will die.

Ever flash all the green off before Pup? Did it survive?

I have personally never done that but Mother nature sure has, in an area that Pup and I go for a walk.
There were two trees that I had permission to collect they were small, about 1 metre. However some little scum bag set fire to it. The small trees did no survive but the larger trees are firing away very well. It took 5 months.

It was a rather small but intence fire, most of the small trees did not survive, the ones over two metres did, and are all well on the way now.

Cheers Pup

It's alive, it's ALIVE!!!

This morning noticed new shoots bursting, will grab some shots tonight after work.

Mitchell wrote:It's alive, it's ALIVE!!!

This morning noticed new shoots bursting, will grab some shots tonight after work.

The tree today.

My observations suggest that even a mild flashing with fire of the outer layers of bark and new shoots will result in prolific back budding. Internode spacing has decreased exponentially, whereas before after initial burns a few months back we had new branches 1 inch apart, we now have branches literally growing ontop of each other. Extraordinary.

For mother nature.


I am enjoying the natural experience of shaping this tree so much, I believe I will endure and try to create a bonsai via only natural methods. This would surely be a task that would prove to be rewarding if completed. I doubt myself and do not believe this plant will go anywhere, as my last posts suggest I did indeed believe it would die after total foliage removal.
Not only has it survived my methods it is throwing it right back in my face. A ground planted tree I have no doubt may survive, but a 150mm trunked tree that was over 2.4m tall before collecting now residing in a 200mm pot. It amazes me everyday that I don't kill this thing.


Thanks for looking. If anyone has some suggestion on natural methods to create a bonsai, I would love to hear. ATM I can only think of another tree falling against it, or a flash flood, I need something I can simulate effectively. Your comments would be appreciated greatly.


I am gonna celebrate now with a couple of 's as I have found two fronts that interest me. 1 that I feel may be worth pursuing, a "windswept fire ravaged tree" the other a sumo, interesting and powerful yet does not appeal to me as much.
He's a shot of what I could create a massive windswept from. Just an idea, I am not making the decisions the plant is, so I will see where it takes me.
Once again I find myself continually pondering as to what makes me see bonsai in a tree. To be honest my biggest issue in this hobby is being able to see a bonsai, most every time I view what is said to be a bonsai, I see a plant in a pot. I long to see a bonsai, a plant in a pot that represents to me the image of one in nature. Even masters of bonsai seem to fail to meet my criteria of a bonsai. I myself have no bonsai and I don't expect really to ever have some I can view as a true rep. This sadens me greatly because I long to sit and view, to stare and be lost, to contemplate and receive, in a world of imagination created from a plant in a pot. I just don't get it, I hate it, with every neat curve, controlled pad, tapered base, I get further from what I want to see in it.
Yamadori sourced trees I can relate with better, hence my search for natural techniques in our art like fire burning which Pup has brought us to know . This I want no mis-conceptions about.

I use and want to endorse the technique of fire styling, I did not come up with it mother nature did. If anyone wants to know more I suggest Pup is your man, I am just someone whom thinks it is a neat styling technique.