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I found a site last week, ( council property) that has been earmarked and Surveyed for new housing developments.
Thru the bush there has been pushed a new trail full of wanton destruction, with trees just pushed over or chain sawed off to create the sightlines for the surveyors.
Lots of Natives and weed species will be bulldozed to make roads and building blocks for more urban sprawl.

Today I took the opportunity to gather a selection of available species to see if they collect OK before a big effort at the end of winter ( if they last that long ).

Also there are at least 3 different Privet varieties I saw there that will have trees worth collection.

forgot to add, they all came home and ore not potted up into Zeolite/Diatomite and have had a good soak with Seasol. Will see how they recover over the next few months and into spring.

Ken

Hi KC , nice haul for free . Developments are a good place for easy picking's , especially if the have been pushed up already .

Cheers Alpine

Hey Ken,

Good pickings mate well done Let me know when you go on a dig as I would love to tag along....unless you prefer a solo effort

When looking for sites, do you hit up local council to find out what area's are being developed ? Or do you just get out on the beaten track and stumble across bulldozed patches ?

Keep up the top notch collecting

Matt

I particularly like the Cotoneaster and last Crepe Ken. It would be great to doco these two as i love cotoneasters.

Ken, the Banksia is probably Banksia spinulosa

Joel

If you go again can I tag along? Maybe? Please?
I haven't got any yamadori and would like to add some to my collection. Where exactly is the site?

coocarch wrote:If you go again can I tag along? Maybe? Please?
Where exactly is the site?

Ahh if I told you that I might have to shoot you

Hi Matt, I just stumbled upon this one while involved in sport so no Great plan.

Bodhi yeah i like them too and have high hopes for their Sucess..

Joel that was what i was suspecting it was. Any ideas on performance in a pot and or collecting of?



Ken

You didn't quite answer my question... I mean about going with you. Judging by your information, and that no-one in my area does bonsai (with about 2 or 3 exceptions) I'm assuming you live less than half an hour away from me. I'll let you have first pick, I just want to learn from someone who's been collecting yamadori for a while.

coocarch wrote:You didn't quite answer my question... I mean about going with you. Judging by your information, and that no-one in my area does bonsai (with about 2 or 3 exceptions) I'm assuming you live less than half an hour away from me. I'll let you have first pick, I just want to learn from someone who's been collecting yamadori for a while.

Collecting from the wild isnt hard to do some trees are fussy some like a good choppn an some have the right time to collect but when collecting the common thing you aim for is a good root ball ( not olives tho cut just below ground level ) . Its all about nowing your target coocarch google is your best friend here , i suggest start with easy stuff then work your way up to more difficult material . Collecting from the wild is very addictive make sure you got a big back yard

Think you might have a stalker ken. Better watch your rearvision mirror next time you visit the site. Ha ha ha

Uhh I would have said "Check your brake line" but yeah. I would like to go on a dig with someone experienced and not on my own, but if you want to keep the site all to yourself its ok, I don't hold grudges (or at least not all the time), i'll probably get another chance later in life. Hopefully before HSC (I seriously don't like studying)

coocarch wrote:Uhh I would have said "Check your brake line" but yeah. I would like to go on a dig with someone experienced and not on my own, but if you want to keep the site all to yourself its ok, I don't hold grudges (or at least not all the time), i'll probably get another chance later in life. Hopefully before HSC (I seriously don't like studying)

Best way to get experience is to go get some i was only 18yr old when i was digging out trees carried them back on my bike hahaha plenty more out there if you kill a few i sure did all them poor pines that died but did some an the 2 i collected lately look good even the one i bare rooted been 6 weeks now an is still looking good

Great find mate

Well I'm 16, but I would prefer to learn from someone, instead of from the internet. But if there's a site where I can go and dig trees, I would like to go, I doubt he'd take all the trees, I could just take whatever's left.

coocarch wrote:Well I'm 16, but I would prefer to learn from someone, instead of from the internet. But if there's a site where I can go and dig trees, I would like to go, I doubt he'd take all the trees, I could just take whatever's left.

Join The School Of Bonsai and pester Clinton into doing a school dig sometime. Worked for me when I was your age!

Joel