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these are some of the Yamadori collected over the last 15 years , Pinus Nigra Austriaca - Austrian Black Pine and Cedrus Atlantica - Atlas cedar , { outa sight outa mind } behind the hot house . I think I'll leave this one here .. Most were collected as young self sown wildlings and potted into 100 plastic pots , a few years ago I re-potted them into planter bags and spare pots and have had possibly 1 trim , little or no ferts and bugger all regular water over the last couple of years . I thought it was time for some well earned care {too much spare time }so a quick ferts , moved to a more desirable position and a good soaking . These Pinus Nigra Maratima - Maritime Pine were collected with Fiveoffive {also a member of our club} around 5-6 years ago as 50mm self sown seedlings with just the first pair of blue needles , amazing what a little care can do .

Over the coming days I may just get a bit motivated to hack them into shape .

Cheers Alpineart

Isn't it funny that when you are into bonsai you can't say no to another tree!

Hi Daluke , mate 99.9% of the material here is collected or grown so the collected material is prized moreso for its unique character . When I moved here I only had a couple of tree's and they too were collected , I guess its the challenge of finding the ultimate trunk . I have looked at tens of thousands of yamdori in them there hills but collected only a few dozen , each having its own unique character .

Getting a bit long in the tooth for yamadori hunting , however I have along with a member from our club located another test plot that has many old weather beaten natural unique trunks . Come Winter it will be all or nothing to collect a few older trunks .

Cheers . Alpine

But will that empty bench still be there come Winter time Alpine?

Kevin

Hi Kevin , mate the old bench is buggered , the timber has rotted so it's time to scrap it . I hope to have another 40 meters of retaining wall finished , that will replace the old timber framed bench area 10 fold .

Cheers . Alpine

Well I got inspired this morning and hacked a couple of these back, nice movement in the trunk on this one some very basic hook and hold wiresThis is very poor materialhack , chop and a basic wire Well that took all of 30 minutes of my day , I did spend a few hours on a couple of claret tops but that's another story along with a major trim an a Trident .

Cheers Alpineart