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				Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:25 pm
				by alpineart
				I managed to collect a few  Australian Pine /Murray Pine seedlings , depends on which side of the border you hale . So i decided to slap together a young forest planting
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				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:32 pm
				by alpineart
				On with the rocks and moss ,Abit of top dressing  and there you have it . Grinning like a goat in the garden
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				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:49 pm
				by Hutch11
				Mate I love it, you did well with the rock and moss placement
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:15 pm
				by alpineart
				Hutch11 wrote:Mate I love it, you did well with the rock and moss placement
Thanks hutch11, i love working with landscapes except when it comes to wiring the buggers
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:16 pm
				by Jamie
				i was going to ask that alpine, how quick do these guys grow? its looking pretty good mate, when do you expect to wire them out??
jamie 

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:26 pm
				by alpineart
				[quote="Jamie"]i was going to ask that alpine, how quick do these guys grow? its looking pretty good mate, when do you expect to wire them out??
jamie 

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Hi Jamie from personal experience they grow rather slow , i have had a White cypress pine for 11 years in the ground neglected ,  no care and its grown about 1 inch .No major improvement since the day i dug it up . Cheers
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:46 pm
				by Jamie
				i thought that might have been the case. bugger i would of liked to add another native.
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:21 pm
				by anttal63
				Do you ever say no to any material or do you collect everything in sight. I really like the placement of your trees, however i think that rock in the middle is too big.  i would rather see a smaller rock towards the back of that opening, to look distant and create more depth. Then one slighty larger in the front somewhere with a smaller one again for perspective. 
  
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:36 pm
				by alpineart
				anttal63 wrote:Do you ever say no to any material or do you collect everything in sight. I really like the placement of your trees, however i think that rock in the middle is too big.  i would rather see a smaller rock towards the back of that opening, to look distant and create more depth. Then one slighty larger in the front somewhere with a smaller one again for perspective. 
  
 
 
Its easy to talk the talk,  but can you walk the walk . Get your boots on fella and come up and show me how to do it  
  
  Mate it took all of an hour to throw together  and  Yes i will gather anything , especially if i see a Grader plowing material over cleaning up the storm damaged . Right place , right time  .Buy the way are you looking at the front or the back .Cheers
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:53 pm
				by anttal63
				No prob i'll get up there and run the run 

  If the last pic is the front ??? the middle rock is still too big or needs turning to expose the trunks more. the hard bit is already done and well. playing with some different size rocks and possie's is the easy bit. In the end you are there and if its good for you , its good for me. 
  
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 9:04 pm
				by alpineart
				anttal63 wrote:No prob i'll get up there and run the run 

  If the last pic is the front ??? the middle rock is still too big or needs turning to expose the trunks more. the hard bit is already done and well. playing with some different size rocks and possie's is the easy bit. In the end you are there and if its good for you , its good for me. 
  
 
Aha the last pic is the back , enough room left to place a tree or two if needed . The front has 3 rocks of varied sizes , i might just push the bigger one down a bit or the trees MIGHT actually increase in size unlike the White cypress pine i have .  But hey come up and do a slab planting with the little ones i have left Ii'm sure i could find a rock or 2 to play with.Cheers
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:01 pm
				by anttal63
				Then i had the right front in the first place! Be up in the next couple of weeks pal! 
  
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:29 am
				by alpineart
				anttal63 wrote:Then i had the right front in the first place! Be up in the next couple of weeks pal! 
  
 
If you need any specialist tools bring your own. Looking forward to catching up.Cheers
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Calitris ? Forest
				Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:41 am
				by anttal63