Collecting trees from Wild

digger714 · 10-16-2009, 01:48 PM

Hello again. I have some trees i am wanting to collect from the wild. One is a maple, the other a sweetgum. I know sweetgums probably arent the best to use, but it has an awesome trunk and nice nebari. What is the best time to collect these. I have heard conflicting views. One saying best in autumn or winter, the other in spring. The are around 3-4 inches wide at the base. Thanks for any help.

Brad

Tom · 10-16-2009, 07:10 PM

For best results winter ...preferably late winter. Collecting while in dormancy is puts the odds in your favor. I have over 40 Acers that I have collected that way.

digger714 · 10-16-2009, 07:56 PM

Thanks again Tom. I should just contact you, lol. Ive been landscaping my yard for years, but just started at trying my luck at bonsai. I have completed one full season now, but can tell im just beginning. Havent lost any yet. I am a clearing contractor for houses, and thought instead of loosing all the trees, and shrubs we have to clear that i would try and save some. I have only dug up 2 trees though, and was in the middle of summer, only because we had to. They are still doing good, and have sprouted new growth all over the 3' trunk. Anyway thanks for the advice. Hope to see you more.

Brad

McBonsai · 10-25-2009, 11:41 PM

Oh, I thought Tom said he collected over forty acres, but I see he said acers, oops.

Dormancy is the best time, at least the safest time to collect these species you mentioned. This could be up until bud break.

Tom · 10-26-2009, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McBonsai

Oh, I thought Tom said he collected over forty acres, but I see he said acers, oops.

If I had collected 40 acres I'd still be out there in a shallow grave with bloody stumps as fingers.

Phil · 10-26-2009, 10:49 AM

I can just picture Tom "plowing" the upper 40!

~Phil~

JLDoggett · 10-26-2009, 05:20 PM

Actually it sounds like fun, think of all the trees one would have, though the second morgage to pay for the pots (and I am talking cheap plastic pots) would be harsh.

Tom · 10-28-2009, 10:13 AM

Ain't that the truth Jim!

LOL...Phil, the wording should be " I can just picture Tom plowed under in the upper 40!" Which isn't to far from the truth...just got done plowing a two acre parcel for a spring planting...I ain't as young as I use to be which became grossly apparent when I got done

Phil · 10-28-2009, 10:25 AM

I hear ya on that. Since I retired I've regretfully let myself go which I'm not at all happy about. Seems as though it has gotten to the point that if I can sit up in the morning and make a fist I'm happy! I've got some serious life changes to make.

~Phil~

mf148954 · 11-15-2011, 08:37 PM

HAHA you guys crack me up!!
i am dealing with a few different kinds of trees all deciduous, and my question is whether the dormancy rule applys to most (or all) deciduous trees? evergreens? and i read the yamadori articles on bonsai4me.com and am left puzzled as to why they made the process so complicated.. I am new to the world of bonsai, and much like brad have been studying for the past couple months straight. i have always been inlove with nature and am planning to make a crareer out of working with plants (hopfully specializing in bonsai) any help would be greatly appriciated.

-Matt

10-16-2009, 01:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
digger714 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mooresville, NC Zone 7 Posts: 16	Collecting trees from Wild Hello again. I have some trees i am wanting to collect from the wild. One is a maple, the other a sweetgum. I know sweetgums probably arent the best to use, but it has an awesome trunk and nice nebari. What is the best time to collect these. I have heard conflicting views. One saying best in autumn or winter, the other in spring. The are around 3-4 inches wide at the base. Thanks for any help. Brad

10-16-2009, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tom Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: South Central PA. Zone 6b Posts: 19	For best results winter ...preferably late winter. Collecting while in dormancy is puts the odds in your favor. I have over 40 Acers that I have collected that way. __________________ Cheers, Tom The Behr Bonsai Scholarship North Star Bonsai

10-26-2009, 10:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
Phil A bit "Windswept" Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago, Ill. USDA Zone 5 Posts: 1,042	I can just picture Tom "plowing" the upper 40! ~Phil~ __________________ Please, always keep in mind that the typewritten word does not always convey what you wish to say, and to always treat others as you would have them treat you. Think twice-submit once. I started out with nothing....and still have most of it. "Its hell out there, give them hell back." ~ Prowler/Victor Gray 12/31/1943 - 11/24/2008

10-26-2009, 05:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
JLDoggett Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire, USA, Posts: 630	Actually it sounds like fun, think of all the trees one would have, though the second morgage to pay for the pots (and I am talking cheap plastic pots) would be harsh. __________________ "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong....because sometime in your life you will have been all of these" And I further resolve to click on an ad, each time I visit, to help support the site and to be welcoming to lurking guests when you join! After all, you're already here.

10-28-2009, 10:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tom Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: South Central PA. Zone 6b Posts: 19	Ain't that the truth Jim! LOL...Phil, the wording should be " I can just picture Tom plowed under in the upper 40!" Which isn't to far from the truth...just got done plowing a two acre parcel for a spring planting...I ain't as young as I use to be which became grossly apparent when I got done __________________ Cheers, Tom The Behr Bonsai Scholarship North Star Bonsai

10-16-2009, 07:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
digger714 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mooresville, NC Zone 7 Posts: 16	Thanks again Tom. I should just contact you, lol. Ive been landscaping my yard for years, but just started at trying my luck at bonsai. I have completed one full season now, but can tell im just beginning. Havent lost any yet. I am a clearing contractor for houses, and thought instead of loosing all the trees, and shrubs we have to clear that i would try and save some. I have only dug up 2 trees though, and was in the middle of summer, only because we had to. They are still doing good, and have sprouted new growth all over the 3' trunk. Anyway thanks for the advice. Hope to see you more. Brad

10-25-2009, 11:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
McBonsai Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Washington Twp Posts: 14	Oh, I thought Tom said he collected over forty acres, but I see he said acers, oops. Dormancy is the best time, at least the safest time to collect these species you mentioned. This could be up until bud break.

10-28-2009, 10:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
Phil A bit "Windswept" Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago, Ill. USDA Zone 5 Posts: 1,042	I hear ya on that. Since I retired I've regretfully let myself go which I'm not at all happy about. Seems as though it has gotten to the point that if I can sit up in the morning and make a fist I'm happy! I've got some serious life changes to make. ~Phil~ __________________ Please, always keep in mind that the typewritten word does not always convey what you wish to say, and to always treat others as you would have them treat you. Think twice-submit once. I started out with nothing....and still have most of it. "Its hell out there, give them hell back." ~ Prowler/Victor Gray 12/31/1943 - 11/24/2008

11-15-2011, 08:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
mf148954 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lawton, Oklahoma Posts: 15	HAHA you guys crack me up!! i am dealing with a few different kinds of trees all deciduous, and my question is whether the dormancy rule applys to most (or all) deciduous trees? evergreens? and i read the yamadori articles on bonsai4me.com and am left puzzled as to why they made the process so complicated.. I am new to the world of bonsai, and much like brad have been studying for the past couple months straight. i have always been inlove with nature and am planning to make a crareer out of working with plants (hopfully specializing in bonsai) any help would be greatly appriciated. -Matt

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