That´s how my newest pine looked, before we started with digging.
After we took the pine out, Harry made everything tidy and planted a young pine back ... as a tribute. The next working-step was probably the hardest ==> bringing this heavy piece to the car! We had to make many pauses during this very exhausting drag towards the car and we were sweating as hell. THANK YOU, MATE!!!
The day was not only successful for me :)
The bigger the tree, as much more time you need for cleaning the root-bale and potting ... So I have finished at nightfall.
Today in the morning I continued the work with cleaning the trunk from rotted parts:
Nice one :) congratulation. how it is with protection in places where you go to dig? Is it private lands, is it possible to get permission? You do collect mugos often, how do they catch up then?
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super igor ... ich sag ja ... ab in die obere liga ;-)
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avicenna
Hi Maros,
AntwortenLöschenit´s generally forbidden to dig up trees or any plants in Austrias Alps. The punishments are pretty high, if they catch you. If you ask me, I only think that´s fair.
The areas are either property from the town or from several farmers.
It´s hard to talk about a success rate for yamadori.
You can dig up a mugo with a compact, almost superb root bale, plant him into porous substrate ... you do everything right. Nevertheless, it´s possible that this tree dies in the next growing season.
On the other hand, you can collect a mugo with a poor root bale and it´s going to be the strongest pine of them all.
Rgds
Igor
Servus Dieter,
AntwortenLöschenjo ... jetzt wird ernst gemacht :)
Mensch, wann möchtest du endlich die Fichten aus Walters Garten posten, welche du und Anne mitgenommen habt? Ich bin schon ganz gespannt darauf, was ihr 2 da schönes ausgesucht habt!
Sg-Igor
Beautiful tree! Do you take out all it's original earth? Have you had success at this time of the year? Isn't it too late? It looks as if you found a supermarket of Mugos!! Congratulations!
AntwortenLöschenHi Jere,
AntwortenLöschenI know - on the pictures somebody could think that I was washing the whole soil out. But, I´m not insane ;) ... this would destroy the whole mykhorizza, which is essential for pines.
I was just cleaning the outer part of the root-bale, so that I was able to put this huge mugo into my biggest pot. Besides, I removed some stones and rotten roots immediately.
No, it´s not too late for collecting mugo pines. It depends on the right timing ... you can see it on the buds. If they are changing the color from very light brown to dark brown (bronze), then it´s the right time for collecting. But this defines the tree and not calendar.
You are right, it´s advantageous if mugo pines are able to be collected in early time. As pines are having new root growth after their vegetation-period (End of August till it´s getting colder ==> October, November), they have more time for recovery.
Nice Regards,
Igor
Igor that's serius hunting!! :) I wish you and your new mugos all the best. But I would really like to know, why did you clean the rootbal so much ?? The time for collecting is ok because it was really long winter in the mountains all over the Alps this year. Pozdrav iz Slovenije; Miha
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AntwortenLöschenZivjo Miha,
AntwortenLöschenI´m happy to hear from you :)
It wasn´t that much, just the outer circle. This what you see on the pictures is the ORIGNINAL root bale. I just started with my work there!
In the area where I collect the pines, every tree has such a FLAT and compact root bale. The soil is a soft hummus and frequently humid.
Just for a better comprehension:
On that area, the soil is not higher than 25 cm, everything under these 25 cm´s are stones. So, that´s how it´s looking when I dig up a tree from there.
The root bale had an diameter of 1,20 m - after washing it out the diameter was still 90 cm. That´s all.
By the way, I wanted to ask you about your blog. Why did you close it? I liked to look at your awesome yamadoris as well ...
Lep Pozdrav,
Igor
Sharing my own thougts came back in a strange way to me, so It was the right thing at that moment of time. I also collect just a few trees this year and there is really nothing to see. yet! In a few years the story might be different... I'll try to look for the trees with the smallest rootbal as possible in the future. LP Miha
AntwortenLöschen@ Matija:
AntwortenLöschenI would like to ogle the trees on your bonsai blog as well. On my blog are also primarily trees in early stage of development or raw material. I´m sharing my diary with everyone, also with you.
Greetings,
Igor
Svaka čast majstore, mugo Predivan je!
AntwortenLöschenFala Mario, bas mi je drago da te opet cujem! Vidio sam da si i ti dosta zaposlen sa vadjenjem mugo borova :)
AntwortenLöschenLijepi pozdrav u Bistru,
Igor
mensch igor, das ist wirklich ne tolle mugo...ich drück dir alle daumen, dass sie gut anwächst und bin gespannt, was du daraus machen wirst...liebe grüße aus dem norden anne
AntwortenLöschenHi Igor,
AntwortenLöschenschöne Bilder hast da reingestellt. War echt ein super Tag. Für solch eine Ware schwitzt man gerne ein bischen. Hatte echt Probleme die Mogu in eine Kiste zu bekommen, da hat der Wurzelballen schon ein wenig gelitten. Frage mich wie Du Deinen Oktupuss in den Kübel bekommen hast?
Ein Dankeschön auch von meiner Seite für alles.
Bis bald.
Gruß
Harry