I took again a young pine with me, just to replace it with the old one.
The ground was so easy, that I was even able to prick the tree out with a spade.
"The hole", before and afer. That´s how it should be ... as if nothing had happened!
Some snapshots in the garden:
When the tree hopefully grows on, I´ll pot him even steeper in the pot. I think it´s predestinated to become a literati.
Hi Igor.
AntwortenLöschenI guess that now is the right time for pine yamadoris?
On the second last image it looks like a fable figure with its back bent, bending over to inspect something. It has an elephant head, with small black beads for eyes and its trunk(elephant-nose) blocked by a wine cork. The needles/apex look like moose antlers. You see what i mean? Its what we in Norway would call a "Troll".
___its getting late;-)
GB
*LOL* ... I didn´t see it like this before, Gunnar! But now, while you´re explaining, it really looks like that! You know what? From now on I´m gonna call this tree =-GRENDEL-=.
AntwortenLöschenRgds,
Igor
hallo igor ,
AntwortenLöschenjetzt steigst du langsam in die obere liga ein was ? ;-)) einfach genial dieses teil !!! gratulation dazu !!! die zeit ist genau richtig gewesen ... pinus mugo ist in den regionen angesiedelt wo der späte frühling immer noch tiefe temperaturen hat und ein verbringen in den warmen frühling eher probleme machen kann ... also ... sie wird es machen, zumal du ja norwegische bedingungen hattest ;-)
saludos
avicenna
Hallo Igor!
AntwortenLöschenWhat a friendly idea to bring an another tree. It's very nice! I see, in your region are so many great pines. I'm envious. :)
Vielen Dank Dietmar :) Ich muss jetzt nur aufpassen, dass ich mich nicht zu sehr in dieses Teil verliebe! Denn falls sie doch nicht durch kommt, wird das Gejammer grooooß sein ;)
AntwortenLöschenSg-Igor
@Balázs:
I started with this "ceremony" since I saw, how a very nice hillside with fantastic pines got more and more damaged by other "bonsai-freaks". This, what these kind of people are doing in the alps, has absolutely nothing to do with the wisdom of bonsai.
I´ll make a posting about this matter within the next week. I´m sure, then you will perfectly understand what I mean.
Catch you later,
Igor
auuuu how wonderful it seems!
AntwortenLöschenHello Igor!
AntwortenLöschenLong time we didn't see or hear. What a nature friendly work you did up there. I don't know how you are familiar with foresting, but when we are starting to plant trees back in to nature we must be sure that genetic material is coming exactly from this area. Mugo is very variable species and commonly use for horticultural reasons, so people did selected genetic material to make the bast tree for urban areas and it is really different from mugo in the alps. With your work you can make more damage than with leaving hole like it is.
Sorry but I couldn't be quiet
Matija Triglav Tijek
Zivjo Tijek,
AntwortenLöschenyou´re right, long time ago since we were in contact.
The pines, which I have planted back are defined as "Pinus Mugo Mughus". I´m not very educated in foresting. Anyway, I have been told by the ranger that it´s O.K. for planting them back and he was thankful about it.
The holes are a problem, because cows can break their legs by passing this area!
As I´m allowed to dig in an area full of beeches (fagus sylvatica), I´m gonna practice it there in the same way. But there I won´t plant any pine, but a deciduous tree back. Why should it be in the Alps different?
Some bonsai-fellows will probably think, that I´m exaggerating with it. I´m planning to post a few pictures about this area, just to show how some people are acting. Even rocky-horror-picture show is nicer to look at ...
All what I want is, that some bonsai-fellows become more cautious and thoughtful at their yamadori-quests in the alps.
Lep Pozdrav,
Igor
I understand you Igor, but if someone bring species witch is not there by nature can make unrepairable damage. You are saying that pines are different then mugo... do you know which species are they? What if they are so aggressive that they will grow over all mugo pines. This is happening with Robinia pseudoacacia which is unstoppable. I can say only that cow won't brake legs in holes and please don't plant species in nature if you don't know anything about it. You can make unrepairable damage....
AntwortenLöschenMatija,
AntwortenLöschenpinus mugo is not robinia pseudoacacia that´s a different matter. I undersand your point of view as well and I´m perfectly aware of it.
Just another story of reforestation in my area:
There where I live is a mountain called "Hoher Frasen". Once in the late 60´s it almost burned down. (A couple of young guys were playing
with matches there.) The mugo pines were the major plant species there.
Through reforestation the foresters did not only plant "pinus mugo subsp. mugo" but as well other mugo species like "pinus mugo subsp. mughus" and "pinus mugo subsp. wintergold". Now, 40 - 50 years later everything seems to be fuctinoning the way it should. I know I´m doing the right thing ...
Greetings from Bludenz,
Igor
Hello Matija,
AntwortenLöschenI have noticed that you´re also leading a personal bonsai blog ... called "MT Bonsai & Nature".
I´m kindly asking for the reason why it´s closed for general public. Only invited guests may join your blog. What´s the reason?
Nice Regards,
Igor
For now blog is just a personal diary where I'm making my notes about my bonsai work. It'll go public in few years, but for now it's pointless for me to have a bonsai blog without bonsai but only raw material.
AntwortenLöschenMT