Interesting and thanks. I too loved the one that just wanted to live and sent down roots through the trunk.
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| Author: | vandyl [ 26 Nov 2018, 20:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Dangerous trees |
Hi Hope its ok to post this here? In my day job I look after woodlands and I find the forms of trees endlessly fascinating hence the interest in bonsai. I made a short video about some of the dangerous trees in the woods and the forms they take. Not the perfect image of a tree but beautiful in their senescence I think. |
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| Author: | vandyl [ 26 Nov 2018, 21:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
Ha the link doesn't work for me. maybe this will... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_QbKfaNg8g |
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| Author: | Gary Jones [ 27 Nov 2018, 00:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
The URL in your second post work. Thanks for sharing. Interesting beaten up old trees. |
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| Author: | Sizzla [ 29 Nov 2018, 09:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
This video was fascinating, thanks for posting it, so interesting how they send roots down through the rotten core |
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| Author: | Keith Hansell [ 29 Nov 2018, 10:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
Interesting and thanks. I too loved the one that just wanted to live and sent down roots through the trunk.
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| Author: | john blanchard [ 29 Nov 2018, 12:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
Very enjoyable, thanks. |
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| Author: | vandyl [ 29 Nov 2018, 17:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
Thanks guys glad you liked it. Been wondering if I could make a bonsai inspired by these by partially air layering a branch then threading it down through a rotten trunk. Got a few birch stumps like these I could play around with in the future.(I added a dog for scale). Cheers 
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| Author: | paulpash [ 29 Nov 2018, 18:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
vandyl wrote: Thanks guys glad you liked it. Been wondering if I could make a bonsai inspired by these by partially air layering a branch then threading it down through a rotten trunk. Got a few birch stumps like these I could play around with in the future.(I added a dog for scale). Cheers What are you wanting to do exactly? Just put on a few more low branches? If that's the case then you need to find a living portion of the trunk to graft to. You don't need to air layer - just use those long stems and bend them back to the graft point. PS Check your private messages 
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| Author: | vandyl [ 29 Nov 2018, 18:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
Hi Sorry I should have been clearer. What I meant was trying to get some roots coming out of the bottom of the branch then when they were strong enough threading the roots back down through the hollow trunk into the soil. Not Sure if it would work. Cheers |
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| Author: | TomB [ 29 Nov 2018, 19:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Dangerous trees |
That should be feasible thought it would be a bit fiddly. Could be a bit hit and miss getting the roots to develop from exactly the right point, and you might be left with a bit of a mess at the point where you did the layer. An easier way to get the same effect might be to graft a seedling into the position where you want the roots. This would essentially be the same process as root grafting, only higher up the trunk. For example you would plant your seedling in the middle of the hollow trunk, then graft the upper portion to the main tree, either by thread or approach grafting (I don't know how well that works with birch, if that's the species you want to work with). |
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