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| Author: | Sizzla [ 14 Oct 2018, 17:34 ] |
| Post subject: | First Tanuki |
Not much to show yet, i had this bit of juniper wood i found under a bush for a while. Then a couple of months ago I saw this juniper whip at £2. I used a Stanley knife, v shaped burin and Jin pliers to make the groove. And some brass pins and wire to hold it in place. I made a platform out of scrap timber and screwed the deadwood to it. Am banking on the timber rotting away as the roots fill the gap left by it. 
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| Author: | john blanchard [ 14 Oct 2018, 19:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
Looks good. |
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| Author: | Gary Jones [ 14 Oct 2018, 20:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
Nice start. Keep us posted as it develops. |
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| Author: | Keith Hansell [ 14 Oct 2018, 21:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
Looks promising. |
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| Author: | NickB [ 15 Oct 2018, 10:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
Some nice movement in there. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. I had a half-hearted attempt a couple of years ago, but came to the conclusion that it was just as easy to grow a bonsai on its own trunk. Hope you have more success. |
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| Author: | KenE [ 15 Oct 2018, 10:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
Won't you need to treat the deadwood to prevent that rotting too? |
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| Author: | Brendan [ 15 Oct 2018, 10:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
These are tempting and fun. I'd add another 2 - 3 whips in addition to that one and create a sense of a wider live vein and also a secondary live vein with deadwood in between. You may as well also wire the branches into place now? |
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| Author: | Loufada [ 15 Oct 2018, 12:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
Quite nice Sizzla and very neat work too. I have very little knowledge of those but want to try one too. My drift wood will be good for it but I want a long/tall tanuki and haven't find one yet that works. From what I read, it's good to try to start on one side and go on the other side further up. |
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| Author: | Sizzla [ 16 Oct 2018, 07:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
Thanks for the encouragement, I will lime sulfur the deadwood eventually when I've got a bit more time and it's weathered a bit more, I think I should probably use wood hardener lead the soil line shouldn't I? I don't think I can source any more of these whips but maybe in the spring I'll look at doing another with more than one plant. |
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| Author: | richardb [ 16 Oct 2018, 09:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First Tanuki |
If you are going to the heathrow show you will probably find some young plants. I found some young juniper blauws last year and started a tanuki project. May get another couple this year when I go. |
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