In areas where I collect Larch seedlings/pre-bonsai they are almost
always in rocky sloping spots that are very well drained yet receive
relatively high rainfall. I can spend a whole day looking before I find
just the right spot. Spotting small Larch with no leaves is a skill that
also needs to be fairly well developed before you can guarantee success.
Try getting down on hands and knees and working slowly looking for
telltale rounded buds.

You're right though, half of the point is enjoying the looking ;-) We
scout accessible areas and find good potential collecting sites before
getting permission to collect.

Good luck

Kev Bailey


-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf
Of Robert O'Brien
Sent: 31 March 2003 02:33
To:
Subject: [IBC] collecting ? : (

Hey folks...just wanted to let people know...not ALL collecting trips
are
fruitful !!! after seeing a stand of larch locally in a swamp 3 years
ago ,
I finally found the landowner ,obtained permission and set out to
looking for
worthy yamadori this morning. After taking nearly a half hour to get a
couple
hundred yards into the swamp through extra thick tangles of god knows
what...I discovered that the only larch in here were the ones visible
from
the road..all between 30 to 60' average height. Absolutely no saplings
or
anything under these heights !!! Needless to say I was quite disapointed
!
Oh...I almost forgot...I also found out my boots both leak profusely !!!
Anyway...believe it or not I really did enjoy myself...unbeleivable moss
on
everything...kind of like what you see in an old growth forest...and
it's
nice to be where no person ever goes...solitude yet close to home.
so...can
anyone tell me why there were no younger trees anywhere to be found ? I
truly
expected to find at least SOME collectable trees !...thanks for
reading...BobO

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