Before and after - thanks to the inspiration for three days.

Hi all.
I was inspired by friend Tony Tickel solution. Ispirace in a post here on another visit to Tony. Thanks to help my father and son Jacob, the work of two days, the material one day.The motto is - Everything for the tree.

Before


After




Pavel
more pict.:http://www.bonsaivigi.cz/fotoalbum/nezarazene/foliovnik-s-teplym-luzkem-pro-yamadori---2010

Very nice job, Pavel.

Will you be adding a large sacrificial altar soon?

Hi Steve

thank you very much for very nice coment.

Altar? - Maybe

Pavel

Nice project based on good motivation. The heated root zone should help your collected trees. I am getting ready to do a similar project myself. Good luck with it.

Hi Pavel, this looks good.

I am happy to say that a combination of:
A) collecting the yamadori at the optimum time
B) securing as much root as possible
C) establishing the tree in the best way possible (under soil heating) and overhead misting

Ensures I get at least a 90% success rate, even with trees that have only a small amount of root.

Note: one thing you did not see was that I pack styrene packing chips around the collected trees boxes to retain heat.

Hi Rob, thank you very much for nice replies.

Hi Tony, thank you for nice coment and big inspirations . I hesitated a long time.

But - Today I almost finished the whole project. He made my cold bed (+ agroperlit bark mulch) and the rest of the floor. Installed a thermometer and hygrometer. Remains light and the entrance floor.

Today




Pavel
more pict.: http://www.bonsaivigi.cz/fotoalbum/nezarazene/foliovnik-s-teplym-luzkem-pro-yamadori---2010

Hi all.

Done.





Pavel
more pict.: http://www.bonsaivigi.cz/fotoalbum/nezarazene/foliovnik-s-teplym-luzkem-pro-yamadori---2010

Love the setup Pavel. Hope it helps your survival rates.

Hi Will

Thank you for the nice comment. I also hope that it will benefit the trees. We are pretty hard and cold enough to snow. So just for the store through the winter period is certainly very good. Next time shows.

Pavel

Hello, Pavel, excellent work. I have a question. Why you don't use polycarbonate for a roof of a hothouse?

Hi Pol

thanks for the compliment.
Polycarbonate greenhouse is time-consuming to implement. In the winter I did not. Moreover, it is very costly. In the future, do I have a very good area where you want to realize their dreams. Now it still can not.

Pavel

Question...

Is simply setting the tree atop the heated sand enough to heat entire root zone? Wouldnt mulching up higher on the container be more beneficial?

Just curious. Great idea though.

Thanks,
Neil

Hi Neil

For me certainly only mulch not reach such temperatures. Outside temperature reaches -20 to - 25 ° C and a lot of snow. A heated bed is designed mainly for autumn Yamadori. Important is the temperature above freezing and the humidity. For me it probably will be on the bed around 5 ° C. Getting everything measured, and if interested, I will inform you.

Pavel

Love it Pavel,you've got me thinking about addind a cold bed to mine great idea!

Hi Lee

thank you for your nice coment. I hope that everything will work well.

Pavel

Thanks for the response and inspiration Pavel. That is very cold! We sometimes reach similar temperatures in Chicago land area. If your heated bed keeps your roots at 41 degrees, that is excellent.

Questions for Pavel & others on the forum:
At these low outside temperatures, and higher root temperatures, how essential is light for the collected trees?

Could this be installed on top of a concrete patio?

Can someone post a link for me to the URL in which Tony et al describe in more detail how they built these? I do recall seeing one some time ago.

Neil

Hi all

Today I worked control after winter. Heating the soil worked great. Very, very old Yamadori pine were collected in autumn 2010. The photo new roots grow through the bottom of the sand. Some roots are long 8cm.

Gretings Pavel

WOW Pavel, happy days! I'm sure you're delighted with the results. Worth all that hard work

Pavel Slovák wrote: Some roots are long 8cm.

A happy day indeed. I told you that the heating bed would work wonders for your yamadori... I keep my trees on the bed until May/June

regards

Tony