My biggest tamarind

Certainly a tree to watch. It is growing nicely, with the branches having fattened up quite a bit already. Good job! If I ever make it back to that part of the world, I would love to come and see this monster in real live!

steve-thailand wrote:wow, that is an amazing tree. we have many huge tamarinds close to my house and i'm air layering a few branches at the moment in hopes of producing something nice.

how did this tree start out in life? i assume it was dug up from the ground at about the diameter it is now? but i don't understand how it can have branches that close to the ground on wild tree? usually they would be a couple of meters up right? can you explain its growth history?

my wife is from a part of Thailand that is famous for its tamarinds, in fact most of her family work in the tamarind business. it pretty easy for me to find stumps about this size so i'm very keen to know more about this tree and to get low branches on it.

thanks, steve

Thanks Steve!

This tree was cut down several times in its natural environment, Then new trunk was formed, and new branches were formed in the lower portion of the tree. In the first page of this thread at picture number two and three, you could still see the original position of the old trunk and on the left side a new trunk were formed. When harvested from the wild all of the existing branches were removed which are all straight and moving upwards. then I grew all the branches it has now...and it is taking me forever   because I need to have a very very thick branch to get the right proportion to the massive trunk. four years down,,,8 years more to go.hehe.
Just a quick note, some people loves to have thick and massive trunk but getting the right trunk and  branch ratio is the downside of this type of materials, specially if you are planning an upright design.

Steve, if you could find tamarind materials that has a very good trunk movement and a good nebari and not very massive,  it would be much better.

regards,
jun:) ,

regards,
jun:)

leatherback wrote:Certainly a tree to watch. It is growing nicely, with the branches having fattened up quite a bit already. Good job! If I ever make it back to that part of the world, I would love to come and see this monster in real live!

Thanks man!

You are welcome here anytime.

regards,
jun:) 

moyogijohn wrote:JUN,, It just gets better as it grows !!!  only thing I JUST can,t figure out how to get it to my house.. hope all is well.. post more..take care  john

Thanks John, I always say this to people who likes to take my big trees---"if you can lift it, its yours"...hehehe
They ended up getting some seedlings.

regards,
jun:) 

jun wrote:
Steve, if you could find tamarind materials that has a very good trunk movement and a good nebari and not very massive,  it would be much better.

thanks, i will. i'll also get a few commercial seedings and experiment with thread grafting. unfortunately, i'm not going to tamarind country until October but i'll post some pics of what i find then

Just an update...










The powerful base....





Repotted in circular pot.





the scale of the tree...




regards,
jun  

    

One question Bro, is this tamarind in full sun, as it seems a bit sparse as foliage goes ?
Later.
Khaimraj

Cool. You have some great , hard to find tropical bonsai material to work with.

thanks Jun! wonderful tree!
I'm looking forward to seeing her flower and fruit because I don't know how to let her creating flower!!!! If you know please give me some help, thanks you!
best regard, Tiennavi!

Tiennavi,

from what little I know of Tamarinds.
They will naturally bloom after 8 to 10 years of age and on our side, with the height of the Dry season, the leaves fall, the flower buds form.
Later,
Khaimraj

Jun this must be amongst the top 10 of your trees. Massive and simple, with an unbelievable taper. Very cool. Love it!

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Khaimraj Seepersad wrote:Tiennavi,

from what little I know of Tamarinds.
They will naturally bloom after 8 to 10 years of age and on our side, with the height of the Dry season, the leaves fall, the flower buds form.
Later,
Khaimraj

thanks alot Khaimraj Seepersad!

Jun,

Is it safe to repot a sumo tamarind at this period? Any technique or approach that can be use?

yes Darwin.
just dont cut many roots. and dont remove the old soil. you can cut branhes if you need to.


regards,
jun  

Andre Beaurain wrote:Jun this must be amongst the top 10 of your trees.  Massive and simple, with an unbelievable taper.  Very cool.  Love it!

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thanks Andre!

really depends on the viewer. for me it is not. it is very simple and not challenging to design, the result is very predictable. I go more with with rough materials.


regards,
jun  

Khaimraj Seepersad wrote:    

One question Bro, is this tamarind in full sun, as it seems a bit sparse as foliage goes ?
Later.
Khaimraj

Full sun. reason is pot bound, that is why it needs this bigger pot for adjustment before major works on summer (April here).

regards,
jun   

hi Jun! I like your tree! and I had saw some of your tamarind blooming and making fruit! Please tell us how to make the tamarind get blooming as she get old enough?
best regard, tiennavi!

Just an updating old thread...




regards,
jun

Getting there

Kind regards Yvonne

Jun!     Now I m excited ...   I went back into my coffin after your short holiday...  but now the sun she shines again!

The tree is still awesome with the shorter branches..... and with the new spring foliage she glows with life.


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Andre

Looks very nice with the denser foliage. Love the movement in that powerful trunk.