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Yes the seramis does seem quite pricey if bought individually. Its a component in the bag of orchid mix ive bought, you get the bark and seramis in one bag, then ive added that to my soil mixes occasionally.

I have been using hydro leca, seramis granules, pumice, cat litter/molar clay just random amounts with mostly the molar clay. I add a little bit of orchid mix sometimes. All cheap n cheerful and trees seem happy. Mostly have moisture loving trees Elms, Beech, Hornbeam. Btw I read somewhere that...

I collected 3 Field Elms that were root connected from a garden clearance. Bad timing really, kept putting it off. The local council has been running over the sucker for a while. Ive watered them in, bagged them up and put in deep shade. Will mist once a week.

Spring Beech, not quite in full leaf

That was one of my favourite childhood TV shows! I'll go with Zeb Walton. Penumbra seems like more of a Zeb

Ive had a couple in the past. But never known them to bud outside of nodes, you mean like an Elm? Im not convinced, ive got a couple so will see:) So if I cut back a branch to zero nodes, it will backbud? Thanks for your input, will see how it goes!

The shape is there, in terms of the natural primary branch habit (up n out) . I'd like some trunk thickening though. Those branches would naturally need clipping back at some point closer to trunk. Im sort of in two minds, to clip back some branches short now, because there's lots of short...

Quercus Rober Versus an Oak I always walk past in the park.. Oaks are so slow, with large leaves, long internodes. Wll see what can be done with this.

The twin trunk or multi if you include the thin branch, decent flare which is a start. If you can forget about making it into a bonsai and concentrate more on the three trunks becoming sub trunks, in true Oak form. Then you might decrease the time it takes to have something which is pleasing on...

I look for trunk movement, which is often difficult to find in nursery stock. So the next best thing is well placed low branches, good root flare, health. Trees with good tops have air layering potential, see Mirai video above. Trees with branching on one side could be potential raft material...

Oaks are painfully slow to thicken up, I would suggest planting in the ground if you have space. I picked up a couple from a nursery recently, £3.50 each. They have plenty of bits n pieces that have either self seeded in pots or been planted by squirrels. They pot them up individually. I only...

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I also tightened the ziptie slightly, to bring the two trunks closer togther. In a bid to create more harmony 🤗

Some progress. I feel like it needs to gain a bit more vigour though. The cuttings taken from it are further along this spring. Haven't gone overboard on the wiring or hollows. Just a bit here n there. I like where its headed. Feel like I may have been watering it too much. Cut back on watering...

Someone asked if id make reductions in the crown. Ive just took out a section of the right trunk. Which to the eye, stops it from moving right and pushes it up. I like the change...

Beech again, The Three Amigos.. Is the middle one already asserting dominance by leafing out earlier than its brothers....🧐🤔

This stuff is very good https://www.gardenworld.co.uk/product/organic-rose-guard/ Organic Rose Guard works by physical action providing protection against aphids, powdery mildew and other leaf diseases. After drying, it creates a residual barrier to limit spore germination. Spraying removes...

Yup wooley aphids. Im just using water n washing up liquid in a spray bottle atm, every few days spraying the leaves and surfaces. Seems to be keeping the plants bug free. But I did use an organic insecticide at bud swell, also during winter. The one I have has a oily, milky texture, the bugs...

If you're anywhere near South London, I would highly recommend https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/richmond-park Explore the spectacular Isabella Plantation with its extravaganza of bright azaleas, venture up King Henry’s Mound to admire distant views to St Paul’s Cathedral or hire a bike...

Sounds like youre having a lot of fun, with the combining of different methods and the tree is rewarding you. Looks healthy

It seems healthy The stump reminds me of a cliff edge. The trees growing on the edge. Could be a tree that rotted to the ground but lives on, regenerating itself. At some point will hollow it right out.

2 weeks on.. Im looking to develop 2 more trunks. One in foreground and one in the background. There's 3 viable shoots to choose from Elm just being an Elm, so vigorous

Interesting discussion! 'I have never had great results wiring up a new leader like your diagrams show. Usually the wiring constricts growth, and another shoot overpowers the wired one, so when I do chop a trunk, I try to prune it at a point (node) that already has shoots growing as the diagram...

The buds are just beginning to move on this Beech clump. Put together from hedging material recently. I did another one with Hornbeams that isnt looking good. On this Beech I kept many of the roots, all the long downward ones, to give it the best chance. Because the roots can be reduced over a...

Pommegranate, being developed from a couple of branch cuttings. Ive taken a few cuttings from the mother tree, so this could very well end up as 3-5 tree clump. In my clump era atm