markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Actually, it’s a bigger challenge than I thought to thread the seedling through the little hole after a six pack of Texas champagne!
S
Chuhin Broom Elm
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Actually, it’s a bigger challenge than I thought to thread the seedling through the little hole after a six pack of Texas champagne!
S
That’s what she said!
Paulpash
Masterpiece
Everything is bigger in Texas!In the UK this much growth would have taken 2 years
Paulpash
Masterpiece
Oh, is that what call them in the UK? You guys have funny names for EVERYTHING!Ego, especiallylol
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Ego, especially
Less ego and more a 14 month growing season, I think. But after 20 years of stifling heat and eleventy million percent humidity, I can tell you it sounds a lot more enjoyable than it is, LOL. But I do get a lot of growth on my elms.
S
“Eleventy million percent humidity”... except when it floods. Then it’s more!
Paulpash
Masterpiece
I'm only kidding, of course. I think in the UK we can probably grow more stuff maybe (?) but we have a 6 month max growing season and it rarely gets above 25C.
And warm beer!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Yeah, yuk. Never believed it was for real, untill I had one!
Same for me. I saw some elms just recently in Australi a that had grown more than a foot in maybe 2 weeks of summer. Bit of a shock to my system where I am happy with maybe twice that over a whole year. Zone envy anyone?
Mellow Mullet
Masterpiece
Hey Scott, I have a couple of elms that I want to start training as brooms. How do you decide where or the height of the initial chop. Is there a rule of thumb?
John
John
Generally speaking, if you’re doing a broom where all the branches start at about the same point off the trunk, that point is half way between the nebari and th apex. Somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 the way up. So chop, and the final tree will be approximately twice as tall as that.
Mellow Mullet
Masterpiece
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
What he said! It all depends on the size of the tree you want, I think. And that’s, in part, determined by the caliper of trunk you have. Typically you’re looking for something straight with no wounds.
S
Mellow Mullet
Masterpiece
Thanks for replying Scott, the elm I have is about two inches in diameter and is straight for about 18 inches, no branching below maybe 8 - 10 inches. What do you think?
John
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Strong spring growth!
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
... You have that NOW already?
Here I am waiting for bud break. Climate envy.
Here I am waiting for bud break. Climate envy.
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Waiting here too, Winter was unusually tougher then normal in these parts. Only 2 or three trees showing movement or buds and in past years they were opening and showing a bit by now and fully in bloom before months end...
Grimmy
