Chuhin Broom Elm

[Vinnie Charity]

What does the tree look like now @markyscott? Loving this progression!!! I just chopped mine back after taking it to our monthly meeting mainly to get it back into the car easier.

Next year I'm going to repot and cutback VERY hard, do some carving to close the chop site...

 

[markyscott]

What does the tree look like now @markyscott? Loving this progression!!! I just chopped mine back after taking it to our monthly meeting mainly to get it
back into the car easier.

Next year I'm going to repot and cutback VERY hard, do some carving to close the chop site...

Night shot. I’ll try and get a better one tomorrow.



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[Vinnie Charity]

Looks great so far, so vigorous and healthy!!!

 

[markyscott]

Leafless winter pictures. 2 sides before cutback.

 

[markyscott]

Nebari. 2 sides.

 

[markyscott]

Chop wound is ~2/3 healed.

 

[markyscott]

Plan this year is to:

1. Repot and work in the nebari. I’ll probably put it into an Anderson flat. I may plant it on a board
2. Prune off the root grafts
3. Cut back
4. Rewound the callous edge
   

 

[cmeg1]

It has come a long way!
I am giving chinese elm a try.An early start in hydro room.
Once that chop heals completely over I think it will change everything about this tree.Nice work

 

[Adair M]

Looking really good, Scott!

 

[Mike Westervelt]

Plan this year is to:

1. Repot and work in the nebari. I’ll probably put it into an Anderson flat. I may plant it on a board
2. Prune off the root grafts
3. Cut back
4. Rewound the callous edge

Scott,
Do you use the Kirikuchi-Naoru green liquid paste on the scuffed callous edge?

 

[markyscott]

generally, I use this stuff


for small wounds and just duct seal for big ones. I think the stuff in the picture is called kikuwa

 

[markyscott]

After cut back.

 

[markyscott]

 

[Vinnie Charity]

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Great progress so far!!!

 

[markyscott]

The tree is strong and healthy and has grown substantially since I last visited it in early March. It’s ready for more work.

 

[markyscott]

Here’s the tree after cut back, thinning, partial defoliation and shoot selection. I did a small amount of wiring to redirect branches, but it’s more about pruning than wiring at this stage.

 

[markyscott]

I did a bit of maintenance as well. The center had rotted a bit (Ants appear to have been involved) and callous growth appears to have stalled. I carved out the rotted wood with a hand tool, then filled in with a hardening putty. I then wounded the live edge of the tissue to stimulate new callous growth and covered it with cut paste.

 

[Decoy Octopus]

This has been a great, inspiring thread. Thank you! I may try to imitate you and look for a clearance lacebark this fall.

 

[markyscott]

Two weeks since partial outer canopy defoliation.

 

[Benny w]

Scott:

This is the only picture I have from the magazine, maybe I can get another:

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But you are roughly at the first picture on the right, the one marked '80.

But look at the partial photo to the right of it, marked '76. See the bit of wood with the concave carved end?

I believe Ebihara did that to his zelkova. Removed a good bit of the heartwood at the very beginning. Then, once he got the buds, and selected the ones to grow into his main branches that we see in the 1980 picture, he had carved V cuts in between them. Having the center carved out before made it much easier.

My question would be "what about the water in the cup of the trunk?"

In the 1983 picture, there appear to be more branches growing towards the interior of the main ones pictured in 1980. I wonder if he grafted those in?

I'm curious how or what tools were used to get that perfect concave carved end out of the trunk. Also curious how the water was dealt with.