Colected Ulmus procera evolution since 2008

[Davidlpf]

2008 Raw "stick"

2010 growing wild

2014 arilayering

2015 cutting the airlayer

going wild again

cut back

and growing again like crazy

December 2016

without leaves

2017 repotting

next episodes coming soon

Greetings from Spain

 

[coachspinks]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Silentrunning]

Thank you for sharing. This is most helpful to a beginner like me.

 

[peh3]

Always great to see the progression of a tree over some years, good work!

 

[Melospiza]

This is wonderful! Bookmarked. Do you use the sempervivums just because you like them or do they have a purpose here?

 

[MrFancyPlants]

Great progression and great roots from that airlayer. Any chance we can take a look at the back? I am curious how the grafted(?) bottom branches are progressing in melding with the trunk. I'm sure over time it will look more and more natural.

 

[geekyalias]

Thanks, great to see.

Just wondering if you put the loop of wire around the trunk for a reason when you are layering it. thanks

 

[Davidlpf]

This is wonderful! Bookmarked. Do you use the sempervivums just because you like them or do they have a purpose here?

I like them, and grow like crazy wild weeds

Great progression and great roots from that airlayer. Any chance we can take a look at the back? I am curious how the grafted(?) bottom branches are progressing in melding with the trunk. I'm sure over time it will look more and more natural.

For sure! here you have a couple of photos

And in my blog you have a lot more click,click It looks weird right now, but I hope in the future melt with the trunk, more o less....

Thanks, great to see.

Just wondering if you put the loop of wire around the trunk for a reason when you are layering it. thanks

Yes, There are two reasons: cut the sap flow, and produce a bulk for better start of the nebary, better taper.

Look at this fagus

after a few moths

You can do the strangulation before or during the air layering, It depends of your patience.

I am glad you like the elm, thanks to all for the comments.

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 25/03/2018

More photos in my blog.

Greetings

 

[ConorDash]

At what point, when you first got the raw material, did you envisage the tree you have now?
When did the plan form to airlayer and structure in the way you have it now? (Not to mention plans for it future) and what brought you there?

 

[Davidlpf]

At what point, when you first got the raw material, did you envisage the tree you have now?
When did the plan form to airlayer and structure in the way you have it now? (Not to mention plans for it future) and what brought you there?

Well, it is hard to tell a exact point, is a kind of sum of factors:
- Had read a lot of great bonsai articles, so I knew the benefices or airlayering, grafting, pacience....
- Had found a interesting spice, that let you do a lot of interventions: Ulmus procera, AKA ulmus minor, AKA english elm.
- Had found "raw material" with an interesting feature, in this case, an old bark.

If you add all those single things, plus some time, and a bit of good luck, you have this prebonsai.

I hope this answer your question.

Greeting

 

[ConorDash]

Well, it is hard to tell a exact point, is a kind of sum of factors:
- Had read a lot of great bonsai articles, so I knew the benefices or airlayering, grafting, pacience....
- Had found a interesting spice, that let you do a lot of interventions: Ulmus procera, AKA ulmus minor, AKA english elm.
- Had found "raw material" with an interesting feature, in this case, an old bark.

If you add all those single things, plus some time, and a bit of good luck, you have this prebonsai.

I hope this answer your question.

Greeting

Good answer, cheers

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 25/04/2018 First haircut of the season, on a windy day:

Before

After

More photos in my blog click,click

Greetings

 

[petegreg]

Nice progression. And I like an european version of air-pot! ?

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 04/05/2018

Greetings

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 04/01/2019

Greetings

 

[eryk2kartman]

Very nice looking tree, well done.

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Great species to work with. I like the way you worked it. ?

 

[Gustavo Martins]

Great progression David.

I see you use a lot of Leca. How do you find it for bonsai purposes? I have a couple of trees in development stage where I used Leca to fill in at least half of nursery pot as a bottom layer, cause it's so inexpensive, and it all seems to be ok so far.

 

[Davidlpf]

Great progression David.

I see you use a lot of Leca. How do you find it for bonsai purposes? I have a couple of trees in development stage where I used Leca to fill in at least half of nursery pot as a bottom layer, cause it's so inexpensive, and it all seems to be ok so far.

Well, I use it as first drainage layer. It's cheap, lightweight and it can be reused. I think it´s great for big grow boxes.
Here in Spain, we know it named as "arlita"

Thanks for yours comments.