Doc's Spruce tanuki

[doc spring _work]

Been thinking about doing a tanuki (Phoenix graft) for a long time debating different trees and styles.

Yesterday I was at the nursery getting another bald cypress to air layer when I saw a weeping Norway spruce.

I decided I would finally grab some of the sage deadwood I've collected, sat there grinding a channel into the wood and coated it in pine tar (as a seal and coloring agent... I know it's not traditional)

Upsized the pot using mostly perlite and a top layer of peat, I intend to let the tree grow quite a bit more before doing anything.

Dew for scale, thoughts appreciated.

 

[Ruddigger]

Could be cool to use that species as a tanuki. But in my opinion you need more interesting deadwood to build off of.

 

[doc spring _work]

Should've taken good photos of the wood before I started, it's gorgeous. May make more of these in the future, but I wanna see how this comes out first

 

[Nera]

Should've taken good photos of the wood before I started, it's gorgeous. May make more of these in the future, but I wanna see how this comes out first

Definitely keep us updated with your progress!