ForeverRaynning
Mame
So, after an overfertilisation incident, I think I’ve lost my two seedlings, and my two junipers may eventually succumb as well (but hoping they pull through). My birch is clinging on (it avoided the fert incident but not the heatwave and bad watering) and my kataura/candyfloss tree is droopy (again, avoided the fert, but not bad watering and heatwave) and probably isn’t brilliant material anyway.
I’m now looking at getting a new, slightly more developed piece of material that may have some potential. Specifically looking at this trident maple.
These are the only site images. It would cost me around £98/$130/€113 (rounding roughly here) inc delivery.
There are a couple others listed. One has a rather straight trunk and what to me look like quite a knobbly section of pruning scars (here), another has what looks like a section of pancake nebari just on one side and not much else (here), another doesn’t have much movement and to me seems to be planted too high in the pot (here), another looks to have a big region of inverse taper (here). So I’ve narrowed it down to this one, the movement is there and close to the base, I don’t see any glaring root issues so presume a radial nebari should be feasible to work on (apparently tridents/maples are very tolerant of rootwork, do that sounds good)
However this would be my most expensive piece of material, and I’m a bit apprehensive. I’ll admit don’t know what makes a good bit of material. I initially dismissed these until another member said they didn’t look that bad and showed me a £60 straight trunk much thinner than this from elsewhere, so I realised that in comparison this may actually be decent value for a trident here?
Apparently tridents are a bit easier to keep here in the UK compared to Japanese maples. I have no experience with either.
Would plan to be repot in Spring into a larger container, not sure what substrate this is in but this is the place that sells a very popular mix here in the UK but hard to tell if thats what may be under the surface. Either way, it’ll not stay in that pot long. Then eventually trunk chop as that top section is far too straight (do I need a branch in place to become a new leader when the time comes or can I just hope it backbuds?). Not sure how thick it is currently or how thick I’d want it to become. Also no idea how the pruning sites will change over time, will they get lost in the tree as it grows or will it always have bumps here and there?
Would love people's thoughts. Obviously it’ll need a lot of development but is it enough of a solid foundation do we think? Appreciate the insight our experienced members can provide.
I’m now looking at getting a new, slightly more developed piece of material that may have some potential. Specifically looking at this trident maple.
These are the only site images. It would cost me around £98/$130/€113 (rounding roughly here) inc delivery.
There are a couple others listed. One has a rather straight trunk and what to me look like quite a knobbly section of pruning scars (here), another has what looks like a section of pancake nebari just on one side and not much else (here), another doesn’t have much movement and to me seems to be planted too high in the pot (here), another looks to have a big region of inverse taper (here). So I’ve narrowed it down to this one, the movement is there and close to the base, I don’t see any glaring root issues so presume a radial nebari should be feasible to work on (apparently tridents/maples are very tolerant of rootwork, do that sounds good)
However this would be my most expensive piece of material, and I’m a bit apprehensive. I’ll admit don’t know what makes a good bit of material. I initially dismissed these until another member said they didn’t look that bad and showed me a £60 straight trunk much thinner than this from elsewhere, so I realised that in comparison this may actually be decent value for a trident here?
Apparently tridents are a bit easier to keep here in the UK compared to Japanese maples. I have no experience with either.
Would plan to be repot in Spring into a larger container, not sure what substrate this is in but this is the place that sells a very popular mix here in the UK but hard to tell if thats what may be under the surface. Either way, it’ll not stay in that pot long. Then eventually trunk chop as that top section is far too straight (do I need a branch in place to become a new leader when the time comes or can I just hope it backbuds?). Not sure how thick it is currently or how thick I’d want it to become. Also no idea how the pruning sites will change over time, will they get lost in the tree as it grows or will it always have bumps here and there?
Would love people's thoughts. Obviously it’ll need a lot of development but is it enough of a solid foundation do we think? Appreciate the insight our experienced members can provide.
... easy peasy...
