YukiShiro
Chumono
Hi Guys,
I got the opportunity to do the first styling on an Olienhout for my friend living in the awesome Stilbaai area
bit of background on the tree, was dug in the very north of our country as Yamadori probably about 4-5 years ago, could be about 20 years old.
It has just recovered from the 5 hour road trip, in a truck. To make it's way down to the Vendor I got it from. Yes the north is very hot, mid spring avg temp is about 49 Celcius, known to go well into the 50s.
As a result there was a lot of dieback I needed to clean out, and some live branches did not have leaves on it...It's getting the much needed TLC atm and will probably pop buds all over in about 3-4 weeks.
I set some main branches for my friend and will look after it until next year early March. I will only water it and fertilize it well until then. Might do a hard cutback just before I send it. But that depends on the tree itself.
Before:
Base:
After removing dead stuff and setting some main branches:
Front:
Left:
Back:
Right side:
Any comments or advice welcomed.
Best regards
Herman
I got the opportunity to do the first styling on an Olienhout for my friend living in the awesome Stilbaai area
bit of background on the tree, was dug in the very north of our country as Yamadori probably about 4-5 years ago, could be about 20 years old.
It has just recovered from the 5 hour road trip, in a truck. To make it's way down to the Vendor I got it from. Yes the north is very hot, mid spring avg temp is about 49 Celcius, known to go well into the 50s.
As a result there was a lot of dieback I needed to clean out, and some live branches did not have leaves on it...It's getting the much needed TLC atm and will probably pop buds all over in about 3-4 weeks.
I set some main branches for my friend and will look after it until next year early March. I will only water it and fertilize it well until then. Might do a hard cutback just before I send it. But that depends on the tree itself.
Before:
Base:
After removing dead stuff and setting some main branches:
Front:
Left:
Back:
Right side:
Any comments or advice welcomed.
Best regards
Herman