Ok... I'm here to learn. This is a maple I started from a cutting maybe 15 years ago or longer. It's been grown in the ground for a while, and has been in a pot for a while, too. I've been working on it for a while and this is what it looks like now.
Today, the tree was repotted. The root spread has been developing for several years.
Yes, this was ground layered 3 springs ago. I've got a thread on the tree here http://bonsainut.com/index.php?threads/another-japanese-maple-what-to-do.4857/
Thanks. The wood is beginning to rot away in there which is expected. I should have drilled a hole through the bottom when I repotted but it slipped my mind
. There's always next year.
I suppose...but that hollow adds character to the tree, and the tree's been styled around it. Also, in a pot, it would take at least a decade for the callus to role over the concrete plug if it ever healed at all.
...wire scar, slowly diminishing each year.
I'm hoping that once the branching on both trunks begins to develop, the smaller, right trunk will look more natural. As far as the wire scars are concerned, they will disappear over the next few years as it thickens. There is a sacrifice branch up there that I'll let run for at least another year. Thanks for the post.
Hah! It's funny you should say that...I actually tipped the tree ever so slightly to the right to accentuate the curve at the base of the tree. It was also rotated a bit counter clockwise to make the transition from the chop/uro to the next portion of trunk more seamless. The changes to the trunk position did move that right branch more to the side and a bit less vertical. Bad idea? I've been toying with the idea of pulling it up a bit.
