Summer pruning and die-back

[leatherback]

Nearly 3 weeks in. So far so good. Cracking of the cutpaste all around indicate the first signs of callus building on all edges:

 

[leatherback]

Nealy 3 months in.. Clear closing of the wound now.

 

[leatherback]

I realize I never showed the whole construction site this is..

The worst of a three-tree deal from a growers field who was clearing arrived in my garden in early november 2019:

 

[leatherback]

Horrible roots.. I decided to go for movement in the trunk...

 

[leatherback]

Long term project, or.. for sale once I have made the main cuts and have it properly repotted. Or whenever I am fed up and get an offer that is fitting.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Will start using this method myself next summer

Cooooool!

 

[leatherback]

late summer repot experiment.

 

[leatherback]

 

[leatherback]

End of year picture session..

 

[leatherback]

As a trial, I put an airlayer in place this weekend:
Surprising how much sap the bark held. Lots of bleeding!

 

[leatherback]

Gone, the top root!

 

[LCD35]

Gone, the top root!

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I love the documentation. What are your plans for this spring?

 

[leatherback]

I love the documentation. What are your plans for this spring?

Thank you!

I feel this tree has a year of good growth ahead; I repotted it in fall, and did some pruning & gentle wiring to at least have the branches connected at an OK angle. I will now let a few branches run a bit, to get some growth on these cuts.

 

[The Warm Canuck]

Could we get an update? I'd love to see how it pushed.

 

[leatherback]

Could we get an update? I'd love to see how it pushed.

Sure

In spring:


After wire & trim:

 

[leatherback]

You can find an update of the airlayer here:

 

[leatherback]

a little update..

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Great progress. I must be doing something wrong with my maples, I never seem to get the same growth as others get. Maybe Im not fertilizing enough or giving them too much sun.

 

[leatherback]

Great progress. I must be doing something wrong with my maples, I never seem to get the same growth as others get. Maybe Im not fertilizing enough or giving them too much sun.

or the species. These are not clearly anything besides a green japanese maple. They do a metre+ each year

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Its possible, but mine are regular APs also of no particular variety. Even my other maples though dont go nuts like others.