Mellow Mullet
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It does look like it is getting better.
TP Murasaki Kiyohime
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thumblessprimate1
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Imagining its futures and stick with plan to airlayer at a point in the future.
thumblessprimate1
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For fun and record.
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thumblessprimate1
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Bushy. With little time and not really developing branches, I tied up some long branches shading out stuff below in the spring. Looks really stupid, right?
My wounds are closing up at a nice pace, I think.
My wounds are closing up at a nice pace, I think.
0soyoung
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It looks very normal to me.
I do this with all my maples because
- all are still in development
- I don't have the space to just let them spread out.
thumblessprimate1
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The trunk that's marked bothers me. I want the large wound below it closed before removing that trunk. I think it bothers me because it's close in thickness to the main trunk. With it gone, I could replace it with a smaller trunk, while improving the appearance of the base. That's my guess ?.
Might require a wedge removed and another graft.
All before the airlayer.
Might require a wedge removed and another graft.
All before the airlayer.
thumblessprimate1
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I looked through my old files and found this very maple first season in my yard. I didnt plant it in the ground until maybe the 3rd year.
thumblessprimate1
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I think I got enough thread grafts (4) for now. I might want 3 or 4 more next round.
thumblessprimate1
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thumblessprimate1
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Happy to see the leaves. Love Japanese maple leaves in spring!
Wondering how big I want it this morning.
Wondering how big I want it this morning.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Why don't you put a collar around that base, cut away the ring of bark and pile the dirt up? A ground layer. Much safer and you can just leave it in the pot for now and continue working on the tree.
Kill five birds, so to speak
Kill five birds, so to speak
thumblessprimate1
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Definitely going to do that, good sir. I've been waiting for a few of the large cuts at the base to close up first. With the wound now smaller and the addition of a thread graft inside the biggest wound, I think I'll be doing that in about a year.Why don't you put a collar around that base, cut away the ring of bark and pile the dirt up? A ground layer. Much safer and you can just leave it in the pot for now and continue working on the tree.
Kill five birds, so to speak
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I like your plan.
Hyn Patty
Shohin
It's looking good - especially that shot of the new leaves coming out make it beautiful. I think you are very wise to go slowly, carefully, and make sure your tree is sound and strong before you do drastic things like the layer. I hope it goes well for you! I have a few things I want to do to my trees as well but think it needs to go in steps and not rush into it. In my case things need to grow more so I'm not in a hurry to chop and cut back until trunks thicken up more, etc.
thumblessprimate1
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Explosive growth and color! I better keep an eye on it to remove wire. Else it'll bite in badly. It could be any day now. Lots of branches that could later be used for grafting if needed, but I'll only worry about the wires for now.
thumblessprimate1
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Two thread grafts didnt make it. One I cut free too soon, and the other broke off despite growing super (see last image from post #28).
Anyways the trunk where a hread graft broke will likely be completely removed. It's always been on I wanted to remove. I tried to make it work twice with grafts and they failed. I think itll look better removed. I didn't remove it sooner anyways, because I'd have many large wounds at one time.
So I thought I'd take the time to graft today. Considered threading but went for approaching.
Last step after pinning and sealing the branches in place is wiring.
Anyways the trunk where a hread graft broke will likely be completely removed. It's always been on I wanted to remove. I tried to make it work twice with grafts and they failed. I think itll look better removed. I didn't remove it sooner anyways, because I'd have many large wounds at one time.
So I thought I'd take the time to graft today. Considered threading but went for approaching.
Last step after pinning and sealing the branches in place is wiring.
thumblessprimate1
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How a few other grafts are looking. All are thread grafted coming out of large cut wounds. The second one grew so fast, I had to cut back to weaken and slow it down. I want the graft in fort picture to thicken much more before I airlayer this tree on to it's own roots as a clump.
thumblessprimate1
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The tree today. Some grafts ready to be free next spring, some need more time. I want to remove the second largest trunk to exaggerate the primary one. Plan to graft at the wound to speed up its recovery and maybe substitute the removed trunk with a smaller one. I'd like to resolve the large wound left from the cut I'm planning and one of the grafts before I ground layer. The current largest wound is about closed.
pweifan
Shohin
How's this one doing this year, Martin?
thumblessprimate
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It is doing well. I removed some wiring weeks ago. The grafts near top will take longer, because I don't want branches to get thick. I want to check the grafts near the future nebari later today. I've just been making sure it's healthy and alive.
