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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #57310
Hi! Last year I made earth layering on a European elm, as it has problems with nebari. I gave it free growth all the season. This spring I repotted it when the buds began to break. The elm has a lot of new roots in the layering. Even before the repot, I noticed that the buds of the lower branches were most swollen, compared with the upper branches. Now on the lower branches there are already small leaves, while on the upper branches the buds don’t swell. Some branches are dry and dead, but most of them are alive and have green cambium, if I scratch the bark. What can I do in this situation? It may make sense to cover the top of the tree with a bag to keep moisture in the upper branches and trunk? Perhaps this will stimulate the buds opening on the upper branches? Also, maybe they should just be cut to stimulate back budding? This year we had an abnormally warm winter and already in mid-February the buds began to swell. Last year, the elm gave strong growth on the lower branches, since the tree is in the process of being developed and requires thicker branches at the bottom. I also have a sacrificial branch at the top, which has had strong growth all season. And it’s also in a sleeping state, which is a bit strange. Only the lower branches began to actively wake up.
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #57311
Give it time, they may be alive, There is nothing else you can do if the buds are dead they are dead. It is still early in the spring so I would wait and see
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #57475
Today I decided to cover its top with a black partially transparent plastic bag, I will maintain moderate humidity in it so that mold doesn't form. Although it may be worth using high humidity, as in the original "sweating techniques"...
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #57993
Well, enough time has passed. The lower branches thrive and grow, but the upper branches have not moved from this point and have no signs of growth.
Oddly enough, the cambium of these branches and the trunk is green, that is, the upper part is alive. This is strange.
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #57996
Thriving low branches is a good sign when creating bonsai. Most trees is top heavy/strong By nature. Hard to tell for your tree though Since there are no picture of your tree.
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #58001

proninyaroslav wrote: Well, enough time has passed. The lower branches thrive and grow, but the upper branches have not moved from this point and have no signs of growth.
Oddly enough, the cambium of these branches and the trunk is green, that is, the upper part is alive. This is strange.


Patience. 2 weeks is nothing.
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #58003

leatherback wrote:

proninyaroslav wrote: Well, enough time has passed. The lower branches thrive and grow, but the upper branches have not moved from this point and have no signs of growth.
Oddly enough, the cambium of these branches and the trunk is green, that is, the upper part is alive. This is strange.


Patience. 2 weeks is nothing.


Is it possible to see posting date from a computer? I find it difficult to understand the whole context using Only phone.
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #58014
Start of topic - 3 weeks ago. After plastic bag covering 2 weeks passed.
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