American Larch/ Tamarack
- Wendy Likly Welch
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I was gifted this American Larch yesterday and am very excited to work with it...but..I don't know what to do first! It's a young sapling with tons of possibility. Any ideas or suggestions on how to begin training it?will be very appreciated.
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I assume you only had it inside for the picture. You could do a wiring job and twist and bend the trunk but probably better to let it grow next year and just learn how to grow it. Once the needles drop you will be able to see the branch structure better, then you could decide to remove some of the branches, the thin low ones.
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I agree on wiering. That must be done before the trunk reaches a certain thickness, when it is no longer possible. I am not sure about this species, but the european larch and the japanese larch is quite flexible for long time. If yours is the same, I would not hurry.
I would not prune low branches at this point. If kept they will help with thickening and tapering in the trunk.
I would not prune low branches at this point. If kept they will help with thickening and tapering in the trunk.
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Yes..inside only?for the pic..if it were YOUR tree, how would you style it? I'm kind of stuck on how to make it look great ..it is a very young tree and I'd like to focus on thickening the trunk. Should I simply plant it in the ground for a couple of years and just keep pruning it back? I haven't worked with Tamarack before...
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This is a blank canvas. There are no features already set that leans towards any style. It means it can become anything.
However, broom style goes against the natural growth habit of a larch, so I would exclude that option. Formal upright and slanting on the other hand is very natural for latches, but we normally just do that on trees that were too thick to bend when purshased. So I would exclude that options as well. Windswept is very hard to design looking natural so I would advice against it for beginners.
Left is informal upright, literati, semicascade, cascade, root over rock and tanuki.
Pick the one you like best.
However, broom style goes against the natural growth habit of a larch, so I would exclude that option. Formal upright and slanting on the other hand is very natural for latches, but we normally just do that on trees that were too thick to bend when purshased. So I would exclude that options as well. Windswept is very hard to design looking natural so I would advice against it for beginners.
Left is informal upright, literati, semicascade, cascade, root over rock and tanuki.
Pick the one you like best.
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