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this is one of the first trees i ever bought, some 3,5 years ago..




until somewhere last year i didn't really have a good clue on what to do with it.. but with my growing love for shohin, i decided to cut it back drastically


and last week i created some flow in the otherwise boring stump.


total size of the tree is some 10cm high and a about 2cm wide..
the tree has also gotten a mayor job on it's roots and a bad root system with big roots spiralling around the tree several times had been removed..
the tree was repotted in pure akadama and will now be allowed to grow freely for a year..

Drastic... and daring. Many people wouldn't have done this and would have continued with trying to develop the tree as it was.
I'm wondering about that very big cut, wouldn't that give problems with rot?
Guess I'll have to wait another year for the results
Quite interested, as I have two hawthorns myself - both untouched, one very thin, the other one is better, but both still growing to develop a fatter trunk.

Strange... you posted this minutes ago but I'm having a deja-vu. I'm so sure I've seen that (carved) tree before...

We've suddenly had a massive influx of real 名媛直播 :lol: I love it.
Great work with all of the trees you've been posting and I can't wait to see them in a (few) years time.

Ed

名媛直播Learner wrote: We've suddenly had a massive influx of real 名媛直播 :lol: I love it.

Yep, me too. Some (very) good, some... interesting prospects but it gives reason for discussions and sharing ideas.

Auk wrote: Drastic... and daring. Many people wouldn't have done this and would have continued with trying to develop the tree as it was.
I'm wondering about that very big cut, wouldn't that give problems with rot?
Guess I'll have to wait another year for the results
Quite interested, as I have two hawthorns myself - both untouched, one very thin, the other one is better, but both still growing to develop a fatter trunk.

Strange... you posted this minutes ago but I'm having a deja-vu. I'm so sure I've seen that (carved) tree before...

yeah drastc, i know.. but looking at the original tree i was "forced" to cut back because the width of the trunk made the bigger tree look too juvenile..
we'll see how it works out with the cut.. i hope it works out fine..
but i'm sure it'll be a better looking shohin..

thanks for the input guys

and yes, you have seen this tree before..

Cronic wrote:

Auk wrote: we'll see how it works out with the cut.. i hope it works out fine..

Thinking about my own 'prospects'... I actually do have two that look even worse so I think it should be OK.

One old elm, grown from seed. Being an amateur, trying to get tapering, I cut it off too high, almost 2 decades ago. It didn't heal well, and trying to hide that, I carved it. It's now scarred over the full length of the trunk. Still living...

A cherry. It was a big shrub, in my garden for years, but hardly growing. We decided to remove it, to make place for something else. I wasn't careful enough, or too impatient - while trying to pull it out of the ground, it snapped right off, close to the base. It wasn't a clean cut. I planted it in a big container. It still lives. It made lots of new branches. Actually, it started blossoming a few days ago.

I think I'm not going to post photos of these trees...

Well.. Sometimes you have to take a giant step back in order to go forward..

Cronic wrote: Well.. Sometimes you have to take a giant step back in order to go forward..

You made a big and daring step. I was just being clumsy.

Auk wrote:

Cronic wrote: Well.. Sometimes you have to take a giant step back in order to go forward..

You made a big and daring step. I was just being clumsy.

Aknowledging this is already a step forward, no?

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