Javaman4373
Shohin
I have a dozen Sargeats Crabapples in our landscape, all propagated from one original planting (parent crab).
I have been seeking suitable pre-bonsai material from these trees and find that suitable candidates that would give trunk movement and taper are hard to find. I do have one root sprout that may be a candidate for collectiing. It is small and has twin trunks, but would be easily collected.
The best candidate is one of my transplants. It has a trunk that is about 13 inches to the first branch and I have not removed the sod at the base to see if there are nebari that would be useful. This plant does have some trunk movement and good possibilities for taper above the first branch. So my major question is: would it be best to air layer this on the trunk or dig it and keep the 13 inch trunk? I can envision how the taper could be further developed by judicious chops and perhaps the first branch would be best as a sacrificial branch. I think the taper is a bit better than the photos show.
I have been seeking suitable pre-bonsai material from these trees and find that suitable candidates that would give trunk movement and taper are hard to find. I do have one root sprout that may be a candidate for collectiing. It is small and has twin trunks, but would be easily collected.
The best candidate is one of my transplants. It has a trunk that is about 13 inches to the first branch and I have not removed the sod at the base to see if there are nebari that would be useful. This plant does have some trunk movement and good possibilities for taper above the first branch. So my major question is: would it be best to air layer this on the trunk or dig it and keep the 13 inch trunk? I can envision how the taper could be further developed by judicious chops and perhaps the first branch would be best as a sacrificial branch. I think the taper is a bit better than the photos show.
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