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I was browsing and recognised your name, now sharing a tree you may recognise 😁 (ignore the wiring i was having a play!)

That's incredible! Top stuff

Jaquelline Hillier elm from root cutting started four years ago. I'll post the first picture too when this reopens as this tree graduated the 2018-2021 capsule

Was thinking the same 👌

Likewise I too forgot and gave it a rather savage, unflattering hair cut. Where we started: Where we're at:

A reminder for this has just gone off on my phone. Thought I'd give it a cheeky bump. Will take a pic and update mine when get back for work 🙌

Thanks for taking the time to share. The ramification on many of those deciduous trees is truly inspirational.

Inspirational stuff. Thank you for updating, Brian! :)

Good to hear! I'm not surprised, I couldn't believe it was seven years ago. If this tree lives up to my vision I'll name it after you ;)

Oooo, go on then, cheeky. Jaquelline Hillier elm from a root cutting last spring. Attached to the rock this spring. Goodness knows what it will look like in the next, next, next spring.

I usually chuck them in the ground or poor left over garden soil that usually holds plenty of water. I wonder if maybe you're growing medium is almost too good so maybe needs that regular watering (bit of a paradox I know!). As long as they don't freeze or dry out I've found they tend to be...

Try a little a scratch- if they're showing green by now they should pull through. This year's crop for me, bar one (and that was a beast), haven't budded yet.

Not sure why the first picture is the last in order- maybe sitting on my phone in the garden, beer in hand trying to construct this post wasn't the best of ideas :)

So below is what was one of my first root cuttings- I followed @Si Nguyen's advice, had a little experiment by splitting a large root and and separating the others. It's a tree that I named "the ugly one" and now come to love! First picture was March, the others taken in the last month and a...