Recent content by Swill

I killed one once. It was a baby. Here is one from last month:

I'm pretty sure that's from the flash. The day time photo is a better representation of the needle color.

This tree was nursery material that was worked hard in summer of 2013. I think it's just now starting to look strong particularly in terms of having multiple buds. I cut off the bottom of the rootball Fall 2015. The interior is bare and it needs to be wired. Should I do some bud selection...

I purchased this pine fall 2015 and the candles really took off while I was looking the other way. Embarrassingly... I'm not even sure what type of pine it is so it's probably not a surprise that I'm not sure what to do. It is really thick so I think it needs some thinning. I haven't done...

Here is how they turned out (images are linked):

They've been in the ground for 3 years or so. Thanks for the virtual image Tieball. I think I will cut off that large trunk. Here's some more photos. (Click photo for the huge version) The Hillier elm has a really messed up trunk.

A couple of years at least, but it's been growing 4 or 5 all together I think. It started as a one year old seedling in a small nursery can and I cut the tap root and put it on a tile in the grow bed. This is the advice I want to listen to because it's what I was leaning toward doing. I...

Does this maple need some pruning work or should I just let it keep growing? I'd like it to be thicker but I also would like to see more lower branches.

I could use some advice on what to do with 2 elms that have been growing in the ground for awhile. I'm not sure what type this first one is. I feel like I let the large right trunk get to big but I kind of want to leave it so there isn't a huge scar. Should I shorten both trunks and just...

After googling Pseudomonas and looking at some photos it doesn't really look like that to me. I don't really see much black. They are linked images if it helps for a closer look (sorry if you already did). I was thinking the tree seemed pretty healthy below where it died back to. The cuts...

I cut back a Japanese maple this spring and repotted it. The top started to grow some leaves but they died off. I don't think the wood is totally dead. Maybe I should have pruned that side branch with all the leaves more aggressively? I was just going to let it grow and recover but is there...

There are a few small roots. The plant is angled in such a way that they have some room to grow.

I had planned on leaving it for a couple years but I got some help with the repot and it seemed at the time the best plan was to get it out of the clay and to start developing some roots on the side where there are nearly none. It wasn't completely bare rooted and the lump in the middle is...

Thanks for your thoughts on this every one. I couldn't find any more pictures of it, though I thought I had taken some more. Next time I'm in the area it's growing I hope to get some more pictures of the trunk beneath the soil to show what I mean more exactly. I like this tree a lot so I...

It looks like only a trench because it's from last year but I totally dug it out and know there aren't any hidden roots.