Dwight Way Black Pine
- Thread starter markyscott
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Shima
Omono
Thought maybe you'd super glued the plates. Which I've done. A little dab here and there.
You could. Depends on the tree.
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Strong growth this spring.
Some new buds forming too
S
Some new buds forming too
S
markyscott
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All the grafted shoots are growing well too. I hope to reduce the length of the branches to some of the interior grafts. It’ll probably be another year of two before I can shorten to the new apex. I did thin the existing apex significantly in preparation for replacing it eventually.
markyscott
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Something to think about. I’m 7 years into this rehab project. It’ll be another three of four before I can show it. I wonder what i could have grown from seed in that 10 of 11 years?
River's Edge
Masterpiece
True, but the opportunity to work on the skills associated with changing a mature tree would have been missed. Nice work and progression.
markyscott
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0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
IIRC, you've done got some seedlings already 3 or 4 years down the road, another 3 or 4 will tell. If not, the 6 year contest that you've entered will answer the question. I expect this tree (though quite nice ✔) will prove to be just one of the 'training wheels'. Foliage will never be where you want it, until you put it there. Its clear that you can do it anytime.
Ala 'Dirty Harry', the question, punk, is can you make a trunk?
I think this is the difference in starting from seed/seedlings.
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Ala 'Dirty Harry', the question, punk, is can you make a trunk?
Much has been done to make better small tree but about the trunk
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markyscott
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IIRC, you've done got some seedlings already 3 or 4 years down the road, another 3 or 4 will tell. If not, the 6 year contest that you've entered will answer the question. I expect this tree (though quite nice ✔) will prove to be just one of the 'training wheels'. Foliage will never be where you want it, until you put it there. Its clear that you can do it anytime.
Ala 'Dirty Harry', the question, punk, is can you make a trunk?
I think this is the difference in starting from seed/seedlings.
They’re all training wheels oso! We can all read a recipe from a cookbook, but there are only a few good chefs.
S
markyscott
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Hi DJ. Might be possible, but it’s difficult to pull off convincingly, especially with modest material. I think I’ll stay on the path toward an informal upright, but a shorted apex and branches about 1/2 the length they are now.
S
markyscott
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When you get those old needles off, it will really start looking like something!
DirkvanDreven
Shohin
What you could have grown from seed in 10 or 11 years would never have that bark on it yet! Maturity takes much longer then 11 years.
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Great day working with Danny Coffey and a big day for the Dwight Way pine.
Old apex - gone.
Old apex - gone.
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markyscott
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Getting ready for the big bend.
markyscott
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Trunk bent, foliage cleaned, tree wired up.
penumbra
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Pretty sassy. Doesn't even look like the one you started with. Thanks for sharing.
