American Larch graft sequence

crust

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Large old collected larch 2005-pretty gangely but a awesome base.
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Larch seedling chose for inarch,one point and through grafts.
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Grafts on larch base 2012-looking good.
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Weened off daughter graft plants and they all took except one 2013 fall--hacked off mother top mid summer 2014-responded well and is looking promising.
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dkraft81

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Good job this is going to be a special tree. I love the base. I like the trees in the background too.
 

Brian Van Fleet

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Wow! Great base and great bark. It is exciting to see how you're bringing the foliage down to it!
 

tismeisthatu

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That is going to look stunning. The base of that tree is awesome. That is great material to be working with.
On another note you have some stunning trees in your garden, I would love to see separate threads on the 2 trees to the right of this larch from the bottom photo. Is 1 a larch group on a slab, please show us more photos.
 

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It's not awesome.... it's Crustsome!!!
That is a cool thing. Do you know what you will do with the top of the tree yet? What a great project.
J
 

crust

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Thanks for everyone's encouragement. I was so hoping this graft project would work out--some of mine have not (like long term pondo/scots grafting). I am enthused by the exuberance of the grafted branches. For now I am not going to cut anything. There is wire on most stems originally just to hold them from evil robins and for a little wiggle but now I will have to watch them and cut them off soon I suspect.

This winter, when its bare, it will be a interesting study. Next spring I will probably down pot unless convinced otherwise. Its in good soil but it is pretty root bound--but happy as hell. My intent is to train branches with wire getting the perfect geriatric angles and increase the ramification over the next few years--and down size to a smaller box at minimum. The stub top may be retained as DW with or without a future plans for removal--depends.
 

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Since I was (past tense) an avid nascar follower (when it was old school) I for a quick moment thought you were going to retain the top as Darrel Walltrip...
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Ahhh... larches with great trunks but crappy branches. The bane of my existence. Yet I swoon to them anyway.

Very cool Crust. Thanks for sharing and good to see you here. This project gives me hope for my first real attempt at grafting larix, although I am using threads from the same plant instead of forestry whips as you did.

Here is a pic from earlier this spring where you can play"spot the three thread grafts". ... the grafts have since found their legs and are growing well.

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And another one that will be grafted next year... you can probably guess where. Just finding its legs after being collected spring 2013.
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crust

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Great larches Amkalid! The Torontans are so lucky--so many wicked larch places for them to haunt--even if they do need a graft hear and there.

I am worried about this trees state, being there is so much root and so little green. It is really growing strong though and I will be giving it regulated interior winter protection for sure this coming winter. We shall see. Also I will be following your grafted larches--I love the geriatric looking one, and old arthritic mason and his high school summer tender.
 

edprocoat

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That's not just amazing, its practically Bonsai porn. I cant wait to see this in 2016.

ed
 

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Hi @crust Is the OP grafted larch (amazing!!!) still around? I have a yamadori that will likely need some grafts in a year or two, wondering how your project has evolved.
 
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