John Ruger
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Here are some pics from last winter of a small crabapple. I didn't let it fruit in order to conserve energy for spring work.
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One thing I wanted to do is establish a lower branch on the R. I was looking to give the appearance of old age, so I initially brought part of the R branch down, but was really hoping for a lower bud to replace it...that didn't happen.
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I partially wired it, but wasn't really happy with it.
The last pics were from a few days ago. I decided to get rid of the lower weak branch on the L...it never really panned out to what I was hoping for. Also, on the R, I made a wedge to open the rapidly closing gap (it was starting to fuse). The tree has some ways to go. The idea from this point is to notch out the crotch between the two leaders, reorient the base in order to eliminate the angle of the trunk, establish nice surface roots, regrow a new lower L branch, and get rid of some of the swelling on the L. I may actually try to keep some of that because in some ways it looks kinda cool, like a really old tree...we'll see.
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One thing I wanted to do is establish a lower branch on the R. I was looking to give the appearance of old age, so I initially brought part of the R branch down, but was really hoping for a lower bud to replace it...that didn't happen.
View attachment 17368
I partially wired it, but wasn't really happy with it.
The last pics were from a few days ago. I decided to get rid of the lower weak branch on the L...it never really panned out to what I was hoping for. Also, on the R, I made a wedge to open the rapidly closing gap (it was starting to fuse). The tree has some ways to go. The idea from this point is to notch out the crotch between the two leaders, reorient the base in order to eliminate the angle of the trunk, establish nice surface roots, regrow a new lower L branch, and get rid of some of the swelling on the L. I may actually try to keep some of that because in some ways it looks kinda cool, like a really old tree...we'll see.
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