Another Japanese Maple- what to do

[Dav4]

Last update for me in 2016! Along with most of my maples, this one is likely to have a board screwed to it's bottom and placed in a wooden grow box. The transition from the heavy trunk section to the next needs to thicken and the roots, though coming along, still need a lot more development. I suspect the sacrifice branch will stay for at least another year or two....but it will help the wounds from both past and future carving heal faster, too.

 

[Waldo Street Pottery]

Looking good Sir!

 

[Smoke]

So when you cut the sacrifice off you'll work with just this?

 

[namnhi]

Lol, Truly a gifted bosaist. I bet no one see that version.

 

[Dav4]

So when you cut the sacrifice off you'll work with just this?

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Yeah, something like that...

 

[Smoke]

Yeah, something like that...

Happy New Year!

 

[Dav4]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you and Mrs. Smoke, as well!

 

[Dav4]

Another maple repot, another maple screwed to a wooden board. This one liked the akadama mix...

 

[Dav4]

Yup...

 

[thumblessprimate1]

So painful to see this. Hope the trunk pulls through.

 

[Dav4]

So painful to see this. Hope the trunk pulls through.

It will... was thinking of a restyle anyway

 

[CamdenJim]

Restyled by Mother Nature -- when she was in forest cleanup mode.

 

[Gustavo Martins]

Nice Jin just kidding. To put things in perspective: better the trees than someone.

 

[Lazylightningny]

Damn... sorry to see all your hard work taken out. As long as the tree survives, at least you still have good bones to work with.