Broom style help

[boguz]

Hi nuts
I ve been doing a broom style for the firsr time. I just wired this elm. I left 3 branches as leaders (blue marked) and rest of them downwards. I would be happy if any tips here.
Thanks

 

[Gabler]

I'll be at the same stage of development with my ironwood tree this spring, and I have a hawthorn lagging behind by only a little bit, so I'm interested in what people have to say.

 

[sorce]

I reckon you gotta (no, you don't gotta gotta) decide between a traditional broom and an untraditional broom.

The only way the traditional style really works is if you're pulling up the whole ring of shoots into the Swepper, it negates and hides the bulging.

In this layout, your kinda susceptible to reverse taper at your regrowth site.

Seems you have at least a season to observe before anything changes permanently.

Sorce

 

[SeanS]

If you’re going for a formal broom the branches should be straight, no twists or curves. You build structure and movement in the branches through ramification, not wiring and bending. Here’s my elm broom that I’m starting the branching on, all I’m worried about initially is the angle the wired branches leave the trunk and primaries at. Once they’re thick enough off cut them back to the fifers or second nodes and start over, wiring the new shoots at the necessary angles from the branches they originate from. Search for @markyscott thread “chuhin elm broom”, excellent resource and what I’ve used to guide the start of my broom.




Also, google “Collin Lewis wiring tutorial” or something like and watch his free video on Craftsy...

 

[boguz]

If you’re going for a formal broom the branches should be straight, no twists or curves. You build structure and movement in the branches through ramification, not wiring and bending. Here’s my elm broom that I’m starting the branching on, all I’m worried about initially is the angle the wired branches leave the trunk and primaries at. Once they’re thick enough off cut them back to the fifers or second nodes and start over, wiring the new shoots at the necessary angles from the branches they originate from. Search for @markyscott thread “chuhin elm broom”, excellent resource and what I’ve used to guide the start of my broom.

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Also, google “Collin Lewis wiring tutorial” or something like and watch his free video on Craftsy...

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So, should i change curves and make them straight?

 

[SeanS]

So, should i change curves and make them straight?

Depends on whether you’re going for a formal broom or not.

Here’s markyscott’s thread, really informative

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[boguz]

Thank you guys. This thread is very helpfull
I removed curves, i ll do formal broom, lets see