Burning bush - informal broom

[szelelaci]

Update on the tree:
Unfortunately only one of the two branches budded. I was hoping the other one will bud too, becuase the cambium stayed green on it for a year, but now it died. To be honest because of this I lost interest in the tree, and it was tossed aside for this season, which was very hot, so at a point it almost died. I've cut down the dry parts a moth ago and it has been reborn. Now I am thinking next season I'm gonna replace the died back branch with the shoot from the base grafted into place.

 

[szelelaci]

It might be possible to salvage this project... Made the thread graft to replace the dead branch. The tree is pushing strong. We'll see.

 

[szelelaci]

Wired the new shoots while they are soft.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Wired the new shoots while they are soft.
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Indeed!

Before the rabbits ate mine to its death, I noticed that the the new growth gets brittle, very quickly. (Probably the price we pay for that unique barking).

Well done!

 

[szelelaci]

Pruned it after the first growth hardened, but second growth did not come
Left the graft to thicken though, the entry side might be ready for cutting.
This is how it looks today's morning sun

 

[Peconomou]

Great work. I have one monster of a burning bush stump I dug up this past spring. I will be following your progress...thanks.