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Yamadori
Of this same species Im also doing an airlayer on a weird bifuracated stump, and started a raft from a root I pulled from the ground with hardly any roots. They probably wont win any beauty contests but they will be funky and fun trees if they survive.
So despite this not being my only Elm, for this one I have some particular vision and I have a feeling it could turn into something majestic. So I wanna do it right.
If I go the reciprocating saw route, what would be the best time to do it? Early spring before bud break?
I probably want to grab some of that taper that's buried for now, so if I can't start a layer low enough I might probably just saw it out like suggested. Just want to increase the odds of survival in case I go that route.
Here's the raft I started.
There are plenty or roots visibule, but sadly all of them originate from the bottom part that is not really connected to the part with the branches. Unless magically the sap decides to flow against traffic I doubt they will benefit the branches at all. So technically it has no roots of it's own and according to the information provided in this thread it should have no issues surviving
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The bottom part of the root actually allows me to wire the whole thing in place and let the top part arch out of the soil without stability issues. Red line is future soil level. There will be some empty space between the arch and the soil, I think that will look interesting.
So despite this not being my only Elm, for this one I have some particular vision and I have a feeling it could turn into something majestic. So I wanna do it right.
If I go the reciprocating saw route, what would be the best time to do it? Early spring before bud break?
I probably want to grab some of that taper that's buried for now, so if I can't start a layer low enough I might probably just saw it out like suggested. Just want to increase the odds of survival in case I go that route.
Here's the raft I started.
There are plenty or roots visibule, but sadly all of them originate from the bottom part that is not really connected to the part with the branches. Unless magically the sap decides to flow against traffic I doubt they will benefit the branches at all. So technically it has no roots of it's own and according to the information provided in this thread it should have no issues surviving
.The bottom part of the root actually allows me to wire the whole thing in place and let the top part arch out of the soil without stability issues. Red line is future soil level. There will be some empty space between the arch and the soil, I think that will look interesting.
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