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Hello all,
Last year, I had the opportunity to dig up a couple of trees in a neighboring county -- long story short, the Trident Maple seems healthy and shows some promise (I think) but is fairly problematic in its own right -- it has some character, but also lots of aesthetic problems, wondering if any of you had any thoughts or advice!
The maple has the 'start' of a nice root base, and seems to be very healthy -- unfortunately, right from a couple inches above the root base, there's a very large knurl/reverse taper -- my thinking is that this could be improved by carving it into a lightning strike, or a hollow or an oval uro, or something of the like. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated!
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Didn't post any major pictures of the branches above because honestly I'm willing to trunk chop and restart those completely -- though if anyone thinks I should post those, let me know.
Last year, I had the opportunity to dig up a couple of trees in a neighboring county -- long story short, the Trident Maple seems healthy and shows some promise (I think) but is fairly problematic in its own right -- it has some character, but also lots of aesthetic problems, wondering if any of you had any thoughts or advice!
The maple has the 'start' of a nice root base, and seems to be very healthy -- unfortunately, right from a couple inches above the root base, there's a very large knurl/reverse taper -- my thinking is that this could be improved by carving it into a lightning strike, or a hollow or an oval uro, or something of the like. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated!
Photos:
1
2
3
4
Didn't post any major pictures of the branches above because honestly I'm willing to trunk chop and restart those completely -- though if anyone thinks I should post those, let me know.