elm chop induces feelings of regret...nausea

[sherwoodschwartz]

elm chop induces feelings of regret...nausea UPDATE

before:

whacked:

after:

well, i guess i'm not too regretful. i really didn't like it as it was. and, it was free. now i pray for well placed buds. what's the name of the well-placed bud god again?

 

[drew33998]

Better

I think you made the right call on chopping it. It will be a much shorter tree now but it looks much more powerful.

 

[october]

Don't regret it. It will be really nice within 6-7 years. You will have a very well proportioned tree.

Rob

 

[Dav4]

I think you made the right call on chopping it. It will be a much shorter tree now but it looks much more powerful.

+1
The material in the before picture was pretty ugly and had little potential...the material in the after picture, while still ugly, now has lots of potential. Good job.

 

[PaulH]

No reason for regret. You just turned junk into gold!

 

[milehigh_7]

Much better!

 

[Poink88]

I too believe you did the right choice... Be glad you had the courage.

 

[coppice]

what's the name of the well-placed bud god again?

Fortuna.

Never fear, good things grow out of short trees.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

You did the right thing, at the right spot. The ONLY thing I would have considered is airlayering off the top. But assuming you didn't want to wait, you did what I would have done.

 

[Si Nguyen]

Good chop!
This tree looks like it was a fusion of 2 or 3 small trunks?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Good move! Never look back.

 

[Jason]

You did the right thing, at the right spot. The ONLY thing I would have considered is airlayering off the top. But assuming you didn't want to wait, you did what I would have done.

Ditto....good move....have no regrets

 

[Stan Kengai]

Chopping material like yours is often a very hard choice, especially if you have any amount of time invested into the plant. But I bet that in a few years you'll be kicking yourself for not chopping it sooner. Very good choice in my opinion.

 

[coh]

You did the right thing, at the right spot. The ONLY thing I would have considered is airlayering off the top. But assuming you didn't want to wait, you did what I would have done.

Agree. If you still have the top, you might be able to root it. I've had pretty good luck with some rather large elm cuttings.

 

[bwaynef]

The ONLY thing I would have considered is airlayering off the top.

There's not much of a quality tree to be airlayered above where he chopped though, and certainly not a tree worth delaying the development of what he's got now.

 

[chris38383838]

You had kind of a reverse taper with a big ugly ball at some point. There was nothing to do about that! Good luck!

 

[lordy]

the god would be
"youBetterBudAtGoodPlacesAndGrowInto_a_BeautifulTreeOrI'llPullYouOutOfTheGroundSoFastYou'llLookLikeARocketship", well-known overseer of trunk chops. You did good.

 

[Tieball]

Excellent decision

Nice work...yea...chopping seems to feel horrible for a moment...then you realize it's all the right move. Good decision to cut.

 

[plant_dr]

the god would be
"youBetterBudAtGoodPlacesAndGrowInto_a_BeautifulTreeOrI'llPullYouOutOfTheGroundSoFastYou'llLookLikeA Rocketship"

That made me laugh out loud!!
(and I couldn't just write "LOL" because the response was too short)

 

[sherwoodschwartz]

update

well, the elm hath respodeth.

didn't really get a bud where i really wanted it, but...it's only been two months. so, yeah, i think in several years i may have a good little tree.