sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I finally found a Colorado Blue that is more than a brown skin bunch of whorls.
I'm dropping some pics of this Spruce process for them New Cats been hacking on old Alberta....and @KiwiPlantGuy I reckon too...
Right physched on this one....
She's sexy.
Just a fully.
Just the base.
The "remove heavy straight ups to see in".
Close up of the unquestionably cut off.
Find the Apex transition.
Cleaned up. Everything up and left will be cut in the future.
That is one of those things I call golden.
A new lead with a branch already dropped for the transition.
Since I don't have to wire it, I can keep it clipped short more safely, to keep it small since it is in the top.
The barked up portion of the trunk has some decent taper.
The 3 segments of taper are well proportioned.
Pretty sure all the branches are healthy enough to hold that size next year with pruning. They are mostly the same size, so I will be bud counting, bud knocking and pruning accordingly to even out taper and build properly sized branching.
That mid section where the wire is needs a lot of growth. It has the branches to fill all the spaces necessary which is killer....
But holding the top back and catching those up, while keeping it healthy is going to be the task to focus on.
Note...
Everything in that "bottom third" has been dewhorled.
But will be kept for energy for X years.
The Apex Apex was cut to show it who's boss, but the next whorl down and everything above my new leader will remain for health purposes.
The entire tree has been dewhorled.
No 2 branches from the trunk in the same place.
And filling every space necessary in the future is possible.
If a nursery spruce can not give you that. It's not worth buying IMO.
I got a few more pics.
Sorce
I'm dropping some pics of this Spruce process for them New Cats been hacking on old Alberta....and @KiwiPlantGuy I reckon too...
Right physched on this one....
She's sexy.
Just a fully.
Just the base.
The "remove heavy straight ups to see in".
Close up of the unquestionably cut off.
Find the Apex transition.
Cleaned up. Everything up and left will be cut in the future.
That is one of those things I call golden.
A new lead with a branch already dropped for the transition.
Since I don't have to wire it, I can keep it clipped short more safely, to keep it small since it is in the top.
The barked up portion of the trunk has some decent taper.
The 3 segments of taper are well proportioned.
Pretty sure all the branches are healthy enough to hold that size next year with pruning. They are mostly the same size, so I will be bud counting, bud knocking and pruning accordingly to even out taper and build properly sized branching.
That mid section where the wire is needs a lot of growth. It has the branches to fill all the spaces necessary which is killer....
But holding the top back and catching those up, while keeping it healthy is going to be the task to focus on.
Note...
Everything in that "bottom third" has been dewhorled.
But will be kept for energy for X years.
The Apex Apex was cut to show it who's boss, but the next whorl down and everything above my new leader will remain for health purposes.
The entire tree has been dewhorled.
No 2 branches from the trunk in the same place.
And filling every space necessary in the future is possible.
If a nursery spruce can not give you that. It's not worth buying IMO.
I got a few more pics.
Sorce