ForrestGump
Mame
Hi all! So I collected a wild Ash tree. Blue ash I think. It was about 6 ft tall and the trunk is about 2 inchest thick. I'm new to this but wanted to do an upright styling.
So when I got the tree in the pot earlier this spring, there was one main trunk, which I chopped down to about 6 inches. There was 3 other small shoots about 2-3 feet tall, coming from the base of the trunk. I left those when doing the original chop. After a couple weeks a few new buds emerged near the base of the trunk and the buds on the older branches emerged. I had been hoping a new leader would form near the cut I had made, and not at the base of the trunk.
For plan B I chopped every branch off the tree and left it as a bare stump about 6 inches tall. Within a few days a new shoot emerged from the base of the trunk.
Now I don't know what to do. I want a leader at the top near the cut so it can grow into what will be the new trunk secton. Should I just leave it be? Will more shoots emerge over time? Or should I chop the buds that emerge at the bottom in effort to force one from the top? Any advice? I will try to post a pic if possible. Thanks!
So when I got the tree in the pot earlier this spring, there was one main trunk, which I chopped down to about 6 inches. There was 3 other small shoots about 2-3 feet tall, coming from the base of the trunk. I left those when doing the original chop. After a couple weeks a few new buds emerged near the base of the trunk and the buds on the older branches emerged. I had been hoping a new leader would form near the cut I had made, and not at the base of the trunk.
For plan B I chopped every branch off the tree and left it as a bare stump about 6 inches tall. Within a few days a new shoot emerged from the base of the trunk.
Now I don't know what to do. I want a leader at the top near the cut so it can grow into what will be the new trunk secton. Should I just leave it be? Will more shoots emerge over time? Or should I chop the buds that emerge at the bottom in effort to force one from the top? Any advice? I will try to post a pic if possible. Thanks!