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Help with the branch placement on an Elm
Bought this at Blue Oak last year and it has been nothing but fun and a quick grower.
I am thinking it needs to be ground layered at the widest part of the trunk to fix the ugly inverse curve.
I also have a major scar where I took two air layers off it and got rid of a huge knot.
If you measure to the top of the tree it is about 18" from the ground layer spot to the current top. The little side trunk is about 6" from the proposed new base. The first left branch is obviously about the same. Doesn't this branch need to go?
The next Left branch is about 7" up and 8" up to the next. I'm thinking the 8" one should stay?
Then its about 12" to the bottom of the top canopy. I made a quick attempt at the next step in photoshop?
Please help with the balance and the bones of this tree.
Please help, I just can't envision how to make this tree look its best.
Bought this at Blue Oak last year and it has been nothing but fun and a quick grower.
I am thinking it needs to be ground layered at the widest part of the trunk to fix the ugly inverse curve.
I also have a major scar where I took two air layers off it and got rid of a huge knot.
If you measure to the top of the tree it is about 18" from the ground layer spot to the current top. The little side trunk is about 6" from the proposed new base. The first left branch is obviously about the same. Doesn't this branch need to go?
The next Left branch is about 7" up and 8" up to the next. I'm thinking the 8" one should stay?
Then its about 12" to the bottom of the top canopy. I made a quick attempt at the next step in photoshop?
Please help with the balance and the bones of this tree.
Please help, I just can't envision how to make this tree look its best.
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