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Shohin
Here is a few pics of my monster Crab Apple collected from my yard. A year ago I tried to chop a bunch of the longer roots about three feet out from the tree, trying to maximize small close in feeder roots this spring. This tree was very well anchored into the ground, I missed a whole bunch. It took about eight hours of digging and many cocktails.
Sorry for the general quality of my pics, I took them for my reference then decided to post up.
Took along time and damn near killed me getting into the wheel barrow. Still happy with the amounts of feeder roots, hopefully it does alright.
In a box on a bench, must weigh a couple hundred lbs all boxed up. I did miss getting a few surprise feeder roots into the box, it was a beast to get fitted in. Totally wanted a different angle but I would of needed a different box and I was done wrestling this thing.
Different angle
I took this in the rain because I don't know how long the flowering will last, it's been flowering for a week. Obviously lots of work ahead of me. Looking forward to some serious carving! I know not a typical deadwood type tree but it should be fun to carve and style.
Next spring I think I'll chop the long branch on the right, the left one will be the new leader? I'll do some hard pruning of the longer branches in the fall, at least that's the plan so far. I'll try and preserve some deadwood this summer, but not going to get carried away until I see its long term health. Fire away with any feed back good or bad.
Sorry for the general quality of my pics, I took them for my reference then decided to post up.
Took along time and damn near killed me getting into the wheel barrow. Still happy with the amounts of feeder roots, hopefully it does alright.
In a box on a bench, must weigh a couple hundred lbs all boxed up. I did miss getting a few surprise feeder roots into the box, it was a beast to get fitted in. Totally wanted a different angle but I would of needed a different box and I was done wrestling this thing.
Different angle
I took this in the rain because I don't know how long the flowering will last, it's been flowering for a week. Obviously lots of work ahead of me. Looking forward to some serious carving! I know not a typical deadwood type tree but it should be fun to carve and style.
Next spring I think I'll chop the long branch on the right, the left one will be the new leader? I'll do some hard pruning of the longer branches in the fall, at least that's the plan so far. I'll try and preserve some deadwood this summer, but not going to get carried away until I see its long term health. Fire away with any feed back good or bad.