How do I hide this?
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Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
What are we looking at? A cork JBP grafted on normal JBP root stock?
Short answer - very difficult to hide a graft union when the root stock and scion have very different bark characteristics. Assuming you don't want to try to air-layer off the top, the only option that I am aware of is to try to scarify the root stock bark to get it to beef up.
Short answer - very difficult to hide a graft union when the root stock and scion have very different bark characteristics. Assuming you don't want to try to air-layer off the top, the only option that I am aware of is to try to scarify the root stock bark to get it to beef up.
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
Burying it deeper can be an option too.
junmilo
Shohin
Cork JBP on JBP root stock. I'm thinking about putting more soil to cover it.
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Another possible solution would be to bury it deeper... and then graft on new surface roots. Eventually, if you were able to graft enough roots all way around the trunk, you might be able to remove the root stock entirely.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Hm.. maybe bury with a wire wrapped tightly as high as it goes just below the corwwings.
junmilo
Shohin
So are you saying, take some roots from one of my regular JBP and graft them as close to the bottom as possible?
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Not exactly. You want to graft JBP seedlings (one or at most two years old) into the base of your cork bark right at the soil line. If the graft is successful, you eventually remove the top of the seedling and the roots will be grafted on to your cork bark pine.
There are several threads on the site about approach grafting pine roots:
Approach grafting Mikawa black pine to Ponderosa pine.
So I've been emailing back and forth with M Hagedorn about approach grafting black pine roots onto ponderosa. He says it can be done, in fact he knows several people who have done it. He himself has only grafted Mikawa onto the top of the tree. He also mentioned approach grafting roots is ok...
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Closer observation shows roots already there
. These could be spread out to sides and developed with somewhat deeper planting. Fortunate happenstance as grafting in limited space difficult at best
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
?Closer observation shows roots already there
junmilo
Shohin
I think what he meant is this..(yellowish line)
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I'd blur it like they do on TV!
Sorce
Sorce
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
Blow up WHOLE picture look at bottom section of trunk. Are you blind?
AJL
Chumono
Might be easier just to buy another tree!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
leatherback
The Treedeemer
You have the tree there. Verify whether the lines on the narrow section just above the soil line are indeed roots. It looks like the top section might have self-layered or something and that a number of roots are growing down along the rootstock
Mike Corazzi
Masterpiece
That doesn't look like something that will be easy to deal with.
You can try everything but likely won't get a visual cure.
I'd either put it way back in an inconspicuous place or, more likely get rid of it and concentrate on a tree or trees that make it easier to get what you want.
You can try everything but likely won't get a visual cure.
I'd either put it way back in an inconspicuous place or, more likely get rid of it and concentrate on a tree or trees that make it easier to get what you want.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
Post a picture of a postage stamp and ask about the letter. We need to see the whole tree to make some kind of intelligent assessment.
JBP_85
Yamadori
junmilo
Shohin
Here's some more photos.
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