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Started this one a few years back. Can dig up some older photos later. Here it is tonight after unwiring. The thorns are brutal on these guys. I have two other smaller ones of no importance.
Maclura Pomifera (Osage Orange) #32a & 32b
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19Mateo83
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Nice! I have plans to start training some seedlings in this spring. How old are the ones in the photos?
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The two here were germinated in 2019, repotted in 2020, and turned (2) years old this spring. This year I wired them and did some apical pruning to get branching started. Next year they will be heavily fertilized, wired, unwired, and pruned again in mid summer.
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I repotted this planting this spring. Before repot and current. Has nice small leaves. Roots grow rather slim so do not thicken particularly quickly. Have a style in mind so we will see how it develops.
19Mateo83
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Looking good!
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Leafing out. Needs a rewire later this season. Hoping it puts on a bunch of branching, which it seems primed for. Planned repot next year. Have a great pot for it.
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Wired. Probably most painful wiring job ive done. Love this little planting though. Once the main trunk and root structure is set, I may let it grow out for a few years to thicken up.
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Done well this year. Fertilized it and will keep happy for rest of year.
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End of year. Not much thickening happening but that's ok. All in good time. Will be repotting next year into the @vancehanna pot shown two posts up. Also, will get heavy fertilization and maybe some end of year wire on young branches. Osage holds wire VERY well. They don't seem to thicken a great deal so there was no scarring but the hard wood held its shape extremely well. When I repot, The most forward trunk needs a slightly tilt left to create more dynamic and angularity.
Before clean up and unwiring:
After unwiring and cleanup:
Before clean up and unwiring:
After unwiring and cleanup:
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Repotted at a slight angle to accentuate a nice bend near the right tree's nebari. Used some temporary wire to hold tree in position. Not a huge amount of roots on either tree to tie down. Pot by @vancehanna
