Hawke84
Shohin
Hi All,
I managed to get my hands on 4 large maples really low price and wanted to use them as practice pieces. I know what im aiming for and I know the basics but i wanted a bit more advice, im quite happy waiting as long as i know im on the right path.
Below is a couple of the trees I have along with what im aiming for.
Plan
So first steps, clear the front of the tree and build up the health.
Select the leader and allow to grow and thicken
chop down and select a new leader and chop down again, rinse & repeat to get the basic outline and taper.
Im im a little unsure on branch structure. My plan with the branches is to wire down, grow them right out and thicken
Chop the branch back to first internode and grow out again, rinse & repeate to get a nice ziging branch structure
To get branches where there are none on the trunk, try and promote back budding with pinching of tips and pruning.
Do these steps sound like the right plan for the next few years?
What i have
Project Aim
I managed to get my hands on 4 large maples really low price and wanted to use them as practice pieces. I know what im aiming for and I know the basics but i wanted a bit more advice, im quite happy waiting as long as i know im on the right path.
Below is a couple of the trees I have along with what im aiming for.
Plan
So first steps, clear the front of the tree and build up the health.
Select the leader and allow to grow and thicken
chop down and select a new leader and chop down again, rinse & repeat to get the basic outline and taper.
Im im a little unsure on branch structure. My plan with the branches is to wire down, grow them right out and thicken
Chop the branch back to first internode and grow out again, rinse & repeate to get a nice ziging branch structure
To get branches where there are none on the trunk, try and promote back budding with pinching of tips and pruning.
Do these steps sound like the right plan for the next few years?
What i have
Project Aim