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Oh my goodness. The one in the light blue pot has world class potential in my humble opinion (with a different pot ;) ). Wow.

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Oh my goodness. The one in the light blue pot has world class potential in my humble opinion (with a different pot ;) ). Wow.

Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your kind words!
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Yesterday I did some heavy work on this one. This is the first time it has a major work since the cutting in August 2017. I put the ads to sell this stump here in 2018, but no body wanted it, so here it is now.😊

Before
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It has a natural hollow trunk all the way from the top to the bottom end !!
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with a lot of deadwood on the top. You can clearly see the cut surface created by chain saw in the past !
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I had to use reciprocal saw to remove the dead wood piece by piece! The deadwood is unbelievable hard! It took me more than 2 hours just to remove the deadwood alone ! Because my right hand was excessivelY stiff afterwards, I had to cease the work for my own and tree safety! 😜

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after
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I planned to continue working on this tree today but it is light rain at this time !
I will remove the part circled in yellow to expose its hollow trunk which will be a focal point for this tree! In the past, I intended to split this tree into 2 curved pieces, but I changed my mind!
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Wow! That thing is a monster, Bonhe! You should be glad you didn't sell it or split it. It has a great future. Some nice carving and development of the branches and that is going to be phenomenal. Congratulations!
 

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Wow! That thing is a monster, Bonhe! You should be glad you didn't sell it or split it. It has a great future. Some nice carving and development of the branches and that is going to be phenomenal. Congratulations!
Thanks misfit11. I believe in predestination. The tree and I still have a fate tie ! 😊
Yes, I hope it will be turned out fine in one day!

wanted it but no realistic way of getting it me!
Oh thank you leatherback. I am sorry because I did not want to ship the tree !
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Just removed the area circled in yellow line. I also used reciprocal saw to do that! While working, it is rain again ! I took some pictures before getting back inside !
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I think it will be the front here. I will open it up a little more and will do details with die -grinder later on.
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I did some more carving this afternoon. This time I had to use manual carving tool to remove the wood. The deeper I go down, the more difficult I use the reciprocal saw!
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after
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I hope I can finish the carving this week! Oh wait, I still have one more tree to go ! 😳
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I finished the above one 2 days ago. I want to wait and see. Next year, I will reevaluate the tree and do more carving accordingly
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Yesterday afternoon I performed carving on this one
Before
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This part had to go
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It was removed by reciprocal saw
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the cut surface
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some carving
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finishing
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the young leaves
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Sisters !
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I will continue training their branches .
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I performed major work on 2 trees in #319 about 2 weeks ago. A lot of carving. They are coming along well.


I saved the part pointed with red arrow to see if it created the focal point on the small cavity pointed with yellow arrow. But I think I will remove this part since it is liked the thorn in my eyes !!!!. If I remove it, the hollow trunk will be a little bigger. As you can see, I still let a lot of branches. They will be removed all except one needed for final
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A lot of new leaves coming out at this time .
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How does deadwood hold up on Pomegranates? Do you have to apply wood hardener?
It hold up very well. These big cuttings, the cut surface beneath the soil line still really hard after 2 years with constant water exposure.

I don’t use wood hardener or anything .
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