AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Thanks for the info, I'll see by myself : a friend who lives in the Mediterranean region will send me one next spring...
Powerful Japanese Zelkova
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Lutonian
Chumono
Cool when you get it start a thread and we can compare our work with them and exchange notesThanks for the info, I'll see by myself : a friend who lives in the Mediterranean region will send me one next spring...
leatherback
The Treedeemer
tried to find the info, but cannot. How large is this one?
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Its 27in high from top of rim
leatherback
The Treedeemer
s 60cm tall. And how big is the trunk?
(Tree looked massive, then I was flipping through the images, and was wondering.. )
(Tree looked massive, then I was flipping through the images, and was wondering.. )
Gaitano
Shohin
loved the color my Zelkova had this fall. Frankly I don’t recall a year with such striking fall colors..
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
starting to see a bit of the structure now.
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BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Yeah, indeed. It is a "tiny little tree". Baby nebari at 30cm/1ft. bliep!
Pictures are sooo deceiving.
Thx!
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Not quite had a winter tidy up yet, still a few stubborn green leaves,
In comparison to last years winter image
ill post a pic after its cleaned up
In comparison to last years winter image
ill post a pic after its cleaned up
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BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Cheers Tom, dont think ill go too mad on cleaning it up though. i do a lot of that during the season now. for eg you would struggle to find a branch here that has 3 from 1. or any ugly knuckles. or clustering, which happens easily if you let it get away on the species. will be just looking to snip off anything that doesnt fit the theme.
luvinthemountains
Chumono
Looks great! Are you thinking of eliminating the heavy stubs on the right? The upper of the two does not like it has sprouted from anywhere useful yet, but the lower one has what looks like useful branching coming from the branch collar. I might be tempted to hack it off.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Hi not really thought about eliminating them but they have been reduced, atm the upper could potentially be reduced to to a shoot at the base of it.
the area needs to be kept an eye on as there are 4 feature branches coming from that middle part of the tree
we have to bear in mind that the two left ones in the bubble will be much thicker as time goes on
as the tree ramifies as its doing now, thicker bits can be replaced with thinner bits.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
I reduced the two longer stubs on the right, without really affecting the overall look or size of the silhouette, creating better branch taper.
i wouldnt remove the smaller stub entirely as this will leave a big wide open space at the front of the tree, it may not look like it does much from the photos but is an integral part of the tree.
i wouldnt remove the smaller stub entirely as this will leave a big wide open space at the front of the tree, it may not look like it does much from the photos but is an integral part of the tree.
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luvinthemountains
Chumono
Good call(s) and I'll say looks like a great improvement IMHO! Really a great tree.
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
few weeks ago...this is the first Zelkova ive had that began moving in line with other trees, usually theyre late
Today
ill leave it for a few weeks then break out the hedge pruners. the balancing act was done last season
Today
ill leave it for a few weeks then break out the hedge pruners. the balancing act was done last season
leatherback
The Treedeemer
This will be such a great tree!
mwar15
Omono
Maybe I missed it, have you thought about a little larger pot? It looks like the nebari is near the edge? Would it benefit from a little more space for the nebari?
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
Hi i think the pot is suitable as im only building ramification and branch structure. its so happy in that pot, its extremely vigorous and is constantly pushing more buds out from the trunk that i keep rubbing out. when the drainage slows down it will be time to cut back the roots and leave either in this pot or in something similar.
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