Twin Trunk Willow Leaf

[Jmontee]

Ryan,

Have you thought about maybe angling the tree about 15 or 20 degrees to the right? It would help to make those buttressing roots a little less distracting and might even give a more interesting look to the main trunk.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Wow, guess I didn't realize just how much this tree has grown since last update last month...

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Ryan,

Have you thought about maybe angling the tree about 15 or 20 degrees to the right? It would help to make those buttressing roots a little less distracting and might even give a more interesting look to the main trunk.

You mean something like this?

 

[Redwood Ryan]

In order to rotate it, I'd have to cut those two roots on the right back a bit. I'd then dust them with rooting hormone and cover them back up with soil, in hopes that they sprout new roots. There is also a small root on the left that would have to go if I were to rotate it. I think it would really help the trees overall appearance, though.



(Old picture)

 

[Redwood Ryan]

I started a layer on the roots to the right to get some new roots to sprout higher up, that way I can angle it to the right more and have roots there all ready to go.





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[Redwood Ryan]

This guy has been growing like a weed, but unfortunately no roots yet

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Alright Tom, don't look at these next pictures....



So I ended up getting rot on this tree, and lost the top of it. Chopped it back, didn't apply cut paste to see how the tree would do. The chop site started molding, so I cleaned it up, cut back to live wood, and applied a better cut paste.




I made a flat cut, as I was undecided about the front after turning the tree around. I kinda like this as the front more:



If I were to go that route, and didn't get any sort of backbud around the chop site, I would probably end up having to make another cut at the blue line, then using the bud under the red arrow as the new leader. It'd make for a short tree with a powerful base: