Yew carving and development.

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So how long you staying?
I'm heading back north next week after a month here. Missing grandkids and motorcycle customers are starting to call.
I'd go it by hand, just a little at a time.
Maybe leave a rusty set a pliers close, and a edge of some sort.
I will chip away at the stone little by little after it has some time to reestablish it's roots and shows me some vigor. Probably fall/winter. It's not yet seemed happy since the original dig.
 

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It is hard to carve old mountain yew, but is is possible on field grown yew. Even with field grown yew it is easy to break the trunk splitter extermity, but at the end, it is natural looking (you see the details of the longitudinal fibers)
 

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I did crack a large branch/jin down the center and into the trunk. Didn't like how that was looking and quit. I may remove the whole thing and hollow into the trunk as it would improve taper as well. It very is hard stuff... 30 years in my landscape.IMG_20200305_162301080.jpg
I played with grinding it down and hollowing it out and quit. Next winter...
 
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It's still chugging along but hopefully better next year. I've not even moved it for a more recent photo.
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Guilted myself into running out in the rain to grab a couple current pics.IMG_20201029_162621357_HDR.jpgIMG_20201029_162635918_HDR.jpgIMG_20201029_162645190_HDR.jpg
 

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better safe than sorry. But three years in pot; It should be established..?
 

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Just into this pot this spring and roots looked weak. It should have stayed in the pond basket longer but I found this pot and...
 
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Just into this pot this spring and roots looked weak. It should have stayed in the pond basket longer but I found this pot and...
Yup, feed and water, fair amount of sun, and let's see what next year brings. You don't want to kill this one by working it too soon after collection and/or re-pot.
 

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This one need another year of hands off in my opinion. Feed and talk nice to it is my plan.
The pic of the old foliage has a dot on each leaf tip. Dunno but it shouldn't. Gave it a systemic last year and new leaves look good.
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The amount of backbudding you are seeing is to me a clear sign you are over the hill.
 

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Looks like a fat dude on a Grom.

Or worse.....

A bagger on a trailer!

I feel like your margin of error with that pot can be devastating, devastating because you are certainly onto something!

It seems like though it may be growing now, you may hit a critical point when a hot summer, or a cold winter, can make it impossible to recover from.

Enter rare instance where "slip-potting" may be a good next move, the when, I believe should be diligently researched. Though since spring worked before, and better health than then can be rather easily identified, adding a sure rain and wane Repot to that should be successful.

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There is a surprising amount of room in that pot. In fact a large portion is filled w/landscape lava just to fill the voids. Not a lot of roots coming off the small live vein and can't imagine crowding anytime soon.
>>>Looks like a fat dude on a Grom.
It's more like a clown car inside @sorce LOL
I want to give it another year at least to get stronger to wire and eventually work on that deadwood again.
Thanks
 
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This fall:)
Health before beauty!
Keep in mind that when your branches go from young to woody they take a long time to set.
I prefer to set them in early summer while young, and when you take the wire off in spring branches stay where they are.
 

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I prefer to set them in early summer while young, and when you take the wire off in spring branches stay where they are.
If it keeps looking this perky, I may take your advice. At least for what are becoming primary branches. Thanks for your input.
 
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