The Pregnant spruce is a hefty Englemann I bought from Natures Way during a Norbilly trip with fellow Norbilly larchman David Severson. It was a western collected tree--probably from Mr. Knight. It is quite blue and my wife has always wanted me to have a blue spruce so I went for it. It does have a flaw in that it has a bulging gall formation on its trunk--but I don't care--I liked it. Its foliage is far out but it is B-budding pretty well. It had been wired when I got earlier by some traveling pro--I don't remember who. Nothing dramatic--very sprucy. Anyway It was digging in and needed some thinning so I got it done a couple weeks ago--and some preliminary carving, which will need a lot more.
Re-wiring the Pregnant spruce
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brewmeister83
Chumono
Really nice tree. I actually like the bulge - reminds me of a tree that got caught in one too many ice storms when it was younger...
Cypress187
Masterpiece
It's looking nice (and i don't see a buldge), but i think the big yin is breaking the style (it's a another movement then the rest of the tree and also pretty thick, if that was a big (fat) old broken branch it would even be further bend down).
BobbyLane
Imperial Masterpiece
I didnt notice the bulge until you mentioned it, going to be a nice natural looking tree.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
The baby woke up and chewed the bulge off?
I don't see it at all!
I do see a nice tree with a wang jin!
Schwing!
Sorce
I don't see it at all!
I do see a nice tree with a wang jin!
Schwing!
Sorce
Cypress187
Masterpiece
I'm not familiar with that style of jin, are those the jin's much used on foemina tree's?
Its there but hidden due to angle
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
It (the bulge) becomes irrelevant as the dead wood is developed. If you have to point something out you only have a problem if you are dealing with someone looking for faults. I think the tree has great potential in your hands.
The whole dead wood thing is up in the air (the twist in the branch is carved in--my gut says it will come off)--I started to search for the edges of the dead bark on the trunk and was a tentative to get aggressive--the withdrawing sap made it hard for me to tell whats dead or alive and I thought maybe when its growing harder next year I will more easily find the edges--the dead trunk bark seems pretty extensive.
