Ulmus pumila

[aml1014]

This winter while out for scouting for trees I came across this siberian elm. The tree was around 12 ft tall and I happened to have my saw on hand so I went ahead and chopped it down. Today I finally went back to get it since all of the elms in town are leafing out. I got a wonderful amount of roots and it's budding all over the place. The trunk is about 3 in thick and it currently stands around 28in, it's got a nice subtle curve in the trunk. I've already got some ideas on were I'm going to do my next chops but figured I'd let it recover for a little bit.
Comments and suggestions welcome

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Here's the budding on the sub trunks from the chops.

 

[M. Frary]

At 3" in diameter I would chop it at 6 "from the soil. Grow out the next section of trunk,chop it back and repeat. This will give you taper and movement in the trunk. These trees grow very fast so it won't take forever.
Also I would put it in a colander. And fertilize the crap out of it.
Of course this is just what I would do if it were mine. It's yours and maybe you see something different for it.

 

[aml1014]

At 3" in diameter I would chop it at 6 "from the soil. Grow out the next section of trunk,chop it back and repeat. This will give you taper and movement in the trunk. These trees grow very fast so it won't take forever.
Also I would put it in a colander. And fertilize the crap out of it.
Of course this is just what I would do if it were mine. It's yours and maybe you see something different for it.

I'll let it grow wild for the year in its grow bag. I'm trying to decide to chop as you described, or go with a taller more slender naturalistic tree. Also on the colander note, they break down in about a year down here in the high desert sun so I like to use regular nursery pots, this is my first year experimenting with the grow bags so I'll see how they do. If I do decide to chop it low, I may airlayer it first just for the practice.
Thank you for the response.
Aaron

 

[aml1014]

This one is quite happy. I don't have a pic @M. Frary , but this one is popping bids just at about 3 maybe 4" above soil line( you can barely see them at the bottom of the picture), like it's destiny. I still wouldn't mind leaving it until next year when I can do an airlayer on it.

Aaron

 

[M. Frary]

Nice! If you get a bud at the soil line,you can let it grow as a sacrifice to plump up the base.
You probably will get more buds than you know what to do with.

 

[aml1014]

When I potted this tree I took the large 2" tap root and threw it in a pot. Well it's budding now, so I think I'll make it a nice shohin broom, or not we'll see.

Aaron

 

[Cypress187]

You tryed to chop it with your teeth? I still see your bitemark in the last picture

 

[aml1014]

You tryed to chop it with your teeth? I still see your bitemark in the last picture

No my loppers were acting up. But they are nice and sharp now!

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Here's this weekends collection, 2 chunky siberian elms. Both of these trees have been chipped down several times by ny friend and has been attack day dogs fr several years.

The first has around a 5" trunk and most of both the 2 subtrunks are dead. This tree was about 15' tall.

The next tree is quite an interesting one, it also has a lot of dead wood on the trunk caused by dogs. The trunk is easily 6" (9" knob cutters for comparison) and was around 20' tall. I've got an interesting plan for this one but wasn't able to plant it at the angle I wanted at this time, maybe in a few years.
And the base.

I got tons of roots on both trees.
Let me know what you think of these guys.

Aaron

 

[Vin]

They both look like they have potential but the first one looks pretty beat up. You'll just have to wait and see how they respond.

 

[aml1014]

5 days and these guys are budding, I'm starting to think these things don't care about being pulled out of the ground after being leafed out.

The big one.

And the smaller one.

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

The monster is GROWING!!! Goodness I love elms.
Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Collected this nice feela on the 12th fully leafed out, 12 days later and I've got budds everywhere!

I've begun measuring my trees lately.
This one is 7.8" to the chop, and the base is 3.8" tapering to 2.2" at the top. No that is some good natural taper!

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Starting to get hot, and these things are starting to take off.

Aaron

 

[M. Frary]

Crazy,aren't they?

 

[aml1014]

Crazy,aren't they?

The insane strength of elms has ALWAYS, bewildered me. Lol

Aaron

 

[aml1014]

Took a little while but this one is finally growing like crazy sending new shoots everywhere and I swear it grows inches a day.
I'm already starting to look around for next springs elm digging!

Aaron

 

[M. Frary]

it grows inches a day.

They do! They love fertilizer too. Pour some thick miracle grow in there and look out!

 

[aml1014]

They do! They love fertilizer too. Pour some thick miracle grow in there and look out!

Double strength MG with regular strength fish emulsion once a week is my regimen for most my deciduous. I fertilized like once a month that last year. Very big difference this year indeed.

Aaron