A 'yatsubusa' elm trunk #2

[cmeg1]

I like these elms.I like the fact that they enjoy all the sun you can give them.
So,I have another on the way from Evergreen Gardenworks.
I am planning, from his photo ,to remove the trunks down to the red lines to force budding and create a more compact tree.Hopefully there is some new stubs created since this photo was taken too.
I will probably carry this out as soon as it arrives.
Thanks for looking

 

[Ivan Spasic]

Maybe you could air-layer that branch/trunk on the far right.

 

[aml1014]

Maybe you could air-layer that branch/trunk on the far right.

Hell, I'd airlayer the far right, and the far left monster.

Aaron

 

[mcpesq817]

What did you see when you bought the tree? I would keep those trunks, except for maybe the second from the right.

Brent spent 25+ years growing them out. Seems like you could have spent a lot less money buying smaller cork bark elms if you wanted short, compact trees.

 

[cmeg1]

Maybe you could air-layer that branch/trunk on the far right.

Thanks Ivan.I really would rather get to it and not have to spend a year air layering.Plus I want it to be a quick chop which will get the buds poppin' and make some branches right away.

 

[cmeg1]

@mcpesq817 .Thanks!
When I seen this tree,I think they are too tall.The 25 years spent growing these is definately worth noting.I see a 25 year old clump that definately cannot be found elsewhere.
I mean,WOW!
The clump design will be awesome in my book.The mass looks to be about 11".
Hats off to Brent,but this tree definately is getting chopped,being the Yatsubusa variety the result will be quick.I would rather make the branches myself.
Thanks again

 

[cmeg1]

Some photo editing.

You get the idea anyway.

 

[Ivan Spasic]

Thanks Ivan.I really would rather get to it and not have to spend a year air layering.Plus I want it to be a quick chop which will get the buds poppin' and make some branches right away.

Maybe a year seems like a long time, but you'll get a nice looking shohin, with, presumably, a nice looking nebari. New branch structure couldn't be established over night, as well. I still shake my head in disbelief, saying: "25 years..."

 

[lordy]

Never have been a fan of these stumps. The bark and gnarliness is a big plus, but I wonder about the ability to regrow new branches so easily. I mean, why do these trees have no real branching after 25 years? They all generally seem to have the same shortcoming, no pun intended.

 

[mcpesq817]

Never have been a fan of these stumps. The bark and gnarliness is a big plus, but I wonder about the ability to regrow new branches so easily. I mean, why do these trees have no real branching after 25 years? They all generally seem to have the same shortcoming, no pun intended.

Dave, the nice thing about these trees is that they bud back everywhere, to the point of annoyance. Ramification should be easy to accomplish too. The problem though is that while the growth will lengthen quickly, it doesn't thicken quickly at all unlike other types of elms. Having played with elms in the past, at first I thought it was surprising that it took 25 years to get stumps like this. After working with a couple of these yatsubusas the last few years, I can see why it took that long.

Remember too that Brent has been growing these out for big trunks, which means having long, big sacrifices at the base of the tree where most of the growth was probably at the tops. You can see that after chopping back how much branching has started. Fredtruck has some nice ones that he's posted where the branching is coming along great.

And to the OP, I see where you are going and it's a nice image. I'm certainly not adverse to chopping back something strongly - I just wonder whether you could have paid less to get similar material. You might want to consider air layering the big trunks on the left and right, as they look like they could have potential.

Anyway, really nice tree. Good luck!

 

[cmeg1]

Never have been a fan of these stumps. The bark and gnarliness is a big plus, but I wonder about the ability to regrow new branches so easily. I mean, why do these trees have no real branching after 25 years? They all generally seem to have the same shortcoming, no pun intended.

Another reason may be that if he chopped them hard it would of wasted the dormant buds that a customer could use.Maybe was thinking of the buyer.
Funny picture of the backbudding after I chopped my other one,a yatsubusa

 

[cmeg1]

Oops,not my tree.Someone bought it already about three weeks ago,Brent said in his email.

 

[cmeg1]

Did anyone buy this in the past 2 days?

Well,if not then this will be my new tree from Brent.He emailed me and said this is the last one for now.A corticosa elm with a really pleasing curve at the base if you look at it.
Certainly worthy of its own thread ,so I will just post a photo here.
Hope to have it,I'm stoked