Another field grown trident

[markyscott]

Spring 2021! I've posted these pictures in the Seasonal Work! thread, but I'll post them here too to keep the progression going. As a reminder, spring work on broadleaf trees for me involves:

1) cutting off interior leaves on extending shoots. This allows light and air into the interior of the tree, keeping weak interior shoots healthy
2) selecting shoots you want to keep for the basic branch structure and pruning off the others
3) pruning back to extending growth to create movement and taper
4) wiring shoots while they’re still green and flexible to establish the branch shape

Here are three pictures - before, during and after.

 

[markyscott]

Still in wound healing mode. I let an escape branch run to help close the wounds. Makes it hard to get into the shop.

 

[markyscott]

Here’s a shot after I lopped the top off to get it on the bench.

 

[markyscott]

Wounds from the collection are healing steadily. Lower one is pretty big - it will take a while. In the meantime, I can use the opportunity for trunk and nebari development.

 

[markyscott]

Here’s the tree after cutback. Ready for winter.

 

[markyscott]

Repot, ground layer and an angle change. Wood was coming apart, so a new box was in order. Roots had completely filled the box and the tap root was calloused over.

 

[markyscott]

Unfortunately, nearly all the roots issued from the cut ends. Very little to cut back to.

 

[markyscott]

A bit of a ground layering exercise.

 

[markyscott]

New box. Planted at a bit steeper angle. Done for now.

 

[keri-wms]

That’s a great move, I have to watch for vine weevils eating all the new roots when I do it though, just a thought.

 

[markyscott]

That’s a great move, I have to watch for vine weevils eating all the new roots when I do it though, just a thought.

Thanks! I’ll watch for them.

scott

 

[markyscott]

Early summer 2024.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

Early summer 2024.

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How's the chop looking?

 

[markyscott]

Main chop has ahrunk by ~40%. Apical chop is nearly closed.

 

[Wood]

How did the restarted nebari look when you repotted it?

 

[markyscott]

How did the restarted nebari look when you repotted it?

Some areas rooted and some didn’t. The areas that didn’t appeared to have callous tissue that bridged the layers. I removed the callous tissue and will try again.

 

[markyscott]

Fall trim - before and after.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Nice!…what do we know about these two lurking in the background?

 

[markyscott]

Nice!…what do we know about these two lurking in the background?
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The black pine was purchased from Suthin by a Houston friend few years back when Suthin had his big sale. My friend kept it for several years but then his health began declining and he sold this tree to me after he was no longer able to care for his collection. I’ve had it for about 3 or 4 years now. It lost a couple of branches as it recovered. I’ve just let it grow- last summer was the first time I have decandled it as it grew very strong this growing season.

 

[markyscott]

The juniper came from Jim Gremel. It has its own thread.

Thread 'Semi cascade kishu'

Feb 26, 2019

Kishu shimpaku. Grown from a whip by Jim Gremel. Probably 15 years old or so - wired and twisted when it was young. Some additional wiring and pruning of the branches as they grew, but still rough stock. GOOD rough stock, but rough stock nonetheless. It’ll make a great shohin someday.



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