Chuhin Broom Elm

[Clicio]

@markyscott I have to thank you once again, your progressions posts are one of the highlights of this forum.
Congrats!

 

[just.wing.it]

Great progression again Scott!
Inspirational work.

 

[markyscott]

@markyscott I have to thank you once again, your progressions posts are one of the highlights of this forum.
Congrats!

Thank you. I’m glad you got something out of it.
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[markyscott]

Late spring, 2018. Should have worked on this a month ago. But better late than never.



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[markyscott]

I think you know the drill (at least my drill).

1) Remove old leaves on extending shoots, but leave the younger leaves on. This allows light and air into the interior. If there are weak interior shoots, leave them alone and don’t remove any leaves.



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[markyscott]

2) Prune unnecessary shoots. These are shoots growing into the interior of the plant and shoots on the bottom of the planned branch.



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[markyscott]

3) thin to two shoots at every branch union.




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[markyscott]

4) remove stubs
5) wire it up



The shoots on the bottom are this seasons root grafts

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[markyscott]

6) prune back the shoots growing to strongly and leave the growing tips on the shoots you’d like to thicken.


Done for now. Just watch the wires. They’ll start to cut in in a few weeks.

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[Adair M]

6) prune back the shoots growing to strongly and leave the growing tips on the shoots you’d like to thicken.
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Done for now. Just watch the wires. They’ll start to cut in in a few weeks.

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That one I kinda circled in red:



Either it needs to be bent up to not cross, or cut off.

 

[markyscott]

That one I kinda circled in red:

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Either it needs to be bent up to not cross, or cut off.

Good catch. I missed that - thanks.

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[cmeg1]

Nice progression!

 

[markyscott]

Time to cut back. Wires are starting to cut in.

Before.


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[markyscott]

After.


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[AZbonsai]

Nice use of the kitchen island! ?

 

[MrWunderful]

Love this progression thread.

 

[Adair M]

After.
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Looks like it just got Booned!

 

[Maros]

After.
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Did the main cut heal over already?

 

[markyscott]

Did the main cut heal over already?

Hi Maros. Not quite, but it’s getting close.

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[Silentrunning]

Scott, thanks for putting so much time and effort into this thread. It answers a bunch of questions for this rookie bonsaier.