A mame broom is the plan, thanks for the tip
So I should start bud selection in a few weeks before they get too thick and cause bulge right ?
Elm Root Cuttings
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A mame broom is the plan, thanks for the tip
So I should start bud selection in a few weeks before they get too thick and cause bulge right ?
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
May is the month for selection and reducing to keepers.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Wow your way behind. Let shoots grow to about 45 cm then cut back to keepers. For you that may be July!
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Way behind? This is way behind dude! Yesterday's haul off of one tree. 20. Ten in the collander.
Thanks Smoke, I appreciate the tip
In case you missed my previous post I am looking for a way to avoid bulge on a future mame broom, any tips to add to the what Mike said ?
Thanks
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Growing from root cuttings is not much of a problem with the bulging. It is when trunk chops are done after the growing season with chops after the branches have grown out. The callus grows way too fast after the tree leafs out. root cuttings have nothing and are in the process of turning into an above the ground plant so the same thing that makes an elm buge above ground seem to be missing from the roots.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Buds are just opening on trees around here. Spring is right on time here. Late.
If I only had your growing season.
If I only had your growing season.
Mellow Mullet
Masterpiece
Here is mine, this is the first time that I have tried this. I'm thinking of making a cascade of it.
John
John
milehigh_7
Mister 500,000
Yep I totally killed mine but I learned some valuable lessons and I am ready for next season!.
erb.75
Chumono
I don't see any sprouts on mine...i have no idea what I did wrong...maybe I should soak them next time
milehigh_7
Mister 500,000
Let's have a close up look at the top.
when did you do them ? maybe just wait a bit longer??
erb.75
Chumono
about 3 weeks ago i took them
I 'd say wait longer, keep taking care of them
Smoke said it takes about 60 days for the new shots to show, mine was taken on April 1st and still doesn't have any shots, just some green shades showing on the cut
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I have a sneaking suspicion that hornbeam may grow from root cuttings. A lot of them I looked at are sprouts from roots from other trees.
I'll find out next year. All digging has officially ceased here for this year.
Thank God!
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
It takes a while. It seems like the more fine roots on the cutting the faster it will take off.
Patience Grasshopper. Patience.
Eric Group
Masterpiece
Yeah like they said, just have some patience.
I was starting to get antsy myself.... Planted mine the first of April and I am happy to stay I noticed my first green on the tops of them Today! 3 out of the four pots of root cuttings already had at least one cutting showing some tiny little green cabbages sprouting. Real happy to see it, especially after all my joking around about how indestructible the root cuttings are!
I cannot believe the growth I am getting from a Winged Elm Root cutting I made last year! Went outside today and... The two branches I am letting run to thicken them up, I swear they grew almost a foot over the last week alone it seems like. I was shocked when I looked at it today!
Regardless... Thanks Al for making this thread and bringing this to my mind at the perfect time as I was repotting my Chinese Elm! I think I am going from a one Chinese Elm owner to a half dozen+ in one season... And one of the cuttings had a HUGE base! Almost two inches across I think. Talk about a jump start to a nice tree! It is gently curving as it leaves the ground too... If the branches will form at a decent angle (and I should be able to find at least one that does!), I oughta get a real nice tree from that big one soon..
michaelj
Chumono
Because of this thread, and some advice from Roy Nagatoshi, I decided to try my hand at elm root cuttings this year. I only did three, but all three fired off shoots within a few weeks. I couldn't believe how effortless it was to go 3 for 3.
