Field grown Elm

[mcpesq817]

I was going to say the same as Smoke - get some wire on those leaders and/or cut them back to get movement and character in them. Select your final leaders also.

 

[jquast]

Looks to me that some of those pencil thick shoots should be cut back to about an inch or so from the trunk and led off in a new direction. They are two thick and straight so far. Get the movement started soon or it will be too late and they will have to be removed all together since they will be too large to bend. This canopy should be built with clip and grow/directional pruning.

Planning to get the wire out this afternoon and sit down with some Zepplin in the background and fade away into my work.

BTW.... This is growing in straight Maruyama Moca Lava.

 

[Smoke]

BTW.... This is growing in straight Maruyama Moca Lava.

It is good sh!t. Also Cheep