Help me , I have a Hornbeam Problem!😱

[Shogun610]

I just got a newly collected hornbeam much like this one and this silhouette photo stood out to me. It feels like the first branch conflicts a lot with the direction of the trunk and the nebari. Any thoughts or plans to deal with that? maybe thread graft some low branches on the right side?

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Nah, look at the first photo not that one you marked up.
I will be turning the tree to the left a bit and putting into a larger pot . and no , I will not be grafting a lower branch as I will be growing that out more , developing the top and thickening that lower branch… this tree is far from done developing, but I can be %10000000 that no lower branch will be grafted. You can see on the first picture of the front angle change the branch movement spirals out and matches trunks up the tree , and it also has a good counter clockwise rotation up the tree that’s a gift that I won’t mess up.

 

[Shogun610]

I just got a newly collected hornbeam much like this one and this silhouette photo stood out to me. It feels like the first branch conflicts a lot with the direction of the trunk and the nebari. Any thoughts or plans to deal with that? maybe thread graft some low branches on the right side?

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Additionally there is a small branch next ring up that will be grown out and can be also directed to the right to fill in more space at the new angle

 

[Shogun610]

Slightly bigger and deeper Nao pot , and turned a bit counter clockwise to allow the branch in the back fill in more space right side below upper branches..I also used electric chisel to carve more of the root flare to get better bifurcation and healing over. Some of the buds are showing green so I repotted a bit earlier than last year. The Hattori pot it was in man it was very root bound and had mat of roots. This will allow the tree to grow more and fill out . Very pleased with the progress

 

[Shogun610]

This tree is really becoming the crown jewel of the garden / my collection. I am proud to say that I did display at the Philadelphia Flower Show. Look forward to see it grow this year and in the years to come.

 

[Shogun610]

Leaves are already bigger than last year and they just opened up… exactly what this needed more growth.

 

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[Cmd5235]

What’s your fertilizer routine for this tree?

 

[kale]

Coming along nicely! Have you considered putting it back in the ground to speed up this later phase in development? Then you could go harder on the pruning with all the added vigor it would have while smoothing out that transition to the apical leader at the same time. I know, there are advantages to keeping it in the pot and taking it slowly too. Genuinely curious!

 

[Shogun610]

What’s your fertilizer routine for this tree?

Just pellets of that bio gold and then once a month fish fertilizer spray… I move heavier on the fish fertilizer late summer

 

[Shogun610]

Coming along nicely! Have you considered putting it back in the ground to speed up this later phase in development? Then you could go harder on the pruning with all the added vigor it would have while smoothing out that transition to the apical leader at the same time. I know, there are advantages to keeping it in the pot and taking it slowly too. Genuinely curious!

I’m gonna just keep it in the pot and grow out the branches and cut back judiciously

 

[Shogun610]

It’s in the shade now in heavy heat.. just letting the leaves bigger

 

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[Shogun610]

Cooling off I love this tree

 

[Shogun610]

Behind a proper backdrop but it’s getting a big shaggy but exactly what this tree needs

 

[Shogun610]

 

[Shogun610]

Wired lightly to organize some branches