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Omono
Here's a Japanese maple clump air layer I've been growing since fall of 2016. It came off of a tree in my yard and unfortunately I don't know the variety. It gets a nice orange fall color which is a little unique with palmatums.
I repotted it last Wednesday and took off the biggest trunk which had grown out of scope with the clump design.
When cut off of the tree in September 2016: I guess my original plan was to have a double trunk, but that has since gone out the window...
The last repot was in July of 2018:
Jump almost three years later, pics taken a couple weeks ago:
The biggest trunk has become too big and doesn't have any interest in my opinion, and I think the tree would look better without it. This would leave me with an even number of trunks but since they all are about the same thickness, I think that will be more believable.
So I cut it off before I repotted it last week. Carved out sanded with a dremel, sealed with wood glue. I think it looks much better this way:
Pulled from the pot, before cutting the rootball in half:
After some spraying and butchering the root system:
I repotted it last Wednesday and took off the biggest trunk which had grown out of scope with the clump design.
When cut off of the tree in September 2016: I guess my original plan was to have a double trunk, but that has since gone out the window...
The last repot was in July of 2018:
Jump almost three years later, pics taken a couple weeks ago:
The biggest trunk has become too big and doesn't have any interest in my opinion, and I think the tree would look better without it. This would leave me with an even number of trunks but since they all are about the same thickness, I think that will be more believable.
So I cut it off before I repotted it last week. Carved out sanded with a dremel, sealed with wood glue. I think it looks much better this way:
Pulled from the pot, before cutting the rootball in half:
After some spraying and butchering the root system:
