Powerful Carpinus Broom

[BobbyLane]

originally it went in the ground because i didnt have space on my balcony. then i dug it up because i was going to sell it....

how thick does the right leader have to be?



lets compare the right leader with the first image

20190201_142037 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

i think the poster before you was questioning why i dug it up then and not in spring, because thats what he's been told. but i do stuff like this all the time, as we can see the tree's health wasnt compromised. i didnt have to cut off any roots to get it in this training container.

 

[BobbyLane]

the areas marked in yellow will develop fine in this container. its only been one season since i hacked it to bits.

i could see some validity to the questioning if i had say dug it up and planted it into a shallow oval....

 

[BobbyLane]

i opened up the trunk on this one

 

[ConorDash]

You certainly did...

let’s not forget that little bit of deadwood you’ve created! I see it there!

 

[MrWunderful]

Damn ripped that bad boy open!

 

[BobbyLane]

You certainly did...

let’s not forget that little bit of deadwood you’ve created! I see it there!

not convinced by the deadwood branch, i decided the tree is better without it.
this only needs to build up ramification, the main branches have taper already.
the plan isnt to build a new trunkline, its to build a crown at the top of a fat trunk...


theres no harm in letting those two shoots in brown go a bit though, the extra height might look better eventually

 

[ConorDash]

Well, we are all going to remember you did it, cos there is a picture above .

You are usually a "maybe some deadwood? *Proceeds to rip tree in half*" kinda guy.

 

[defra]

I starts reading this thread....
Bobby says this one won't get deadwood on it....
I start wondering if he would be able to not do that....
Ofcourse he's not able to not carve a tree in half lol
But still amazing tree bobby

 

[GreatLakesBrad]

Could you explain the process of carving you used at a high level? Particularly how you got the darker color down the middle? Very interesting.