Hello everyone,
I started this thread to document the development of my Quercus ilex grown from acorn since 2017.
I started a thread about this tree when I (unsuccessfully) tried an air layer.
Thread 'Chasing unicorns Q. ilex air layer' https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/chasing-unicorns-q-ilex-air-layer.50424/
My future plan is to chopp the trunk (red line) and use the branch to the left as the new leader. I will not chop the trunk this season though, maybe next spring if it's vigourous enough. When I feel it has regained it's strength I'll change the soil and begin root working. I only reduced the tap root when it was 2 years old.
Feel free to chime in.
Thanks in advance.
I started this thread to document the development of my Quercus ilex grown from acorn since 2017.
I started a thread about this tree when I (unsuccessfully) tried an air layer.
Thread 'Chasing unicorns Q. ilex air layer' https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/chasing-unicorns-q-ilex-air-layer.50424/
My future plan is to chopp the trunk (red line) and use the branch to the left as the new leader. I will not chop the trunk this season though, maybe next spring if it's vigourous enough. When I feel it has regained it's strength I'll change the soil and begin root working. I only reduced the tap root when it was 2 years old.
Feel free to chime in.
Thanks in advance.