clem
Chumono
Very nice and elegant tree
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clem
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what do you think about raising it up to a semi-cascade ? why ? for me, it's "nature", it's trunk shape is rather a semi-cascade than a cascade...->
Jrmcmich
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You plan to keep this a shohin size? Like where this one is headed.
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Which ones, the skinny one? Yes it won’t get much taller, just twiggier
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Something a little bigger. It’s tiring working on shohin trees all the time 
Completed fused clump. End of the 4th season from seed. Have a look at earlier posts in this thread for the progression.
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Completed fused clump. End of the 4th season from seed. Have a look at earlier posts in this thread for the progression.
August 2021
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Some more smaller ones
Very nice!! I like the larger size/more trees. It just seems more ‘substantial’. Thanks for sharingSomething a little bigger. It’s tiring working on shohin trees all the time
Completed fused clump. End of the 4th season from seed. Have a look at earlier posts in this thread for the progression.
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ROR trident getting ready for a trim
clem
Chumono
very nice base.. you don't do "clip&grow" on this one ?Something a little bigger. It’s tiring working on shohin trees all the time
Completed fused clump. End of the 4th season from seed. Have a look at earlier posts in this thread for the progression.
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clem
Chumono
I mean : the 1rst half of your forest is very nice (with taper and movement) , but i wonder why you keep the long sections without taper and without movement (red lines in my virt) .. Maybe you could cut and let a new crown grow ?
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Some unsolicited advice re pruning tridents whether you want it or not, Sean.
Much better long term result by chopping at an angle. I know it initially seems better to retain a side branch but the chop always looks odd. Most maples will usually sprout some new buds around the base of the remaining leader after an angle chop anyway so you'll still have the branch, just in a better position.
Same on the clump in post #205. I see you have angle cuts on a couple of the trunks in that photo (blue circles)
Much better long term result by chopping at an angle. I know it initially seems better to retain a side branch but the chop always looks odd. Most maples will usually sprout some new buds around the base of the remaining leader after an angle chop anyway so you'll still have the branch, just in a better position.
Same on the clump in post #205. I see you have angle cuts on a couple of the trunks in that photo (blue circles)
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@Shibui keep the unsolicited advice coming! I always appreciate your input in my threadsSome unsolicited advice re pruning tridents whether you want it or not, Sean.
Much better long term result by chopping at an angle. I know it initially seems better to retain a side branch but the chop always looks odd. Most maples will usually sprout some new buds around the base of the remaining leader after an angle chop anyway so you'll still have the branch, just in a better position.
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Same on the clump in post #205. I see you have angle cuts on a couple of the trunks in that photo (blue circles)
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I actually remember you giving this advice in another thread previously, and I kid you not every time I’ve cut a trunk back since I think of what your said. However sometimes I still default to leaving a side branch on the opposite side as the leader.
Does it always end up looking funny down the road or can it work itself out and look ok sometimes?
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Small pot planned for this forest in spring. Can’t wait for the leaves to drop in the next week or so!
When I first put it together in 2021
When I first put it together in 2021
Shibui
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I can remember many, many times going back to cut again but very few, if any, where I thought it looked good enough to leave. So much that I ALWAYS cut at an angle to remove the opposing shoot now.
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One of my bigger ROR tridents got pulled out of the grow bed today. Had to use my garden shears to cut the escape roots.
I left the trunk a little longer than I had planned. I intended cutting it down to the thicker shoot that’s sticking straight up off the trunk, but once on the bench I saw some movement I can work with by leaving the trunk longer. The 2 sacrifice branches off of the trunk should add some taper to the trunk by letting them run next season. I can always cut back to my original plan if the current trunk line doesn’t work out.
Original cut back plan. Please share your thoughts if you have any.
I left the trunk a little longer than I had planned. I intended cutting it down to the thicker shoot that’s sticking straight up off the trunk, but once on the bench I saw some movement I can work with by leaving the trunk longer. The 2 sacrifice branches off of the trunk should add some taper to the trunk by letting them run next season. I can always cut back to my original plan if the current trunk line doesn’t work out.
Original cut back plan. Please share your thoughts if you have any.
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Pulled up another of my larger RORs. This one is 7 seedlings all on their way to fusing over and around the rock. I’ll post some after pics tomorrow morning, it was dark by the time I finished working on this one. Happy with how it turned out 
leatherback
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Looks like some good stuff coming along there.
How long does it take to grow these in your climate?
How long does it take to grow these in your climate?
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Thanks Jelle! I can’t really compare my growth to other areas to say how well they grow, but it seems quite well. This ROR is 3 seasons old from seed. Here it is last August for comparison, it grew a 2.7m extension in 10 months.
It spent the season before in the ground, and this season in the plastic tray.
