I picked up this JM this morning for a what I thought was a pretty decent price at a local nursery. So excited to dig into this thing this year. Plans are going to include layering off one or possibly two of the apexes, chopping back the thicker trunks, tons of root work, thread grafting, maybe approach grafting some young JM I have, trying some techniques like Ebihara and Van Meer, so much fun to be had! I don't really want to just cut it back to a stump and regrow everything. So hopefully I can come up with a plan that will allow me to keep as much as possible, but still have taper throughout the tree.
One thing that concerns me is a patch of blackish/dead part on the back of the trunk. But it looks like it has started to heal, maybe I can post a picture and see what you guys think?
I'll post an update this spring. At this point I have more experience buying nursery trees and making plans than actual experience working on them, haha, but it's all good.
One thing that concerns me is a patch of blackish/dead part on the back of the trunk. But it looks like it has started to heal, maybe I can post a picture and see what you guys think?
I'll post an update this spring. At this point I have more experience buying nursery trees and making plans than actual experience working on them, haha, but it's all good.