Ulmus minor "sabamiki" (yes another very looong photo post)

[Davidlpf]

Once upon a time there was a sleeping tree in a slope (year 2010, month february, place, somewhere in Spain whose name I don't want to remember)

The poor tree, hardly stand by itself,

so I cut back it to a more handeling high

It had three big roots

that I had to cut

and the wild harmed beast fell down

.....continue.....

 

[Davidlpf]

sadly, I lost some photos of the firsts years in my house, but I have video in April 2011

and another on 2012

On 26/03/13 It looked like this

Update 12/04/13

Update 06/05/13

growing well from bottom

to the very top

...continue...

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 19/06/13

apex defoliated

Update 07/08/13

Apex repopulated

for the scale, and for the sake to share the corky bark

Update 01/12/13

a thread graft in

and out

a bunch of dormant buds waiting for the next spring

.....continue.....

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 09/03/14

don't put the finger in the sore spot LOL

Update 06/05/14

Update 15/07/14

....continue....

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 01/03/15

repotting time

After cutting the too long roots

not too much, no too little

.....continue.....

 

[Davidlpf]

It had couple of suckers

that I attempted to graft

after the work

sometimes You have to dirty your hands

...continue....

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 01/04/15

sometime you had to wet your mouth

I really do like the uro/sabamiki feature in this tree! Maybe a side effect of the beer, but I see wild spirits living into it...

19/04/14 video

13/06/15

Don't make you tree look like a bonsai, Make your bonsai look like a tree! well some bird do see it like a real tree, and this time no beer effects LOL

Update 08/12/15

after the fall

I am happy with this graft

This one, still on the way

....continue...

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 05/03/16

Update a 24/03/16

Update 09/04/16

Update 28/05/16

after the timing

Update 02/07/16

after a patial defoliated

video before/after

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[BobbyLane]

its getting there, since you've reduced the foliage mass in the main trunk, you just need those suckers to fatten up now so the tree appears more clump/multi trunk like. nice bark

 

[just.wing.it]

Wow!
Cool tree, nice work!
Great progression!

 

[Davidlpf]

Sorry for the delay, I had things to to on the work, let's continue....

Update 08/07/16

update 11/07/16

Update 30/07/16

Update 06/12/16

after the leaves fall

....continue....

 

[Davidlpf]

update 26/02/17

after the repotting

.....continue....

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 13/04/17

No more photos during 2018, to be continued with 2018 entrances soon.

I hope you enjoy the post. Al least @just.wing.it did it

Greetings from Spain.

 

[CamdenJim]

Wait!
You're stopping here!?
Where are the 2018 photos?

 

[barrosinc]

nice progression, I love the tree you found.
For your root grafts you should make a groove that fits the seedling mor snug and not overlapped.
Look at brian van fleets, mach5 threads like this one https://bonsainut.com/threads/first-arakawa-air-layer-removed.11825/page-7#post-547786

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Fantastic Tree and progress. The seedlings trough the low uro or shari, are they mentioned to stay?

 

[Lazylightningny]

Great progression. You've given me some ideas.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Great progression...there at the beginning I thought you were going for a grove...boy did you surprise me though.

 

[GGB]

good god, the vision on that one...

 

[Davidlpf]

For your root grafts you should make a groove that fits the seedling mor snug and not overlapped.
Look at brian van fleets, mach5 threads like this one https://bonsainut.com/threads/first-arakawa-air-layer-removed.11825/page-7#post-547786

Thanks you for the advice, next time, I'll do a bigger groove, or I'll use a smaller seedling

Fantastic Tree and progress. The seedlings trough the low uro or shari, are they mentioned to stay?

I need the roots, , but not the trunk, that I plan to cut in the future.

I apreciate the comments

More photos and videos coming soon, right now I am making some improvements in the backyard, and everything's a mess, so I can't take good shots already. Be patient my friend
"The drop of water breaks the stone, not by its strength but by its constancy"