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Vin
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You gotta do what you gotta do. It looks kind of painful to the tree though. Look forward to the progress.
I have an azalea with 1/2" - 3/4" thick crossing branches neither of which I wanted to lose. I left those two long and reduced all the other branches over several months. Then I untwisted the two branches and pulled them apart while attaching a small 6" piece of wood scrap to the ends. It's been holding fine. Hopefully in the spring I'll remove it and they will remain in position. Then I'll reduce.
I have an azalea with 1/2" - 3/4" thick crossing branches neither of which I wanted to lose. I left those two long and reduced all the other branches over several months. Then I untwisted the two branches and pulled them apart while attaching a small 6" piece of wood scrap to the ends. It's been holding fine. Hopefully in the spring I'll remove it and they will remain in position. Then I'll reduce.
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Omono
I've done that technique on a juniper and tamarack. The tamarack has a bulbous healing quality to it that made shari be required. The juniper was cracked, rafiaed, wired and bent all in one session. It worked very well and gave me the chance to put some extra twist and bend. Too often people just try to bend something, but if you twist as you bend it, you get more movement. For inexperienced people trying it, best to raffia those sections. The tree will respond much better in the healing process.
Is that where the bird flies through!!
Is that where the bird flies through!!
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Omono
You'll get a lot of movement and start of the visual interest right at the base. Will you do the follow up work next spring or wait a year?
