Chinese Elm root cuttings and air layers

[alpineart]

These are the open pot layers set last season

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. With a lazy day on my hands I decided to remove them

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. I will pot them up tomorrow and set new layers on the numerous branches that have a bit of movement and character as soon as the weather warms up a bit . The trunks will get a work over with a saw and clamp and a few screws to create movement , taper and character .

Cheers Alpineart

[boom64]

Great work Alpine ,Its like a never ending story with these Elms. Hope you are getting a few gems along the way.

[alpineart]

Hi boom64 , mate i don't seem to be winning with Chinese elms as bonsai . These will go into pots and if someone is looking for a trunk then they will be sold off , until then they will be reduced and pot layering is the easiest way to do it .The trunks will be removed from the ground also .

Cheers . Alpine .

[alpineart]

These Chinese Elms have had a bit of work done on then

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these couple are still sitting idle in the ground awaiting some taper work , The open pot layers were removed some time back and planted into 300mm pots

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the root cuttings have been removed , trimmed and placed back into a re-worked grow bed

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. These were trampled by a couple of out of control dogs that were being minded , 50% of them were ripped out and chewed up by the mutts , definitely no more dog minding services offered to friends or family .

Cheers Alpineart

[alpineart]

These Chinese elms needed a new home that took up less space

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a not so quick hack and chop and a bit of wire

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they are ready to pot up . I have wired these into the pots due to the size and weight of the trunks

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don't want them to fall out after all the effort getting them to this stage . The root cuttings will be dug next as I need the grow bed space .

Cheers Alpineart

[boom64]

No stopping you Alpine ,looking forward to some curly way out there root cuttings next. Cheers John.

[alpineart]

Hi boom64 , mate if I don't do it , it wont get done , like everything around here except the house work I dug them root cutting tonight but ran out of day light .

There is a couple of good trunks in the mix , hope to find the time tomorrow to sort and pot some of them up . Another frost forecast so it won't be an early start .

Cheers . Alpine

[alpineart]

These are the root cuttings straight from the grow bed

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after a selective trim these are now ready for grow bags or pots

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More than happy with the result , most of the reverse taper in the root itself has been alleviated the larger trunk will get some treatment and a new narebri developed just above the narrow sectionabove the existing root mass .

Cheers . Alpineart