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This was collected a few years ago and planted out in the garden , unfortunately it has to go being over 4 metres high . A bit of a trim then off with its head Rather than waste a good trunk I have hacked and chopped it , then ripped and tore the meat off the bones to produce a nice rather large trainer . That was 45 minutes of fun for the day , now I'm definitely in trouble with the wife

Getting it out of the ground will take months as the root mass is around 2-3metres in diameter , an axe and shovel will take care of those issues .

The finished trunk is 950mm high ,the base is 250mm at ground level with slight movement and some good taper hacked into it

Cheers . Alpineart

That's is a great progression in such a short time. It's given me ideas for my Juniper now. Was grappling with the idea of taper on a straight trunk


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Hi Akhi , mate it was a good fun project , taper can be either real as in the deadwood or an illusion as in 'v' cutting bark creating an illusion of taper and movement .

Cheers Alpineart

id love to see a 'virt' of your plan

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crikey!

Hi fishnfreak , something along this line is the plan but that can change Hi Mel' , my wife had a few more words than that after she spotted the trunk .

Cheers . Alpine

hahaha you have absolutely no fear

Hi no idea , mate its not fear , its the challenge itself , I just love hacking and chopping big material . I could have dug the little clump style trunk not but that wasn't much of a challenge ..

Cheers . Alpine

With too much spare time and plenty to do i have finally decided to do some work on my neglected stock . I haven't touch any tree's here for over 6 months so its now or never .The base is 300 x250 and stands 950 high to the top of the jin , its not the finished design just keeping it alive .

Cheers Alpineart

Alpineart... please take this next comment in the good nature that it is meant.

You're taking the P!5S ... I mean this thread and your vision is (f-bomb) audacious.

I'm with MelB.... "Crikey"!

That is a BEAST of a tree!!!!
Great work so far!!!!

Hi MJL , Its the easy part that's the fun , now the serious side starts , keeping it alive and moving it

Hi Thymetraveller its a big bugger that's for sure , slip potting it down into a smaller pot in a year or two will be the challenge .

Cheers . Alpine

are these species easy to find?

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Hi fishnfreak , mate these came from a test plot in the N.E Victoria region . Only 1 tree in the entire 5 acre plot actually produced self sown seedlings . Not easy to find in a nursery and not sure if the Beechworth bush fire a few years ago destroyed the plot as the Douglas Fir test plot was burnt and completely destroyed which was bordering the Redwoods .

Cheers . Alpine