[thoglette] Roseceae (Prunus or malus?)

thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » March 23rd, 2013, 12:25 pm

Random "yamadori" saved from a cleared block. Exact species unknown

Free, collected in about 2009 or 2010. Cut all branches off every year as per p 31 of Lewis, C 1993 "Growing and Displaying Bonsai", Coombe Books London . The longest shoots now about 70cm above ground level. Main trunk about 22cm.

About time I did something with it.

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » June 12th, 2013, 1:04 pm

Old update and new update.

On 1 Apr I removed all the branches to avoid any potential conflict with The Rules

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Currently trying to grow some back! There's a few more buds on the trunk which I hope will take off before the cold weather really sets in.

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » September 13th, 2013, 12:24 pm

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Not much happening: this one still thinks it is winter. Just lost the last of its leaves. No bud swell yet.

thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » October 23rd, 2013, 8:41 am

Following the advice of Astroboy I've cut back the new growth

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » December 15th, 2013, 4:58 pm

forty plus degrees today.

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » March 15th, 2014, 8:09 pm

Just letting it grow for now, pulling off after four leaves. Will need a major reshape shortly

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xtolord · Post by **xtolord** » March 20th, 2014, 10:07 pm

Interesting material,
Do you already have something in mind for it?

thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » March 21st, 2014, 9:45 am

xtolord wrote:Interesting material,
Do you already have something in mind for it?

At the moment I'm trying to keep the taper - hence the very long first branch. And keep it alive

There's a little dead wood at the base and one long surface root - which will define the front/back axis.

Come autumn I'll cut back the long growth fairly hard to get back to an informal upright shape. Spring will see a repot and root prune.

But not knowing the species has made me a little nervous - I have a few stone fruit and they have a bad habit of whole branches dying if over trimmed.

I think that eighteen months was a bit ambitious for this tree - if I can keep it alive it'll develop better in a few more years.

thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » April 20th, 2014, 3:20 pm

I've almost entirely defoliated it - trying for a third flush of growth before autumn kicks in .
At which point I'll have to cut back the branches (ok, twigs!) leaving at least two buds.

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Maybe I'll get some flowers next spring and the mysterywill be over?

thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » June 28th, 2014, 8:03 pm

Nothing happening. Too cold.

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » August 12th, 2014, 10:35 am

Winter. Perhaps a different front. Didn't get the ramification I was hoping for last summer - I just hope I get some budswell and a chance to report before the end of the comp.

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » August 18th, 2014, 11:04 am

Buds appeared this week so a snap repot was called for. Once I know where I'm going to get active buds I'll cut back some of the upper branches.

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » September 29th, 2014, 3:53 pm

Well, didn't quite get the potting angle correct. Had to trim a little foliage to stay under the 25cm limit. Currently potted a bit high too so that will come down in the next repot next spring. I have cut some of the longer branches back and am continuing the "four leaves" approach to new growth. Lots of back-budding even on the lowest branch - which is quite old wood. It's also survived a suprise hot spell we had just after I repotted it and several other plants - many of which skipped this mortal coil

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Still not sure if I want to turn this 90 degrees to show off the dead wood. The new lower branch will probably be sacrificed. But we'll see.

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » June 28th, 2015, 5:37 pm

New season, new front.
Now the foliage has gone it's clear I need to shorten it to get some more taper in the trunk - will wire up the lighest branch as a new leader in spring.

A general shortening of branches is called for, along with a shortening of the main surface root. I guess I need to wait until it's growing in summer for that (any opinions?)

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thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » August 17th, 2015, 11:16 pm

thoglette wrote:A general shortening of branches is called for,

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Pretty brutal, but will be better in the long run. Will still bring the branches back a bit more and wire up the top (currently too stiff for me to try - waiting for some spring sap)

Oh, I wasn't happy with the one overbearing root (too long, too straight) so I've put on a tourniquet and buried it to hopefully get some new roots

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