Japanese Maple rebuild

[TimS]

No point faffing about, the airlayer on the primary branch is now set and i'm committed to the new plan!

Not pretty but hopefully it does the job

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[TimS]

I've just been letting this tree run since the workshop, i haven't removed any of the shoots whatsoever, i plan to just leave them for the remainder of summer so come winter i have free choice of any of them for thread grafting. I haven't yet seen any root activity on the airlayer of the lowest branch, but it's not my primary objective anyway.

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In other news the mystery of who the original grower of the tree was has been solved. I asked about the tree and if anyone recognised it or the handwriting of the notes at the BSV club meeting last month, and in less than 5 minutes a name was settled on; a lady who is no longer a member there and in her 90's these days who was active at the time and known for meticulous note taking. A current member later sent me a photo of her handwriting for confirmation and I'm absolutely positive it's the same as the handwriting on the notes of my tree. Nice to have that mystery solved!