Twisty Lepto [Ryceman3]

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GavinG wrote: April 10th, 2022, 10:38 pm The detail is intense and wonderful, but might I suggest that the outline is straightforward, and does not match the complexity of the detailed branches? Maybe some ins-and-outs, light and shade, density and open-ness? It's a great tree, showing years of intelligent care, but maybe you could (cough) mess it up a little?

STRICTLY only my opinion - it's a very fine tree as it stands. Well done. Damn fine.

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Thanks for your feedback Gavin,
I was just up looking at it and these photos definitely aren't doing the tree too many favours in that they make it appear more "helmeted" than it really is. I have cut back pretty hard so hopefully as it fills in the "light and shade" will become more apparent. It's propensity to grow is very difficult to reel in, so I'm inclined to believe it will do a reasonable job of messing up my order all by itself in a matter of weeks!
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Re: Twisty Lepto [Ryceman3]

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That's progressing really nicely R3. I really like the alternate front view.
Looks to always be generous with its foliage mass.
Feedback from me would be to start selectively sacrificing some of those living branches into deadwood areas.
Would help age the tree immensely. :imo:

Anyways... you're on a winner there mate. Yipeeeee! :tu:
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Update on this tree after some work today ... unwiring and re-wiring this thing is intense!
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Killer tree mate, love it.
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Looks like some painstaking small wiring. I find it can be tedious at times getting my hands in there on compact trees, but worth it and a good challenge.

Looks very good :tu:
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cracking tree ryce, i always continue to be more and more impressed by your work mate
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Looking great Ryceman3, any more following in this tree's footsteps? Cheers John.
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Patmet wrote: September 15th, 2023, 7:45 pm Looks like some painstaking small wiring. I find it can be tedious at times getting my hands in there on compact trees, but worth it and a good challenge.
Getting my hands in to work on this is definitely not the easiest thing to do, luckily it's not a brittle/fragile tree and can cope with a bit of a pounding quite well ... you still have to have your wits about you though to avoid destroying past work and snapping bits off!
TimS wrote: September 16th, 2023, 9:21 am cracking tree ryce, i always continue to be more and more impressed by your work mate
Thanks Tim! ... always trying to improve stuff each time I work on a tree, otherwise I don't see much point! :beer:
boom64 wrote: September 16th, 2023, 8:06 pm Looking great Ryceman3, any more following in this tree's footsteps? Cheers John.
Mmmm... I'd like to say yes because it is a very fun thing to work on, but unforunately this is my only one. I got it as an experiment when it was tubestock from a co-op nursery that isnt really local to me, and on the occassions that I have been passed it recently, it has been closed so no opportunity to grab another one. I'll keep trying though.
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Ryceman3 wrote: September 18th, 2023, 9:25 am I'll keep trying though.
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Cool tree . These should strike quite readily from cuttings .
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Sno wrote: September 18th, 2023, 6:56 pm
Ryceman3 wrote: September 18th, 2023, 9:25 am I'll keep trying though.
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Cool tree . These should strike quite readily from cuttings .
Of course, cuttings ... for some reason it never really occurred to me!?!
I'll let a few twigs extend and then see what happens.
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Re: Twisty Lepto [Ryceman3]

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Had another trim in the last week or so. Forgot about the cuttings idea though! :palm:
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