Do's and Dont's of collecting Elm's. Ulmus progression.

[bodhidharma]

I collected this tree in the Winter of 2007 and it is one of the Ulmus procera's i have sort of kept tabs on. When working collected material dont try and rush the process, remember, this tree has only been in training for three years. The first two years it recuperated and i let the branches extend and loosely wired them into place. No root work was done other than bare rooting it on collection and removing large unwanted roots. The tree was fed generously and after two years was repotted and extensive root work was done. I again let it grow freely and only pulled branches into line, not worrying about any secondary's. I wanted them to thicken enough to be able to cut back and have some size on the stubs. The leader was repeatedly allowed to grow and then cut back again. This year, before repotting, I did some major carving to fix the trunk chop and cut the branches back hard and i will now begin serious work on branching. Not bad for for five years, what do you reckon.

[anttal63]

great work on great material Bodhi i like this one very much !!!

[irish]

Hi
One day i must pay you a visit Mr Bodhi and just look at stuff

Now back to doing more of this

Regards.
Irish.

[craigw60]

Lovely tree Bodhi, I can imagine how beautiful it will been once you have achieved a cloud of fine twigs
Craigw

[Andrew E]

Hi Bodhi,
Love the front with the uro, a better front imo. Will you grow one of the apex branches as a sacrifice to correct/ improve the taper from the original large cut? Great progress for five years mate.Keep us posted

Andrew

[anttal63]

hELLO AGAIN mate! Your 1st proposed front is the one ! The base is far more powerful, the trunk has nice movement and the carving features well. You just have to find a way of marrying the two wounds. Let the smaller one hollow through to the big one, and let the light play with both. Once the smaller one rolls too it will look better as well.

[bodhidharma]

great work on great material Bodhi i like this one very much !!

Thanks very much Ant. As you can imagine, this tree is impressive in the flesh.

One day i must pay you a visit Mr Bodhi and just look at stuff

I look forward to meeting you Irish.

Lovely tree Bodhi, I can imagine how beautiful it will been once you have achieved a cloud of fine twigs

From the man growing future masterpieces with Tridy's that is a much appreciated comment Craig. Maybe we can arrange an Elm for a Trident one day. God knows, i cant sell em

Will you grow one of the apex branches as a sacrifice to correct/ improve the taper from the original large cut? Great progress for five years mate.Keep us posted

Thanks Andrew, You will notice at the neck of the trunk cut to the new leader there is four branches that will be let grow to thicken that area. I reckon 8-10 years should do it

hELLO AGAIN mate! Your 1st proposed front is the one ! The base is far more powerful, the trunk has nice movement and the carving features well.

I lean that way to Ant. We will see with future progress where it ends up. Are you going to Hiro in Ballarat