What to do with this gum ball?
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What to do with this gum ball?
I got this liquidambar gumball last year. It is grafted. It's quite ugly and sends buds in odd directions in clusters. I'm considering chopping below the graft and turning it into a regular liquidambar as a bud has popped up there. Any other thoughts?
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Re: What to do with this gum ball?
It is grafted on to a standard but they air layer quite easily so you could try that?
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Re: What to do with this gum ball?
It is too straight and no taper...but you can use even the top part if you carve some of the bulges later.
Airlayer it and have a bonus tree.
Airlayer it and have a bonus tree.
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Re: What to do with this gum ball?
Air layer for mine.
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I love your cat!
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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Re: What to do with this gum ball?
The cats thoughts are usually with the myna birds and when they're coming next. It's like an Alfred Hitchcock movie out there sometimes.
