treeman wrote:Very nice root work. You could not have asked for a better outcome.
Thanks treeman, pretty happy with the base now.
bodhidharma wrote:Dont you love a successful Air layer Josh. Onya mate
I am glad you are doing something with it (saved me the job) and the tree is worth it for the Autumn colour, had any yet
Maybe start pruning the branches heavily for backbudding and go from there. A long term project but thats Bonsai.
This layer took a bit to get there but worth it for the result. Agree on the autumn color. Got nice color from it this year. I need a branch down lower on the right so might have to thread graft one if i cant pop a bud where i want. I'll let one branch grow out a little for that purpose and start working on the rest.
jeremy_norbury wrote:I wasn't aware that Acer Campestre would work in such a warm climate.
They are used here in Holland as hedging plants.
No problems growing them here as it gets cold enough over winter. Just need to watch the sun over summer as you can see in the link above.
This tree wil be a long term project as Bodhi said. The branching needs a lot of work but am learning a lot from improving the trees issues so all good. I think everyone should have a problem tree to push your boundries on.
Josh.
