celtis- chinese hackberry

[Jamie]

cheers mate, i was thinking that they were semi deciduous up here, my elms are so i figured these wouldnt be to disimilar
how much growth rate have you seen these put on in a growing season in the ground pal? i know its a hard question to answer im just curious, i am thinking this one willl be going into a grow box as i am renting and not much point putting it in the ground if i have to move?


jamie

[Jamie]

just an update, here is a quick shot of the tree now after it has been a couple of weeks since i defoliated and this thing is just going crazy, i am going to have to trim again as the growth is just rampant and not growing in any particular direction, so a bit of refinement will be needed, i am thinking of clip and grow as i would like to keep it tight

celtis new growth.jpg

jamie

[dayne]

i dug out some in about august as stumps they now have twice as much foliage as yours and the branches are a bit thicker than a big biro pen just feed feed feed oh and the grasshoppers love em so kep an eye out

[Jamie]

cheers dayne i will watch out for the grass hoppers, it would be nice to get some thickening happening, i gotta find some more grow boxes


cheers


jamie

[NathanM]

Just found this thread dude. It's going nuts!! Nice work. I quite liek where you are going with it!
May not need very long in a growbox at all!

[Jamie]

Just found this thread dude. It's going nuts!! Nice work. I quite liek where you are going with it!
May not need very long in a growbox at all!

thats the scary part about it mate its NOT in a grow box yet!!!!! its only in a 10 inch plastic pot, and its going nuts, i would have to step back if i put it in a grow box or i could end up losing an eye


cant wait to go on this dig celtis heaven


jamie

[Jamie]

hey people

update time i have finally worked out what direction i am taking this tree, it is not a formal broom. and just for rod, nor am i gonna try and make it a SUMO

after letting it grow out a lot more from the last pic, it has received a few trims, i havent got any of those pics as the camera SD card got deleted, so i only have what i have here, but as you know these things just go absolutly nuts!

ok here it is after a few trims. note the extension of the low branches.(this is important to the design) these are thickening quite quickly. the one on the right is as thick as a pen from when it was last shot, and extends about a foot and a half.

celtis after a bit of a cut back.jpg

the top cut off to decide on a new leader and shorten the overall height. this is important to the design aswell!

celtis top cut off.jpg

new leader.

celtis new leader.jpg

so can anyone tell where i am going with this tree? i will be doing a sketch or virt very shortly, but would like to see if any one can pick up what i am planing. i have put a few hints in this post, it should be quite easy to pick up on

jamie