craigw60 wrote:Hi James, I really think carving is best reserved for hardwood trees like juniper, prunus or hawthorn. I don't think liquidamber falls into this category. If you carve soft wood species you will find the wood will not preserve in the long term. The other point to make is that liquidamber can die back after hard cutting so by carving the tree you may lose more than you bargained for.
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don't ya hate when that happensblkrota wrote:Crap i just found this topic and read this!
craigw60 wrote:Hi James, I really think carving is best reserved for hardwood trees like juniper, prunus or hawthorn. I don't think liquidamber falls into this category. If you carve soft wood species you will find the wood will not preserve in the long term. The other point to make is that liquidamber can die back after hard cutting so by carving the tree you may lose more than you bargained for.
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Carving a Liquid Amber in another topic "Advanced stock LA ant attack" today.
I probably will kill the top of the tree
I probably will kill the top of the tree