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Re: English elm raft au naturale.
Posted: May 12th, 2011, 11:55 pm
by will baddeley
Hello Gerard. I intend on leaf pruning and wiring it in the next week or so. I will post pics then.
Re: English elm raft au naturale.
Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 6:59 am
by will baddeley
As promised, I worked on my raft last week. The Elm before leaf pruning.
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Re: English elm raft au naturale.
Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 7:05 am
by will baddeley
Leaf pruned and ready for wiring.
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Re: English elm raft au naturale.
Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 7:08 am
by will baddeley
A way to go before this matches the superb ram of the Elm at the start of the thread but the strong feeding will help in our short Summers. Thanks for looking.
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Re: English elm raft au naturale.
Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 4:15 pm
by Craig

Will, thats a ripper raft

,very interesting trunks, what's the width of this raft and is this tree going to get some of your fantastic carving Will ?
Re: English elm raft au naturale.
Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 8:44 pm
by will baddeley
Hello Craig and thankyou. I will not be carving this one as I don't feel it needs it. I put a ruler infront and the length is about 18". I would have used a retractable tape if I had any left. My kids have knackered them all pretending their walkie talkies.
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Re: English elm raft au naturale.
Posted: June 22nd, 2011, 8:46 pm
by will baddeley
Even though it's just had a leaf prune and very light trim, there are buds popping everywhere. This has to be the feeding regime.
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