Meet Pugsly
Posted: March 24th, 2012, 9:28 pm
This is the only tree I own that has a real name. A mate of mine named it Pugsly for being so short and fat, and it stuck.
Pugsly was grown from seed 28 years ago and was grown up to a 300mm pot to get some thickness and was then cut back to a very low branch which is the trunk today. The first trunk cut was when the tree was 5 or 6 years old and it has spent the reat of its life in a shallow pot. It was always in a cream glaxed pot but Pugsly burst it some years ago and I glued it back together, but just last year the glue gave way, so I picked up this temporary pot till I find the right one again. This one is ok, but the legs are too chunky and is too dark in my opinion.
The tree has got too many airial roots and they are a bit messy. A lot of them come from the branches and will create problems in the long run if left alone. The branches will thicken from the root outwards and usually creates unsightly reverse taper. You can leave them if you wish because you can manage them and keep them thin by simply pruning them either just above the ground, or regularly pulling them out of the soil and cutting them just below soil level and put them back.
There is more root work to do to improve the trunk further, but this will wait till it is repotted in Spring. I want to leave all the roots on to keep the growth strong. Pugsly will stay in his full sun position to improve the regrowth, and I will start to work on the ramification at last.
Keep you posted
Tony
Pugsly was grown from seed 28 years ago and was grown up to a 300mm pot to get some thickness and was then cut back to a very low branch which is the trunk today. The first trunk cut was when the tree was 5 or 6 years old and it has spent the reat of its life in a shallow pot. It was always in a cream glaxed pot but Pugsly burst it some years ago and I glued it back together, but just last year the glue gave way, so I picked up this temporary pot till I find the right one again. This one is ok, but the legs are too chunky and is too dark in my opinion.
The tree has got too many airial roots and they are a bit messy. A lot of them come from the branches and will create problems in the long run if left alone. The branches will thicken from the root outwards and usually creates unsightly reverse taper. You can leave them if you wish because you can manage them and keep them thin by simply pruning them either just above the ground, or regularly pulling them out of the soil and cutting them just below soil level and put them back.
There is more root work to do to improve the trunk further, but this will wait till it is repotted in Spring. I want to leave all the roots on to keep the growth strong. Pugsly will stay in his full sun position to improve the regrowth, and I will start to work on the ramification at last.
Keep you posted
Tony
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