Big Maple

[treeman]

I've had this lying around for a few years and no one seemed interested in it so I thought ''stuff it'' I'll work on it myself.
Anyway, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out and now I'm keeping it.
I don't have ''before'' shots but this is it's first thorough working over. It was a chop down job originally.
The base is about 10cm or so in diameter.

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[Rory]

That is a very nice base Mike.

Makes my maples look like a seed. I also like the look of the red leaf maple to the right of it too.

[treeman]

I've just came back here and noticed that I was still logged in after 2 hours!

Yes the little red one is Shindeshojo.

[bodhidharma]

I think it has a future Mike

[toshtony]

I've had this lying around for a few years and no one seemed interested in it

Nice maple Mike, do you have a store or something? Being that your in Melbourne wouldn't mind checking it out one day

[treeman]

I've had this lying around for a few years and no one seemed interested in it

Nice maple Mike, do you have a store or something? Being that your in Melbourne wouldn't mind checking it out one day

No store but I grow stuff to sell at sales days etc. I'm keeping this one for a while at least. I'd like to see how it progresses.

[delisea]

Treeman, Treeman,Treeman, it's always shortcuts with you. You need to learn to CUT! I suggest you cut the straight middle part of the trunk out, it has no taper and poor branch options - it will never come to anything. The tip (first 5mm?) you can use as a cutting. The bottom 10mm of base plant out in a field and with dedication it might be worth revisiting in 20 years time.

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Cheers,
Symon

[Rory]

[Grainer]

Treeman, Treeman,Treeman, it's always shortcuts with you. You need to learn to CUT! I suggest you cut the straight middle part of the trunk out, it has no taper and poor branch options - it will never come to anything. The tip (first 5mm?) you can use as a cutting. The bottom 10mm of base plant out in a field and with dedication it might be worth revisiting in 20 years time.

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Cheers,
Symon

Sorry disagree.. Air layering this would be a better option IMO..or to graft branches where they are not if you don't want to air layer.. This way you will get 2 squat trees out of it!

[dibly_w]

Treeman, Treeman,Treeman, it's always shortcuts with you. You need to learn to CUT! I suggest you cut the straight middle part of the trunk out, it has no taper and poor branch options - it will never come to anything. The tip (first 5mm?) you can use as a cutting. The bottom 10mm of base plant out in a field and with dedication it might be worth revisiting in 20 years time.

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Cheers,
Symon

Ouchhhh drastic poor tree ... why does everyone say cut haha .
I think its cool ... maybe if you wanted a tree like the part recommend to keep ... wouldnt you just go and buy a seed and wait 6weeks for it grow instead of chopping such a thing down to nothing . At the end of the day its big and different, maybe not a show winner but it has character and Im sure IMAO many other plp will think the same , and others will not . But bonsai is art not perfection see how its goes buddy !!

[Theodore]

Grainer/dilby_w

I'm pretty sure delisea added large bits of sarcasm to his post here. I'm sure it makes trees grow better .

Well at least I think he was using sarcasm!

[treeman]

Them's fight'n words..

[treeman]

see how its goes buddy

Oh...it'll go good.....

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[dibly_w]

My bad im sorry .... sometimes sarcasm is hard to pick up on . Thanks for clearing that up ... after I posted I thought ohh no what if he was joking and I just sounded like a dick . Which clearly I have done just that and I apologize

[delisea]

Sorry Treeman, I love your work, but i couldn't resist.
Cheers,
Symon