making of a broom Elm project

[makro]

Project - Chinese Broom styling

Being a newbie, I have been doing a lot of reading on this website and last winter decided to convert 2 of my Chinese Elms that I didnt style too well in the 1st instance, as I let it grow wild and twiggy, into a broom style. So I did the v-cut method

Plant 1- not as good as I would have liked

chinese elm plant1 vcut.jpg

plant 2- as you can see the results is much better here. This bege the question.. Now what.. I have read that I need to prune the side shoots while letting a leader develop.. is this right.. Any tips you have appreciated.

chinese elm plant2 vcut.jpg

chinese elm plant2 vcut 2.jpg

[Craig]

Hi Makro , If you don't mind me asking how high is the trunk- to the v cut,as i feel your trunk is too high,,, also may i point ou that u really want the new shoots to come from as close as possible to the tops of each side of the V,, not halfway down like the shoots on yours. I would of made the V alot deeper as yours is a little shallow and wont IMO heal and blend as new leaders, Im not sure of how to post my topic on here(maybe someone else can do that for me plse ) but look at my progression of Broom style Chinese elm ,it will hopefully answer a few of your questions,,,,,,,,,,,,,Craig

[makro]

Hi Craig,

I just saw your post and its amazing what you have done with your tree. I am going to take a look at my trees and see what can be done.

The 1st tree isnt the best like you mentioned.

The 2nd one has more shoots and hopefully there will be shoots at the top of each v

Thanks again for the tips Craig.

[Craig]

http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/bonsa ... 2285-0.htm Hi, mate, and thanks, you'll figure it out in time, heres an article Jamie put me onto, its long but a very interesting read, Craig

[makro]

wow.... and I am only on the 1st page... thanks for the post, off to do some reading now.

[Jamie]

hi mate

craigs given some good advice and the thread on IBC he has linked is a good one, long but good

the celtis I have in training has a progression which will show you a similar treatment to what craig did with his elm.

here is the celtis thread - viewtopic.php?f=104&t=3461&p=74318&hili ... ion#p74318

jamie