AusBonsai

This is a pair of Ballerina apples that were planted in 1997. In 2008 they had finally outgrown their alloted space & had to go. Cut down to stumps & moved to my front garden to recover & rebuild. Both trunks are hollow from the bottom up, once they have settled into potted life I will start carving them up. Matt

Matt did you carve the hollows into your trees then let nature do its thing for a few years????
I noticed alot of your trees are hectically hollowed and gnarly.

Nice play on words too

Hey bud,

The hollows are completely natural, as a result of chopping the roots right back 3yrs ago. If given time it would eventually consume most of the deadwood in this pair. As long as growth is solid I should keep ahead of it until they stabilise.

Most of my trees are collected from wild or suburbia, as a result deadwood, hollows etc all become par for the stock... You cant grow what nature produces....

Matt

Safe to say thats one fo the first thing you look for when you are after yamadori???

Look forward to susing out one of your spots

I love the trunk on this one that hollow looks fantastic. Not sure if the dog in the last pic agrees with me though

Great concentration on your subject Matt. You didnt even see the dog lining up for a number 2

Became a tripod at 12wks of age, curvature of the spine, misaligned hip, reduced chest capacity all add up to the wonky gait as shows in that pic.... she also has a nasty demeanour to boot (one of the many reasons I love my girl)

The hollow needs alot more work yet but I couldn't be bothered getting another power tool out at the time.

Matt

One of her favorite sleeping positions, showing off her stump... Don't tell her I posted this pic or I might be dinner