Prunus Cerasifera Trainer

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These were collected 2 years ago and basically ignored. I had plans but nothing eventuated until i read Grants topic on Penjing . All it took was a look at the pics Grant posted and that was the catalyst for this gunna-be Clump style Raft .
What to do with some very poor collected plums

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out with the cordless drill and screw them together with stainless steel screws . The 2 main trunks were first

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then the third trunk was position and screwed in place ,

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a small section of bark and sap wood was removed to help fuse if possible all the trunk bases together

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The forth trunk was positioned to the rear to aid depth in the finished composition

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Finally the fifth tree was positioned and screwed together ,

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with the clump complete its into a large pot with a section removed for a main trunk to lay over .

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This will no doubt become the raft section of the new trainer .

Many thanks to Grant for the topic on Penjing and to the elderly Gentleman for the motivation to get myself into gear and create this new work in progress . Later this season or next winter this will be placed into the grow beds for some serious building up of the foliage and branches .

Cheers Alpineart