• Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
The tree has come a long way but still plenty to do. As you can see mid way up the tree I have started another thread graft. I believe that should be the last one I need. Even though the tree looks fine from the front it looks lopsided from the side and back. Also when looking straight down on the tree there is a huge bare spot that this branch will fill. Keep in mind, a tree will branch everywhere it can to get as much sun to its branches. Branches won’t survive under other branches and limbs will grow if they can reach the light.
The top of this tree is still off center a bit and needs to be bent to the right. Once the lowest branch on the right has held in the position I have it now I will work on bringing the top over center. Oh and one more thing, I repotted the tree into this beautiful old Japanese glazed pot. The tree is happier and putting out a lot of new growth. Sept. 2005
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• Thursday, July 21st, 2005
This tree has recovered very nicely and is putting out new growth after some major pruning earlier this month. Its good to see. Also for the first time, the crown is beginning to develop. This will help me to fill in the top of this tree and get it further along onto completing it. July 2005
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• Thursday, July 21st, 2005
Well this tree has been through so much last year, but has bounced back nicely. The branch placement has been done, and it is wired out once again. At this time the only area that the tree has a weakness in on the first back branch. That branch was nearly lost last year, and it taking a while for it to grow back. However the tree is looking good. This year I plan on developing the top of the tree. It may have to be shortened, but in any case it needs to be filled in drastically. July 2005
By the way, I submitted this tree to for the Ben Oki Award. I didn’t win, but they did offer some suggestions:
As a special note I would like to give you the comments made by the judges about your tree :
Quite an impressive trunk. It can be a great tree and more natural and better by doing three things: the primary apex should : Be shorten , Have a round top, Be straight following the straight line of the tree.
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• Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
Part of my philosophy is to see other people’s collections and to get their input once in a while. The first lowest branch on this tree has always bugged me. It looked out of place and was way too thin. I took the tree to a meeting last month and Mike Rogers pointed out that the branch should be removed all together so that the foliage would be more uniformed. After a quick “snip” the branch was off and instant gratification. It was an instantly better tree and has made this tree look so much better. I still need to develop a better top, but this tree is well on it’s way to be a finished tree. I was hoping to submit this tree for Epcot, but with the poor top I need one more year. June 2005
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