treebeard55

Thanks, Mike. Keep working on that boxwood. A few years down the road you may enter it successfully in BOTM.

Matt, I agree: it seems hard to believe that so few people were on the site. I'm sure you, Jim and Phil are feeling a bit frustrated about that.

Since we're "'fessin' up," I'll admit I put a reminder at Bonsai-Nut forum, since there a number of people there who are also members here. Was going to do it at BonsaiVault, too, but most of the "overlap" there is also on B-N. Don't know how much effect it may have had ...

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Hello, all,

Just thought I would post an update on this yew's progress. This tree has grown well over the summer. It gets direct sun off-and-on for probably 6 hours/day, and the rest of the time is in open shade.

The first picture show this tree as of 2 days ago, nothing masked. This is the probable front.

The second shows the tree with a large, low sacrifice branch masked.

There a few colored arrows. The blue one points to the base of what will be the eventual main back branch. It was growing straight up; so I notched the base, wired it, and bent it over. The yellow arrow points to the zip tie I'm using to help keep the notch tightly closed while it heals. The orange arrow points to a branch that I may well remove eventually, tho the jury's still out.

And the blue/purple line shows where this tree will be layered in the next year or two. Those stubs right above this line aren't root stubs, they're branch stubs! As with most nursery-grown trees, this yew was repotted deep the last time, with much of the trunk buried. I actually have no idea how deep the present nebari lies. But this tree will be a semi-cascade, so I want the nebari at this line.

The last picture shows the tree from above, with that major sacrifice branch masked.

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I just needle-plucked this yew, and one other, this afternoon. Hopefully there will be a lot of buds breaking close to the branch bases next spring, so I can keep this fellow compact.

I'm going to repot this tree next spring, and the design might just change once I see what's below the present soil line! Stay tuned.

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