Re: could i graft a living treehouse together?

[Monique Reed]

You could probably even manage the horizontal beams. Do a web search
for Axel Erlandson and his Circus Trees. Here are two sites:

http://www.arborsmith.com/treecircus.html
http://www.bonfantegardens.com/trees/trees.html

M. Reed

Cloned Ranger wrote:
>
> as i see it as long as there were no fully horizontal beams i could graft a
> group of trees into a living treehouse...

[Cereoid+10+]

Sure, but you won't have the project completed in your own lifetime.


Cloned Ranger > wrote in message
m...
> as i see it as long as there were no fully horizontal beams i could graft
a
> group of trees into a living treehouse...
>
>
>

[PaddyS]

My only suggestion is to select fast growing trees of your area. Have a go
what have you lost. When you have gone you will be able to look down and say
I started it of, or if you are young you might see the end product before
you snufit.
Paddy
"Moontanman" > wrote in message
...
> Maybe, sounds like a great project that your grandkids would enjoy. All
the
> trees would have to be the same species for sure.
>
> Moon
> remove nospam from e-mail to send to me, I grow trees in aquariums like
bonsai.
> I breed dwarf crayfish, great for planted community tanks. If you can get
me a
> shovelnose sturgeon fingerling (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) no wild
caught
> please, contact me

[Moontanman]

Maybe, sounds like a great project that your grandkids would enjoy. All the
trees would have to be the same species for sure.

Moon
remove nospam from e-mail to send to me, I grow trees in aquariums like bonsai.
I breed dwarf crayfish, great for planted community tanks. If you can get me a
shovelnose sturgeon fingerling (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) no wild caught
please, contact me

[Cereoid+10+]

Sweet, Dude!

Far Out!

Out of sight!

Up Tight!

DynOmite!

Right On!


Cloned Ranger > wrote in message
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> sweeet! thanx alot!
>
>
> Monique Reed > wrote in message
> ...
> > You could probably even manage the horizontal beams. Do a web search
> > for Axel Erlandson and his Circus Trees. Here are two sites:
> >
> > http://www.arborsmith.com/treecircus.html
> > http://www.bonfantegardens.com/trees/trees.html
> >
> > M. Reed
> >
> > Cloned Ranger wrote:
> > >
> > > as i see it as long as there were no fully horizontal beams i could
> graft a
> > > group of trees into a living treehouse...
>
>
>
>

[maison.mousse]

PaddyS a écrit dans le message ...
>My only suggestion is to select fast growing trees of your area. Have a go
>what have you lost. When you have gone you will be able to look down and
say
>I started it of, or if you are young you might see the end product before
>you snufit.
>Paddy
>"Moontanman" > wrote in message
...
>> Maybe, sounds like a great project that your grandkids would enjoy. All
>the
>> trees would have to be the same species for sure.
>>
>> Moon
>> remove nospam from e-mail to send to me, I grow trees in aquariums like
>bonsai.
>> I breed dwarf crayfish, great for planted community tanks. If you can
get
>me a
>> shovelnose sturgeon fingerling (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) no wild
>caught
>> please, contact me
>



Platanus acerifolia (plane tree) is routinely sculpted in Southern France to
make shelters for restaurants, hotels ect. The trees have a long life span
but grow very fast.

James

[Cloned Ranger]

sweeet! thanx alot!


Monique Reed > wrote in message
...
> You could probably even manage the horizontal beams. Do a web search
> for Axel Erlandson and his Circus Trees. Here are two sites:
>
> http://www.arborsmith.com/treecircus.html
> http://www.bonfantegardens.com/trees/trees.html
>
> M. Reed
>
> Cloned Ranger wrote:
> >
> > as i see it as long as there were no fully horizontal beams i could
graft a
> > group of trees into a living treehouse...

[Arborsmith]

I have planted 6 living tree houses; I have found others who are doing
the same. These are rings of trees planted close toghter so that they
graft and grow together; the thought is to grow solid walls with a
stone or slab floor.
Perhaps you visualized you house high in a tree, in that case I would
find several large trees and pollard them until you have the desired
house form I think it could be well established in 5 to 7 years.
Richard Reames
Arborsmith Studios
http://www.arborsmith.com

[Cereoid+10+]

Exactly which tree species that grows that fast would produce wood strong
enough to support a treehouse?


Arborsmith > wrote in message
om...
> I have planted 6 living tree houses; I have found others who are doing
> the same. These are rings of trees planted close toghter so that they
> graft and grow together; the thought is to grow solid walls with a
> stone or slab floor.
> Perhaps you visualized you house high in a tree, in that case I would
> find several large trees and pollard them until you have the desired
> house form I think it could be well established in 5 to 7 years.
> Richard Reames
> Arborsmith Studios
> http://www.arborsmith.com

[Arborsmith]

"Cereoid+10+" > wrote in message >...
> Exactly which tree species that grows that fast would produce wood strong
> enough to support a treehouse?

Grounded living tree houses don't need support. If you want to have a
house up in tree I would start with several trees already growing and
a minimum of 1/2 meter in diameter and use the spread of the trees as
a foundation. The new growth stimulated by the pollard cut could be
trained. Exactly which tree species would be strong enough remains an
unknown. It may all depend on the grafting techniques the load and the
wind and the time of year the wind blows. Hard to say for sure.
Richard Reames
Arborsmith Studios
http://www.arborsmith.com