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Was a potential broom
I put this in the ground last year to err thicken the stem up, and the central leader has taken off and is really thick, maybe too thick for a broom style now.
Its a silver birch that i acquired a couole years ago as a tiny sapling. This is it now: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...er/SBB007a.jpg and this is how it looked last year before I got to plant it out: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...der/SBB005.jpg |
From: GreenLarry Organization: posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk Newsgroups: rec.arts.bonsai Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:34:49 +0000 Subject: Was a potential broom I put this in the ground last year to err thicken the stem up, and the central leader has taken off and is really thick, maybe too thick for a broom style now. Its a silver birch that i acquired a couole years ago as a tiny sapling. This is it now: http://tinyurl.com/5vcdc and this is how it looked last year before I got to plant it out: http://tinyurl.com/526hb -- GreenLarry I have never tried a broom style tree but I read a lot and I believe that if you continue to grow your birch another year or two you will still be fine with the broom style. What you will need to do is to cut the central lead at the point where the other branches join the main trunk. I have seen pictures of this done and they cut a V-shaped notch out of the central lead. This will encourage more branching due to the increased exposure of the cambium layer. It should form a sort of knot at the cut where lots of new shoots will sprout. Again, let me state that I have not tried this before and I am only recounting what I remember from years of reading different bonsai books. |
From: GreenLarry Organization: posted via www.GardenBanter.co.uk Newsgroups: rec.arts.bonsai Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:34:49 +0000 Subject: Was a potential broom I put this in the ground last year to err thicken the stem up, and the central leader has taken off and is really thick, maybe too thick for a broom style now. Its a silver birch that i acquired a couole years ago as a tiny sapling. This is it now: http://tinyurl.com/5vcdc and this is how it looked last year before I got to plant it out: http://tinyurl.com/526hb -- GreenLarry I have never tried a broom style tree but I read a lot and I believe that if you continue to grow your birch another year or two you will still be fine with the broom style. What you will need to do is to cut the central lead at the point where the other branches join the main trunk. I have seen pictures of this done and they cut a V-shaped notch out of the central lead. This will encourage more branching due to the increased exposure of the cambium layer. It should form a sort of knot at the cut where lots of new shoots will sprout. Again, let me state that I have not tried this before and I am only recounting what I remember from years of reading different bonsai books. |
On 10 Jan 2005 at 16:30, figaro wrote:
I suggest that you might get more responses and more of us could or would take part if these pictures had been posted on the IBC Gallery, accessible though www.internetbonsaiclub.org. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Bonsaiests are like genealogists: We know our roots! I put this in the ground last year to err thicken the stem up, and the central leader has taken off and is really thick, maybe too thick for a broom style now. Its a silver birch that i acquired a couole years ago as a tiny sapling. This is it now: http://tinyurl.com/5vcdc and this is how it looked last year before I got to plant it out: http://tinyurl.com/526hb -- GreenLarry I have never tried a broom style tree but I read a lot and I believe that if you continue to grow your birch another year or two you will still be fine with the broom style. What you will need to do is to cut the central lead at the point where the other branches join the main trunk. I have seen pictures of this done and they cut a V-shaped notch out of the central lead. This will encourage more branching due to the increased exposure of the cambium layer. It should form a sort of knot at the cut where lots of new shoots will sprout. Again, let me state that I have not tried this before and I am only recounting what I remember from years of reading different bonsai books. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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