$76 Crabapple stock... progression.
Holy Moss, Batman!
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Moss off.
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Pretty nice roots, but not what the moss hinted at.
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This eventually became the back.
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Took about an hour to remove this fat trunk that was screaming to create an awful reverse taper. It was, literally wedged between the branches on either side. I used a trunk splitter and then an XActo knife to clean up.
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After a much needed haircut.
[img]https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/KDodds/2012-04-28_16-37-09_441.jpg[/img]
Current plan.
[img]https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/KDodds/virtCrabapple.jpg[/img]
- Intriguedbybonsai
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Thanks... the first trunk segment is really too long, with way too much going on above it. And it's WAY too straight for anything but a broom or modification thereof right now. Probably greenhouse, grown, post-pruning this tree went semi-dormant, with the leaves turning bright red. I don't think "Indian Summer" Crabs are supposed to do this until fall. New growth coming in is also red, but too youg to see whether or not I'll get a "second spring" (repeat flowering) out of it. Can't wait for those pink flowers amd red apples next year, though.