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Old 19-Sep-2005   #123
Will_Heath
 
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Location: Clinton Township, MI
Country: USA
USDA Zone: 6 MI
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Here is one of the two mughos I picked up.

These will not be transplanted until next year but I always take a few steps to get them ready.

I cut down the nursery pot, exposing the hidden trunk and roots, but I leave the few roots that will be nebari slightly buried. I then remove just enough unwanted branches to allow sunlight to penetrate the interior. This helps the existing inner buds to grow, I'll need these when I style in the future.

Below are pictures of these steps and a couple pis of the nice stock that was buried. Vance's "Seeing eye hands" method is truly worth it's weight in gold.
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File Type: jpg mugho 2.jpg (59.0 KB, 179 views)
File Type: jpg mugho 1.jpg (59.6 KB, 143 views)
File Type: jpg backbudding 1.jpg (58.1 KB, 40 views)
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