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Originally Posted by Ralph
If anyone has any additional suggestions for improving nebari, let me hear them!
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I have a seiju elm that has one area that is mostly devoid of outward growing roots. Here are a couple of other things I have learned about, but have not tried as of yet, that I may give a shot. You may find them useful as well.
1) the scratch and dust method you have mentioned. This is basically staring from scratch. It takes a long time to grow a decent sized root and have it blend properly with the trunk.
2) approach or nail graft. This is where you cut back into the bark of the tree and also an appropriately sized whip near the root mass to match each other. You then either bind or nail them together at the cleaned areas. They grow together and you have "instant" nebari.
3) thread graft. This is where you drill into or through the tree and thread an appropriatly sized whip into or through the hole. Similar to above, but should be easier to get the correct take-off angle on the smaller trunk.
Hope that helps. Maybe you could combine the methods so that if one does not work another would be working for you.