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Greybeard
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 5,247
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Mame Cascade Elm?
I have this small elm that was without a home. I thought it might be a good candidate for a single tree in a pot but I was not happy with the branches. The tree came out of a saikai that was mixed with hackberries. This elm had no place to go.
I decided that after turning it over and around about 25 times that the best option might be to layer it off and make a cascade tree out of it. I like cascadeing elms and think they make wonderful trees in any configuration.
What made me want to go the cascade route was that the trunk had a good kink in it at the first branch. By making it a cascade it will be a much better tree due to the fact that the trunk lends itself better to this configuration and makes a much better cascade than upright tree.
All the pictures below are pretty self explanatory. I used rooting hormone gel on the Q-tip and the tree is planted in sand.
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