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Frenchman: What part of the world are you from. If you want elms all you have to do is root cuttings. Each spring you will have to prune the roots on one or more elms when you do repot the roots leaving just a nub sticking out of the soil. By mid summer you should have plants and if you plant these in the ground in one or two years you may have one inch trunks that are five or six feet tall, time to dig and cut again. The cycle will never end so select excellent material to begin with. One of the elms that we are propigating with great success is Carl Youngs Sayju elm. This plant has a very dense growth habit and excellent cork bark. We started four years ago with one plant and currently have abour 180 in the ground. When we transplant these elms we will generally get about five good trees from every one that we transplant. This spring we will transplant 80 of these elms so I am hoping to push the numbers on this tree to over five hundred this spring.

19-Oct-2001	#2
ripsgreentree bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: U.S.A USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,260	Re: good deals on saplings Frenchman: What part of the world are you from. If you want elms all you have to do is root cuttings. Each spring you will have to prune the roots on one or more elms when you do repot the roots leaving just a nub sticking out of the soil. By mid summer you should have plants and if you plant these in the ground in one or two years you may have one inch trunks that are five or six feet tall, time to dig and cut again. The cycle will never end so select excellent material to begin with. One of the elms that we are propigating with great success is Carl Youngs Sayju elm. This plant has a very dense growth habit and excellent cork bark. We started four years ago with one plant and currently have abour 180 in the ground. When we transplant these elms we will generally get about five good trees from every one that we transplant. This spring we will transplant 80 of these elms so I am hoping to push the numbers on this tree to over five hundred this spring. __________________ ripsgreentree It requires an open hand to give and to recieve.