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Old 24-Apr-2004   #1
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Trunk Chop Technique
How do I proceed to do a trunk chop ?

I do a ~45 degree cut but does it have to be in V shape, like if I saw each side separatly till I get to the middle or I do one straigth cut ?

I want to do it on this tree
Red dots are new buds.
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Old 24-Apr-2004   #2
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I am very confused!
Why would you want to do this?

From what I see you have taper and movement. Why do you want to cut it all off?

Is the wound worse than it looks? Are you trying to practice un-bonsai?

Hmmmm.

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Old 24-Apr-2004   #4
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Trunk front
It has two leader
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A reasonable approach with this tree would be to determine the front side which offers the best presentation of the roots and transition of the trunkline, then prune away the other leader, leaving the wound on the back side.

Allow the other leader to remain untouched until the wound is closed to your satisfaction,

Then come through and make a cut like this to start to emphasize the movement in the trunkline, like this:

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So you can build a tapering trunk with movement, like this...

(and hopefully a nice rootbase, too, under that mulch?)
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Thanks alot. Im gonna buy some concave cutter and wound paste. Do you think I should work the trunk ball and apparents wounds ?

You see, I have read enough, I know the basic technic, but the artistic side is harder to get.

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Sorry, I am not following what "trunk ball and apparents wounds" are.

Choosing the leader you remove to be on the "back" would be a logical choice, at least until the wound heals.

You would want to reduce any knob on the trunk and avoid having separate wounds one on top of the other. The idea in letting one of the two leaders grow is to help heal the wound.

I would clean up the wound edges with a sharp knife and then apply cut paste over the wound.

Hope that helps,

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"trunk ball and apparents wounds" would be what's in the circle.

Maybe my "tree" lexical is not that great

It's an Amur maple, Acer Ginalla.
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My own experience is that you should always cut the trunk horizontally above where you want new buds. Trees cut at an angle have a bad habit of sending out buds on the low side of that cut and drying out above it. Once your new buds have had a year of growth, then carve the cut appropriately.

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