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19-Jan-2006	#1
Cordon bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: D Town, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9a AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 310	Elm Thread Graft Tips? Here in winter in the rockies, I find myself cotemplating where to take my trees once spring comes....May seems so far away. I have a collected Siberian Elm. It was largerly ruined by hail this past summer. Now it consists of about 5 inches of 1" thick trunk and a bow shaped branch that is stuck out the top. The way I see it there is no way to salvage the largest branch. Come spring I plan to chop it off. I have 3 small shoots that emerge near the base of the trunk. I planed on thread-grafting these near the top to try and create a fresh start for this tree. Does anyone have and thread grafting tips? Cord

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19-Jan-2006	#2
pootsie The Cat's Apprentice *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: May-2004 Location: Columbus o-HI-o Country: USofA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 3,065	Cordon: I am no elm-grafting master, but my experience with Siberian Elm is that they will bud back like mad after a chop, so the graft may not be needed if it pops out whre you want it. You might try chopping the bow-branch off leaving a stub, in the spring, and see what comes out. pootsie __________________ p.s. My cat is a bonsaiTALK Master. Columbus Bonsai Society

19-Jan-2006	#3
Cordon bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: D Town, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9a AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 310	Thanks poots, The stub of the branch is an a perfect 90 degree angle to the trunk. I don't see what good could come out of it. Cord

19-Jan-2006	#4
Cordon bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: D Town, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9a AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 310	my orginal plan for the eventual style of the tree was a live-oak style. Something like you can find in Naka's Techniques II. The hail storm stripped all the branches save the strongest. But maybe a simple trunk chop is the best option.... oh well I have a few months to study it.

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