[IBC] Tree Trunk Question

Wolfram Kretzschmar

Hi everybody,

as i'm from Germany I will get directly to the problem. I have a new
seedling (I think you know what I mean), which is of chinese elm kind. Now I
wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving.

Excuse me if my English, as it's a very special problem, isn't that
correct...

Bye
Wolle

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Jim Lewis

> Hi everybody,
>
> as i'm from Germany I will get directly to the problem. I have
a new
> seedling (I think you know what I mean), which is of chinese
elm kind. Now I
> wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving.
>
> Excuse me if my English, as it's a very special problem, isn't
that
> correct...
>
> Bye

Maybe one of our German speakers can help, so try a question in
German.

Jim Lewis - jklewis@nettally.com - Tallahassee, FL - Bonsaiests
are like genealogists: We know our roots!

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Alan Walker

Wolle: I am not familiar with the terms you are using, "continuous or
dissolving." However, the natural growing habit of the Chinese elm (and most
other elms) is what we call in bonsai the broom or besom style. That is an
upright trunk which then spreads into a multitude of upward spreading of
branches. This resembles an inverted broom, hence the term broom style. The
Japanese name for this style is hooki-zukuri. For directions on how to
create this style, consult John Naka's Bonsai Techniques I, pp. 137-139.
Alan Walker
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfram Kretzschmar

Hi everybody,
As I'm from Germany I will get directly to the problem. I have a new
seedling (I think you know what I mean), which is of chinese elm kind. Now I
wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving.

Excuse me if my English, as it's a very special problem, isn't that
correct...
Bye
Wolle

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Julie Trigg

Was in a workshop this past week-end at the Fl State Convention and
according to David DeGroot, I think the Chinese Elm would be dissolving.
Julie Trigg





in article 2idtutFld5avU1@uni-berlin.de, Wolfram Kretzschmar at
onkel_wolle@gmx.net wrote on 6/5/04 8:23 AM:

> Hi everybody,
>
> as i'm from Germany I will get directly to the problem. I have a new
> seedling (I think you know what I mean), which is of chinese elm kind. Now I
> wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving.
>
> Excuse me if my English, as it's a very special problem, isn't that
> correct...
>
> Bye
> Wolle
>
>

Billy M. Rhodes

In a message dated 6/5/2004 7:55:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
julie.trigg@VERIZON.NET writes:

> Was in a workshop this past week-end at the Fl State Convention and
> according to David DeGroot, I think the Chinese Elm would be dissolving.
> Julie Trigg

I still don't know what "dissolving" means in this context.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast
BSF Annual Convention July 1 - 4, 2005 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral,
Florida
Workshops with Jerry Meislek of Whitefish, Montana and Chase Rosade of New
Hope, PA.

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Iris Cohen

<< Now I wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving. >>

Sorry, I don't understand you. The trunk of any tree is permanent. It grows by
adding another layer of wood every year. The bark however, is usually not
permanent. The tree sheds it a little at a time. Is this what you meant?
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
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train."
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Charles Boudreau

In a message dated 6/5/04 6:55:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, iriscohen@AOL.COM
writes:

> Sorry, I don't understand you

I think what he means is ... Should the trunk go in a continuous line to the
apex or should the main trunk split into branching (ramification) as in a
broom style?

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Wolfram Kretzschmar

Hi all,

> Hi, aint to sure about trunk being continuous
> or dissolving. can you give me more info? maybe
> just try and explain simply what you mean

I wanted to ask, whether the trunk grows continuously upwards (devellops
arm/branch that grows straight upwards), when cut the first time, or whether
it doesn't grow anymore, but devellops branches/arms that grow sidewards...

I found these two descriptions of cutting a new bonsai the first time. One
describes the method for those trees, that have this continuous trunk, while
the other one describes the method for those that whose trunk dissolves...

Bye
Wolle

Michael Persiano

In a message dated 6/5/2004 7:16:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
awbonsai@BELLSOUTH.NET writes:
Hi everybody,
As I'm from Germany I will get directly to the problem. I have a new
seedling (I think you know what I mean), which is of chinese elm kind. Now I
wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving.

Excuse me if my English, as it's a very special problem, isn't that
correct...
Bye
Wolle
Wolle:

Haben sie eine photographie des baumes?

Vielen Dank,

Michael Persiano
http://members.aol.com/iasnob

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