Bendroctanus
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If that were accurate, it was probably one of granpa’s old leather ones…
Tree oddities
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flushcut
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Are there a bunch of saplings near by?
davidwyby
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evo
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Here is some fasciation. I thought the tree had a small top blow out and the upper whorl was just starting to turn upwards and the limbs with exaggerated growth. Just a typical Doug for right?
The dang thing was full of fasciation, more than I’ve ever seen in a single year plant
The dang thing was full of fasciation, more than I’ve ever seen in a single year plant
evo
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Serf Life
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Only time I've seen branches do that was in college...
southsoundtree
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Wild. Haven't seen it in doug-fir.
davidwyby
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evo
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If I recall correctly the only other conifer I’ve seen it in was a pine, but that was just one that shaded out and was dead
I’m getting a sudden urge to try grafting
evo
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We just did that with an Apple, tried about 6 with slightly different girdling techniques and a ‘control’. Got one viable and it is amazingly cool to see.
I have also ‘propagated’ naturally layered plants. Have some vigorous Ribes, an azalea, a manzanita and a couple more in our garden that ‘fell into the truck’ on a couple of jobs
I have some air-layered Green Giant Arborvitaes that I planted three years ago and they are still tiny. I don't think it works to create new trees in most species, but I'm sure there are some that it does.
evo
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- My Island, WA
They self layer all the time. I have a number of blow down which now are a series of trees in a row. The best is two went down nearly parallel to each other so it’s like walking through a designed alley.
Down the street we pruned a western red cedar about 38” DBH which had a few lower whorls layer into trunks about 24” in diameter. I love once they take root how the branch ceases diameter growth from the lack of movement. It was hard to tell where one began on the dang thing. Made brush extraction a huge pain.
This is another that layered then grafted where it crossed a reiteration fork
I can’t speak to vigor due to the process unless it has to do with root mass to stem size ratio. It might take a bit for the roots to build up on larger layered stems.
I have also seen the bonsai gardeners will use the technique to create new trees of larger size much more quickly than from seedling. Interesting!
evo
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I can’t even fathom what this area was like 120 years ago.
Serf Life
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"Like" takes to PYR Logistics now... very cool snag!
evo
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Not sure if I posted this on the buzz. A first for me and I only think I’ve seen fasciation on one conifer (pine)..
I’ve heard (and done) that some will tie knots in branch tips, this Doug had many knobs in random branches. Client had solar panels installed so naturally we had to take out about 22 trees. This one looked like it had a top blow out and some limbs were just starting to turn up.
I couldn’t be more wrong, as the top was a corkscrew.
Another first was the shear volume of fascination thought out the top1/4 of the tree.
I’ve heard (and done) that some will tie knots in branch tips, this Doug had many knobs in random branches. Client had solar panels installed so naturally we had to take out about 22 trees. This one looked like it had a top blow out and some limbs were just starting to turn up.
I couldn’t be more wrong, as the top was a corkscrew.
Another first was the shear volume of fascination thought out the top1/4 of the tree.
Matias
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You did share that one already, but the first pic is new. I'll ogle all this pics you care to post though buddy! That stuff lights me up!
