Here is the previous installment for this tree. I ended up repotting it in 2018, and wiring it in 2019. Here is the starting point:
Reduced the right branches in hopes for a back-bud closer to the trunk.
Trimmed back; Arakawa forms lots of buds, so trimming back took a while to get down to the bifurcation branch structure. before:
Thinned out:
Wiring started:
Grafting:
Wrapped in parafilm:
Scion prepared:
Inserted:
Cut paste to seal out water, then wrapped in parafilm, and then raffia:
Complete:
Branches tweaked a bit more, and ready for the 2019 growing season.
Two weeks later, and the grafted bud is starting to move, a positive, but not definitive sign yet…
As of 4/1, the bud is 1.5″ long.
And at the end of the month…
5/27/19:
I won’t be ready to call it a success until I see a new candle growing from it…
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