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RE: drastic sycamore chop back

daryl — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:30:10 GMT

Good idea, John. Keep us posted on how it goes :)

RE: drastic sycamore chop back

Surrey John — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:28:32 GMT

Sorry I'll miss you daryl - I'm thinking that what i'l do is take my drastic-chop-back-sycamore along, and do an air-layer on it. I don't know why I didn't think of that before. SJ

RE: drastic sycamore chop back

daryl — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:59:26 GMT

Or if you just have the wrong time on this forum you can click on Control panel at the top of the page. Scroll down until you find the 'Options' box on the left and click on Forum settings then scroll down again until you get to date and time options where you can make sure you are in the right time zone. There's all kinds of other things you can change in there too. Have fun!

Daryl

(PS John - I won't be at the meeting next week I'm afraid. See you in March)

RE: drastic sycamore chop back

nige — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:12:50 GMT

Do you mean the clock in the bottom right hand corner of your pc?

If so click on START, CONTROL PANEL. If your have your control panel set to classic view there is an option for DATE AND TIME. If it is on category view click on DATE,TIME,LANGUAGE AND REGIONAL OPTIONS and you will be able to change the time from there

RE: drastic sycamore chop back

Surrey John — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:56:58 GMT

ALSO: it is 11.55 pm but my post appears as though at 9:50' something. Obviously my clock needs adjusting - but how do I do that? SJ.

drastic sycamore chop back

Surrey John — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:54:42 GMT

As they say in the House of Commons, "in another place", I posted a thread about my daughter Amy's sycamore which she planted when she was two and which is still alive in its pot after about 28 years and I have been trying to bonsai it over the past 5. I finally decided, sometime last autumn, to chop it right back to a stump, and let this produce fresh buds, aiming at a broom style.

I'm just about ready to givitago now, but need to check two things:

1) When I saw the trunk off, will it be better done with a 'V' cross section or sould I saw straight across?

2) Should I seal the cut? Will sealant inhibit the production of buds, or what?

I'd be grateful for any words of wisdom on either if these before I make the fateful incision. Sorry i have no pic at present - it's on a disc somewhere. If I can find it I'll post it.

:) SJ