Crepe myrtle, 3 years from a cutting.
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Crepe myrtle, 3 years from a cutting.
I thought I would post a few pictures of one of my crepe myrtles. It was grown from a large cutting and all of the primary branches are from scratch.
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PeacefulAres- Member
Re: Crepe myrtle, 3 years from a cutting.
someone might suggest you switch fronts...
i am not one of them
very nice and i look frwrd to seeing this one again,
when it is full of crepes and myrtles
i am not one of them

very nice and i look frwrd to seeing this one again,
when it is full of crepes and myrtles

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kevin stoeveken- Member
Re: Crepe myrtle, 3 years from a cutting.
Agree w/ Kevin, but what is that gunk smeared over the trunks on the front view. Of all trees in the world crape myrtle needs cut paste the least. You should be using a Dremel and carefully incorporating the scar into the tree's design.
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JimLewis- Member
Re: Crepe myrtle, 3 years from a cutting.
JimLewis wrote:Agree w/ Kevin, but what is that gunk smeared over the trunks on the front view. Of all trees in the world crape myrtle needs cut paste the least. You should be using a Dremel and carefully incorporating the scar into the tree's design.
It's a non toxic sealant called mod podge mixed with gray paint. I agree with you that crepe myrtles don't usually need a wound sealant but when I did my original carving, the trunk on the right was only attached by a about 1/8 of an inch of sap wood. The sealant was just an attempt to prevent die back, and it has actually kept the dead wood very hard in the areas that I painted. It was just an experiment, and I'll probably take it off with the sanding weed from dremel soon

beer city snake wrote:someone might suggest you switch fronts...
i am not one of them![]()
very nice and i look frwrd to seeing this one again,
when it is full of crepes and myrtles![]()
Thanks, it should be a fun tree to grow out and refine.
Even though I like unorthodox trees, that back side isn't very appealing to me.
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