Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarh!!!

I've just been terrible, a resignation of a collegue at job meaning I need to work New York hours as well as the usual late European afternoons, plus a week-long trip to Vegas for my Brothers Stag-Do.

Back now, thankfully the trees haven's suffered much, but the same can't be said for the seeds...

Back to writing frequently in the coming days!

However...

The first of the Blue Jacaranda seeds has sprouted! These are the trees I'm most looking forward to - but thats almost a decade away, even if they grow well...

Doesn't Look Good...

Unfortunately it seems that the sun has been a bit much for the little Black Locust Tree seedlings. Has been very warm in London over the last few weeks but they look so sun-bleached. Moved them into the shade now, and hope they recover but those hopes are not high...

OK...

So now I realise that there is no way that I will be able to post every day - and given the visitor numbers aren't exactly great I think I will stick to three posts a week, rather than every day...

I'm tired and working more than 12 hours a day during the week, sometimes nearer 18... Hope no-one minds.

If someone prefers the current schedule, let me know. Doubt that's the case... :)

The Other Idea...

Also, the top of the tree is so densely grown that its difficult to reach into and trim back any new twigs forming leading to even more dense growth. I understand that they will lengthen in time and the leaves nearer the trunk will fall away, but I would like the tree to have more height to it, so I would like to trim back some of the thicker branches - make the peak of the tree more defined and allow for an extention of the trunk beyond its current height...

The Idea...

I feel that the tree is more than a little unbalanced... Looking from the front - there is a lot more foliage and weight on the left hand side of the tree... I like the assymetry, but would like more balance for sure...

So the branch circled (or ovaled depending on precision...) is, in my view, in need of thickening and lengthening - the foliage needs to be denser too. So any growth from this branch will not be cut back (heard this helps with the thickening of the branch - someone please correct me if I'm wrong), the decisions on which to keep will come later...

The Growths...

The Chinese Elm is definitely in need of a trim... But I want the second bottom branch to fill out and lengthen to give the tree a bit more balance... Growing so vigorously! Just take a look at the pics, this is only in the couple of weeks since the last trim.

Won't be trimming all of them back though, as I mentioned earlier about the wish to lenghten and thicken a certain branch... That Idea will be described tomorrow...