Australian Frangipani – September 2022 potting

The time has come for this one to go into a pot.

When last we looked, I was thinking about pruning two branches.

Also seeing if I could carve away some of the taper.

Well, I did so. And apparently I didn’t take photos. Also, I’d heard that aluminium tape would help trees regrow bark. That’s all happened… let’s say in April.

This is an odd angle, past-Michael. But yeah, two cuts, and tape to heal.

spoiler: I’ll use that board a lot in the next dozen posts, and It’s not often done much better than this. 🙁

Let’s look at that foil:

On the left was the two branches pruned, on the right the attempt to remove taper.

No noticeable bark growth in 5 months, and the cambium is still quite soft. I don’t have a good expectation on how long it will take. So… not endorsed yet.

Also, this went into a pot. and I don’t see to have any photos. Let me go get some… I’ll be right back.

Five minutes of image gathering and processing later…