Ground grown liquid ambar - time to chop?

[jozaeh]

hey everyone! I’ve been ground growing a big liquid ambar for a while now, and she’s going great guns. The soil where it’s growing seems to have been perfect for her, and I think I finally have the trunk size I want, so that means trunk chop time!. Last spring I FINALLY got her to backbud, and lucky me, she did so nice and low. I’m thinking I’ll bend the young shoot into the new leader, what do you all think?

I’ve been growing her from seed for about 80 years, water bottle included for scale.

thanks for any advice!
Jozaeh

[Scott Roxburgh]

You taking the ?

[Glenda]

[Rowdy]

Work on the Nebari a little before you pull it out

It will make it look older

[cre8ivbonsai]

Stick it in a grow box and let it thicken up a bit ... then you can work on styling, maybe a bit of chainsaw carving?

[kcpoole]

Is that your entry into the Shohin comp ?

Do not forget to Spade around the roots to cut them off to develop finer roots shooting back near the trunk
Let us all know when you are going to dig. That way we can all come and watch you while we sit back with a beer or 20 and laugh

Ken

[BonsaiPanda]

Hi Jozaeh,
I am awesome at trunk chops, if you look at my avatar I get a bit hungry when doing them and I am prone to eating the new shoots as well, so you may have to protect the new shoots if I come around for the trunk work. Oh I dig up the roots sometimes as well, jeez I am a bugger for that stuff.

Regards Panda

[Tony Bebb]

Nice Jozaeh

Sorry but I don't like the lack of taper or nebari. I think you could do better and should look at options down the street.

Tony

[Chris Di Nola]

I Have just the pot for that

Cheers
Skip

[cuwire]

Looks just fine to me -- a bigger water bottle will make all the difference.

[Handy Mick]

I would get some wire on that!

Mick

[Dario]

Hi Jozaeh, full marks for enthusiasm, but in all seriousness if I were you I would consider working/chopping the tree in the background and developing that instead.
Cheers, Dario.

[dragon]

gday all
i have a backhoe for bending the trunk and you would want to start wiring
before the branches get to brittle and also dont forget to defoliate to reduce leaf size
cheers dean

[jozaeh]

Oh my gosh, you all cracked me up. I thought I MYSELF was being 'funny' with my post, but your responses were making me laugh out at my computer, ha ha!

Good peeps on here, Good peeps.
Jozaeh

You taking the ?

yep, totally taking the mug of beer Scott!
Jozaeh

Work on the Nebari a little before you pull it out

It will make it look older

Darn it! I was hoping that I could get away with the nebari being bit lacking, I was hoping that the AMAZING movement in the trunk would be interesting enough, but your point is great Rowdy,
Jozaeh

Stick it in a grow box and let it thicken up a bit ... then you can work on styling, maybe a bit of chainsaw carving?

thanks Cre8ivbonsai. it's always so hard to leave a tree one more season to thickin up the trunk, I want to put the tree on show NOW!! And yep, i've enrolled in a chainsaw masters course so I can do some delicate carving in the little girl. oh everyone's ideas are great!
Jozaeh

Is that your entry into the Shohin comp ?

Do not forget to Spade around the roots to cut them off to develop finer roots shooting back near the trunk
Let us all know when you are going to dig. That way we can all come and watch you while we sit back with a beer or 20 and laugh

Ken

Darn it kcpoole, you better not steal my idea with an ambar of your own for the shohin comp! (seriously this one made me laugh OUT LOUD).
And i only have a teaspoon for the dig, it's a good teaspoon though! So bring 20 or more beers like you said, i should have it out in under 320 hours....

jozaeh

Hi Jozaeh,
I am awesome at trunk chops, if you look at my avatar I get a bit hungry when doing them and I am prone to eating the new shoots as well, so you may have to protect the new shoots if I come around for the trunk work. Oh I dig up the roots sometimes as well, jeez I am a bugger for that stuff.

Regards Panda

Wow! Why didn't I come to you first! I mean I knew your speciality was bamboo, but your work shows for itself! I'll make sure to have some bamboo shoots on hand to distract you from eating the ambar's shoots. thanks for the offer for help, i'll definately call the tokyo zoo to see when I can come pick you up.

jozaeh

Nice Jozaeh

Sorry but I don't like the lack of taper or nebari. I think you could do better and should look at options down the street.

Tony

Oh tony, always such wisdom. I was afraid of that. I'm hoping that the new leader should introduce some taper over the next 60 years, I'll let you know how it goes in 2070. Or maybe let your grandchildren know through my grandchildren? We may both be gone by then. But hey, at least we learn patience!

Jozaeh

I Have just the pot for that

Cheers
Skip

Oh skip yes! I was going to contract Erin pottery to make one for me, but they said some pots are just too small to even bother with. Thanks!
Jozaeh

Looks just fine to me -- a bigger water bottle will make all the difference.

I just emailed mount franklin, they're working on it, I should have one this week.

Jozaeh.

Hi Jozaeh, full marks for enthusiasm, but in all seriousness if I were you I would consider working/chopping the tree in the background and developing that instead.
Cheers, Dario.

Ok now Dario, either you're serious, or you're double sarcastic-ing me SO well! I couldn't tell! Thanks for the comment,

Jozaeh

gday all
i have a backhoe for bending the trunk and you would want to start wiring
before the branches get to brittle and also dont forget to defoliate to reduce leaf size
cheers dean

Oh dean, such good advice, I've grabbed a steel pipe bender from my mate's workshop, and I'll be using some fencing piping for the wire. She'll be shaped in no time! And darn leaf reduction, we have to work hard for our masterpieces don't we! I'm onto it.

Jozaeh

[cre8ivbonsai]

I Have just the pot for that

Cheers
Skip

Oh skip yes! I was going to contract Erin pottery to make one for me, but they said some pots are just too small to even bother with. Thanks!
Jozaeh

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