My First Juniper

[BonsaiJamie]

Hi everyone,

Im both new to the forum and to the intriguing world of Bonsai.
Ive had this Juniper growing in a pot for the past couple of years and Ive decided to have a crack at the Cascade style with it.
Any advice and insight would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the front view (sorry bout the dodgey photos)

and another front view

And a closer shot at my attempted Jin

And Another shot of the Trunk from the back


I guess now the plan with it is to let it grow through for a while and keep reading the Bonsai Books

Thanks

[ozzy]

Don't be too shy about getting stuck into the bark either, I reckon it improves them out of sight, heres a couple I prepared earlier

[kcpoole]

Hey ozzy can you post a pick the whole tree?
Looks like you will need to recut the shari too before it grows over again. When did you do that work?


Ken

[ozzy]

Hey ozzy can you post a pick the whole tree?
Looks like you will need to recut the shari too before it grows over again. When did you do that work?


Ken

Hey, the rest of the trees nothing to look at, just a bunch of untrained branches and growth, just concentrating on fattening the trunk and creating some shari at the moment, that was done last growth season and yes one mistake I did make on some of them was to start my shari while the trunk was too thin and they quickly grew over

[kcpoole]

one mistake I did make on some of them was to start my shari while the trunk was too thin and they quickly grew over

Yeah done that too. Too impatient me thinks

Ken

[ozzy]

Yep, now I use my little finger for a gauge, if its thinner than that don't do it.