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craigw60 wrote:Rather than create flat foliage pads I would recommend pulling the branches down more and using the sub branches to make steps with the foliage. Branches on cedars take many years to set so you need to wire them almost all the time, they look much better wired right out to the tips of the sub branches.
Craigw

Thanks mate! I wired em out flat to allow light right into all the nooks and crannys, this things a fair distance from being fully wired at this stage haha

Cheeeers an happy oz day!!

Moganic if you do a bit of a search through Craig's posts, you will find some pics of one of his Blue Atlas Cedars that illustrate his point.

Cheers,
Mojo

Yo! I have attempted to find the pics a few times now but alas i cant find any posts which have pics of his cedars... Unless the post didnt actually contain the word cedar lol...

By doing this am I trying to acheive a more rounded shape??

Moganic,
This is one of Craig's Blue Cedars.



Cheers,
Mojo

Mojo Moyogi wrote:Moganic,
This is one of Craig's Blue Cedars.



Cheers,
Mojo

Mojo mate you're an absolute gun. Thank you for that!!

I think, after seeing this, my branches need to come down further... Grow out maybe a bit more then wire them to the tips.. Shouldnt take more than a couple weeks its already had some good growth!!

Will keep you all posted .

Thanks again Craig and Mojo youre both awesome.

-Mo

Just finished wiring the entirety of everything below the apex on this. Well into the favorite tree category now!

Let me know what ya'll think.

Great little tree read a little in this post about the bottom branch i think its great how it is its a great design for the tree an in a few yrs will look fantastic

Olivecrazy wrote:Great little tree read a little in this post about the bottom branch i think its great how it is its a great design for the tree an in a few yrs will look fantastic

Thanks mate! Took me six hours to wire it all, worth it in the end though.

Hello all,

A little update on this one. Just a bit of growth, nothing else new to report.



Regards,
Mo

i wonder if the small right branch could be used more as a rear branch and the branch above that can be brought forward to compensate, can even be extended and taken lower too., to make that low inside curve branch not as much inside,

FEX wrote:i wonder if the small right branch could be used more as a rear branch and the branch above that can be brought forward to compensate, can even be extended and taken lower too., to make that low inside curve branch not as much inside,

Hi Fex,

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, due to the angle at which the branch comes off the trunk and the thickness of the branch, a bend would look quite awkward at this point either forward or back. I have contemplated removing the lowest right branch many times but always decide against it, simply because the left hand branch would need to be reduced significantly to balance this change.

I have also considered a suggestion to remove both branches to create a bunjin style tree, but I don't have the will power; knowing the work that has gone into developing this by the trees previous owner and then by myself leaves me hesitant to remove any branches completely for now.

Again, thanks for your interest and suggestion. Reminds me, I should probably post an update before spring growth!

Cheers,
Mo