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robc wrote:If you have a tub deep enough to submerge the entire pot, soak it until all the air within the soil stops bubbling out - that's what I do anyway.

This is a good rule of thumb but you can sit it in there for a few hours no problem.

Hi guys,

Was quite bored yesterday, so i decided to have a go at styling the tree.
First time I've really tried this!!!
I thought I'd have a go at making a jin also!
Also its obvious that I've removed some large branches, is it highly reccomended that i get some cut paste on those wounds?

Cheers

George

Thats an interesting shape! Did you use another bonsai as inspiration?

Thanks Kyushu!
I've seen styles like this on the net and also in a few books I've been reading.

I read up about how the larger trees dominate and that the secondary smaller tree musts compete for light.

Cheers

George

any learning curve is useful---so you have nothing to lose--take it out of the pot and wash the top two or three inches of potting mix off the top- have a good look at the roots---then decide on the style - and then perhaps trunk chop one of the trunks above the first major branch -then trunk chop the other above the second or third major branch----use a saw to remove the bottom third roots then plant (perhaps at a weird angle)in a grow box and keep cool and moist--who knows a nice style may jump out at you. go for it

Guy wrote:any learning curve is useful---so you have nothing to lose--take it out of the pot and wash the top two or three inches of potting mix off the top- have a good look at the roots---then decide on the style - and then perhaps trunk chop one of the trunks above the first major branch -then trunk chop the other above the second or third major branch----use a saw to remove the bottom third roots then plant (perhaps at a weird angle)in a grow box and keep cool and moist--who knows a nice style may jump out at you. go for it

Are you recommending he do this now guy or hopefully, next Spring

I think it looks nice now how you've styled it. I wouldn't change it, it reminds me of a a slender tree growing in a forest.
Repot at the beggining of spring and remove 1/3 of the roots if healthy and plant Into a nice pot.even if the branches do come back up after you take the wire off you can always put it straight Bach on. It just Looks like a very elegent nice tree to me

Hugh

I agree hugh, not a bad effort for quite ordinary stock, and you probably learnt quite a lot out of it

I would shorten the left smaller trunk a little more and then remove the low branches on the left of the Main trunk. These crowd the smaller one too much for me
Let it recover and allow the bottom branches unhindered growth so they thicken more than the top ones.
all trees have the thickest branches on the bottom with the branches becoming "lighter" as they move upwards. Many times we see trees with the Weight of the branches wrong.

Also with branches, they should be wired below the vertical at the bottom and then each layer to the top become more upright pointing. this way they give the impression of age at the bottom where they are drawn down by the weight of them over time

Ken

Are you recommending he do this now guy or hopefully, next Spring

-yeah I tend to jump in before reading all posts--I also am on a learning curve