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The story so far , I started 8 or so years ago . I really wanted to make a shohin gum so this tree was bought as tube stock and put in a colander for a couple of years After that it went into a shohin pot for a few years (sorry no photo ) . I decided that it didn’t work at the trunk size it was at so I put it into a nursery flat for a few years to thicken and then later chopped it with a new leader wired up . So in December I repotted into a over size bonsai pot . It struggled through a hard summer . It was hot and neglected , I was away a lot doing family stuff and fighting fires .
It started to shed its bark a couple of weeks ago . It finished shedding today . I gave it a trim because half the branches were pushing strong growth while the other half were weak . A couple of features Cheers Sno

Damn nice tree Sno. I definitely enjoy seeing your gum trees as they are a source of inspiration.

Question! Did you wire the tree or was it allowed to grow freely like that?

Good start. Leaf size looks quite good. I expected them to be larger.
I wonder how long before these start to develop the characteristic deeply fissured black bark?

Hi Shibui . PeterH has one that was barking up nicely .i think I would have to grow this one out more if I wanted that bark quicker . Here is a link to Peters one .
https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/forum/view ... f=6&t=5089

Hi Sno,

I am hoping to have it in the ANBG show on the 29th. A little different to that post

Hi Peter . Hopefully I can make it . It would be interesting to see it now