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Trim those long branches back. Larch are very terminal oriented and the back buds get suppressed by the terminal growth. Also, long sacrificial branches don't work on larch for trunk thickening. Instead treat sacrificial branches like regular branches. The extra foliage works better. Otherwise...

The first thing is to get it out of the nursery pot and soil and begin growing bonsai roots.

Bjorn is a lot of fun to work with.

I owe it all to my teacher, William N. Valavanis. The fine photos were taken by him as well.

Or hang out with more attractive women.

Stumpy is 12" and Scar is about 32".

American larch, Stumpy and Scar.

What you want to happen is have vigorous early growth to thicken new branching. Wire them down in late spring and fertilize heavily. Next year, prune it for structure and repeat the process. In a few years of this you with have strong tapered branching. After that, go for ramification.

None. That's why we fertilize.

First, the proper term is drastically pruned not chopped. After it shows vigorous growth then fertilize with a high nitrogen mix.

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Nick Lentz, I've heard, removed needles. I don't have the time.

The official term is called "bronzing."

They aren't bonsai but they sure are purdy. Canadice Lake, NY.

Thank you Judy.