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I'll try and make up for breaking the rules. Collected Thuja smashoid. This is going to be a challenge to design in the future. Some nice deadwood and came out with a beautiful root pad.
 

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I believe that a pond basket is about the best thing you can do with a collected tree. The thing about the concept is the air pruning of roots where in developing roots are the roots getting pruned as the encounter the parameters of the container. This pruning results in back budding roots allowing those weak roots time to develop unhindered until they too reach the parameter of the container.

This is a collected Larch, I collected it in 1986 from North Central Michigan along the Manistee River.
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You broke the rules, you gotta post a tree!lol
Sorry, forgot the origin of the thread.
Here's an old yew collected for me by a friend who works at a local cemetery. They yank them with a chain and backhoe, and call me to let me know. I put this in the ground and I'm about 25% confidant on whether it will live or not.
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I just styled a ponderosa with the guidance of Owen Reich. The ponderosa was collected in Spring 2016 with an intact rootball. The tree grew very strong and I felt good to give it the first structural work.


The tree before and after 360 are loading in my website as Ponderosa 15.

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own



Thanks

Alvaro
 

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Killer ponderosa!! Great work Alvaro and Owen! :)
 

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I just styled a ponderosa with the guidance of Owen Reich. The ponderosa was collected in Spring 2016 with an intact rootball. The tree grew very strong and I felt good to give it the first structural work.


The tree before and after 360 are loading in my website as Ponderosa 15.

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own



Thanks

Alvaro
How's that giant for doing?
 

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I'll try and make up for breaking the rules. Collected Thuja smashoid. This is going to be a challenge to design in the future. Some nice deadwood and came out with a beautiful root pad.
Beautiful! These trees are great!
 

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I just styled a ponderosa with the guidance of Owen Reich. The ponderosa was collected in Spring 2016 with an intact rootball. The tree grew very strong and I felt good to give it the first structural work.


The tree before and after 360 are loading in my website as Ponderosa 15.

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own



Thanks

Alvaro
Your website doesnt seem to work well for me, tried with pc and ipad but can not see any trees, not sure why but i know i have looked at your site a while back and it was working then.
Bad picture but the first one on topshelf is my shimpaku yamadori
Probably will be grafting itoigawa or kishu foliage on it
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Limber Pine in Texas.

This tree was collected 2 years ago with an intact rootball and it has been protected from the sun and heat. I have been avoiding overwatering and it has been growing very well.

I worked with Owen in 2 sessions. The first 30-min session was to decide front, what to keep and cut and next steps. After that session, I put raffia in the big branches and then I wired the whole tree but I did not set any branch. The second session (1-hour) he guided me of where to place the branches and how to create the foliage pads. Both sessions were through video so it was quite interesting.

The results are in the following link:

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own

Limber 2


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Alvaro
 

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Limbar Pine is a wonderful tree for bonsai.
 

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Limber Pine in Texas.

This tree was collected 2 years ago with an intact rootball and it has been protected from the sun and heat. I have been avoiding overwatering and it has been growing very well.

I worked with Owen in 2 sessions. The first 30-min session was to decide front, what to keep and cut and next steps. After that session, I put raffia in the big branches and then I wired the whole tree but I did not set any branch. The second session (1-hour) he guided me of where to place the branches and how to create the foliage pads. Both sessions were through video so it was quite interesting.

The results are in the following link:

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own

Limber 2


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Alvaro
Alvaro can you share why you chose that particular front?
 

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Limber Pine in Texas.

This tree was collected 2 years ago with an intact rootball and it has been protected from the sun and heat. I have been avoiding overwatering and it has been growing very well.

I worked with Owen in 2 sessions. The first 30-min session was to decide front, what to keep and cut and next steps. After that session, I put raffia in the big branches and then I wired the whole tree but I did not set any branch. The second session (1-hour) he guided me of where to place the branches and how to create the foliage pads. Both sessions were through video so it was quite interesting.

The results are in the following link:

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own

Limber 2


Thanks


Alvaro
Can you share your experience with video consulting?
 

arcina

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Can you share your experience with video consulting?


It was a very interesting experience. I really liked that I was able to work in the tree at my home and I did not have to bring the tree to someplace. Owen was able to guide me regarding which branches needed to be bent and where they should go. One thing I really liked is that I was the one doing the work but under the guidance of a professional. He was very articulated explaining the reasons and we discussed the why and he was checking my work and giving me tips when he saw me struggling it. Other factor that made the process really useful was that we broke the process in 2 sessions. So the first session was to decide what to do and I got a good sense of what it needed to be done. So, instead of having him waiting for me for hours until I was done with all the wiring, raffia and removing of branches, I did that at my own time. Even though I have experience doing that kind of work, I liked the lack of time pressure. The other factor was that Owen studied the tree before the video conference so he had a clear plan of what he would like to do with the tree and the why. So there was not wasted time.

In summary, it was a really amazing experience with excellent results. Owen was really, really amazing in giving you clear instructions of which branch was the one he was talking about and even though that I was working on the tree without looking at the screen, I was able to clearly understand where to place my hands, where to add bends, etc.

Thanks

Alvaro
 

arcina

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Alvaro can you share why you chose that particular front?

The choice was based on 4 factors:

1. Long branches so if we choose a front where the branches will come from the back, they will look much shorter when they bend forward.
2.I wanted to see bark.
3. Deadwood: Half the tree is dead and some areas have very weathered wood so I wanted to show that
4. Curves. It is a bunjin tree so I wanted to find a front with subtle movements.



This is the second tree I have done with Owen in this way. Check ponderosa 15. We followed the same process. 2 sessions 30-min, and then 1-hour

http://www.chobonsaiyamadori.com/#/own
 
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