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You guys would do far better in your posting of quesstions if you took the time to develop your photographical skills. Your photo on this post is impossible to make our wheather the tree is one needles or twenty needled. The light on the tree is too dim and the background is too dark, the...

Or none at all, they just make noise. The problem with this is the fact that most people who object to the conversion to Shimpaku foliage have never had to deal with the real thing in a serious manner.

Mugos and Scotts are both single flush growth pines. (Usually) In performing bud removal you are hoping to induce and abundance of new buds all over the tree. These buds will not become active till the following spring.

A second flush of growth as demonstrated with JBP and JRPs can happen on young vigorous trees but it does not happen regularly enough for it to be hoped for in doing bud/shoot removal.

How about sharing some photos of the over-priced beyond amazing pots with the rest of us schlubs.

Cats are so special, if you have never owned one and loved one, you will never know what a profund loss this is. I feel your pain.

Very nice tree and great progression of development. Good Job.

You have some nice things going on that are worth the effort.

You can slip pot it into a colander without disturbing the roots other than loosening the roots growing around the external perimeter of the pot.

Sometimes we default to doing something, anything, to get the tree to respond. In the end our attempts result in killing the tree. You have to learn to be patient, haste and desperation have killed more trees than the efforts we have taken that have frightened us into making stupid efforts.

I have trouble justifying a White Cedar in stead of a Mugo. It's kind of like the guy who went to the butcher shop and noticed something interesting in the display. Upon asking the butcher what it was he was informed it was a cow's tongue. The guy replied, horrified "I could never eat...

If you look at the highest branches (upper right) you will notice the way the growth looks. This is the way you want the rest of the tree to develop. You need to fertilize vigorously and perhaps think about planting the tree into a colander for a couple of years and allowing it to grow...

Cut off one half the root mass from the bottom and take out at least one third of the top starting with the largest unwanted branches.

Good Luck, I truly hope you succeed in your efforts. As to Harry Harrington??? I have been recommending summer repotting of Mugos in the summer long before Harry mentioned it.

You grew these from cuttings?

It is often fatal to humans if the dust and air-born particles are inhaled. There was an individual who had a bonsai program on TV, years ago, who planted his work in this stuff and he died of what amounts to black lung disease. So if you are going to use this please use protection.

Absolutely beautiful

Cut out the long needles, just the long needles, and then post another picture and let's see what you have.

There are possibilities for this tree if you can conjure up the imagination to see what's right before your eyes. Not everything has to be a classic Myogi shape to qualify as bonsai, bungin is a good alternative.

I'm not so sure it's Scotts. Scotts Pines have a slightly exfoliating bark with light btown to orange under bark, even a cinamon color. This tree does none of that.

The way Mugos grow they tend to look old but maintain juvenile habits that have to be over come with cultural practices and time. Takes a lot of love of doing it and time.

It could be the natural trait of the cultivar, pendulos or weeping. If you have the original tag post a picture of it. Many times things can be explained by the tags from a nursery.

Looks good. Assuming that you are looking for advise I would suggest that you leave the tree alone for another year. Mugos are somewhat sensitive to drastic reduction of the top and another year wont hurt the tree. It is of course possible to work on the tree again even repotting it, this...

Hinoki are wonderful trees as long as you approach them according to their own growth patterns and needs.

They are Hinoki. Air layering Hinoki is difficult, harvesting is a better alternative but success is questionable.