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[snowman04]

Went back and read the whole thread! Great stuff... I really liked the opening "I've only been at this about a year, and my trees reflect that, but I've certainly started seeing some results, or at least responses to my actions--good and bad!"

I used to use a similar line (only been at this about a year) when I needed to make some fast cash at the pool halls in Detroit and Dearborn...

 

[pandacular]

Juniperus procumbens
Another classroom tree! This time for my repotting class this April. potted in a blue green glazed production pot
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a few weeks later, I noticed that it was wildly wobbly. I recalled that I had only wired in one half of the root mass. I took drastic measures to wire in the rest by just sorta shoving a wire up through the soil... it was a great success! View attachment 502962View attachment 502963
this time, I waited for fresh growth before insulting the tree further. By the end of May, it was booming with growth, so I shaped it a bit more
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do you see the elephant?
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as it today, with some small progressive prunes, particularly around the back, bald head. View attachment 502968View attachment 502969View attachment 502970
The Future
design wise, I'm thinking of this tree as something of a mother-daughter semi cascade. The front low branch that is shaped like a New Zealand silver fern has beautiful structure that will fill out into pads quite nicely. I haven't put any wire on this, but I plan to wire it this fall. I will compress the trunk and give it some 3d movement. I think I can fill in much of the bald spot by raising some wires, but I still have something of a whorl back there. I also have a branch to the right that will likely become a jin.

This tree got a new pot and angle. It’s a no-name Yixing pot, but I think it matches with the tree well. Clearly I still need to work on my photography, and per usual I got too excited to take photos during repot.



Next for this tree will be building some secondary branching and jinning back most of the right side.

 

[Bonsai Forest]

This tree got a new pot and angle. It’s a no-name Yixing pot, but I think it matches with the tree well. Clearly I still need to work on my photography, and per usual I got too excited to take photos during repot.


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Next for this tree will be building some secondary branching and jinning back most of the right side.

I love JPN. This one is very nice

 

[pandacular]

I gotta make some more updates to this thread, but here is one:

panda’s satsuki azalea whips

 

[snowman04]

These are all nicely done!