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concave cuts? so I have a question as a total noob: The branches that where removed; is there a reason that they are left as little stubs? I thought the purpose of the 'concave cutters' was to make cuts like this as flush (or even concave) as possible so that when the tree heals and...

maybe something like this? (sorry for the crude virtual)

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update Here is the tree 9 months later. spending some time now re-evaluating and making plans for the spring on all my trees. It did backbud a bit, and it should be safe to shorten some of the longer verticals now. I tried to keep the growth at the tips pruned down to encourage growth closer...

wish I had something, anything, to trade...

Thank you for your suggestion lordy. With the trunk being about 1.5", your suggested height reduction seems appropriate as it would make the tree about 8-10" tall and should give it pretty nice proportions.

wow, thank you everyone for the information in this thread. I expected it to be a simple answer, and it turns out it was, and it wasn't at the same time :rolleyes:. but i think i have a better idea of what to watch for with my watering and my 'soil', and probably have enough information to make...

ok, of course you can, but how likely is it? the soil i have been using is mostly small lava (1/16"-1/8") with some perlite and DE mixed in. I am using about 20% sifted "cactus soil" to add some organic material, but its pretty minimal (the cactus soil also contains some perlite). can you...

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Japanese boxwood "Green Beauty" trunk is about 1.5", flares to 2" at the current soil line. overall tree is not 16" tall chopstick is proposed front, red line is proposed main trunkline... Any styling advice?

@bob: tell me about the time going fast enough already :p ... I have a bit of times this Sat (the reason im asking), but then my next 3 weekends are booked! so I was just hoping to get a jump on the 'early spring' tasks before I miss the window :) so it sounds like i did OK repotting the...

Im in So Cal (San bernardino) zone 8B I believe. I picked up a few trees last summer and basically just took care of them for the summer. I have a cape honeysuckle, a crape myrtle, a small chinese elm (I just repotted this one because it was so root bound i was having a hard time keeping the...

those are very close, thanks!

Specifically between San Bernardino, and Del Mar for this weekend. (and anything near San Bernardino for future reference). looking for some pre-bonsai mostly, maybe an inexpensive bonsai 'starter' Thanks, Matt