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I actually still need to decide on what to go for I can either compress on right or left side and can drive the apex towards the compressed side or opposite as well to escape the current Christmas tree shape of the tree. More in favor of pushing tree to outside of the pot mire and compressing...

My branches wiring skills aren't that good bur it'll be a good exercise I guess. I opted to delay full branch wiring as it'll need taking out a lot of foliage which I thought would be a bit risky at beginning of winter? I'll try wiring som and see if that clears up things more.

Problem is the whole tree was beyond the pot which felt very unstable.

Looking at the tree yesterday I turned the back to see if it works better as a front and it wasn't too bad. What's your thoughts ? Base I feel current front is more powerful yet the thicker base should have been on the other side supporting a tree that leans to the opposite side and not towards...

Then few days back I completes the styling. The break I had in the trunk uninitial styling was a limiting factor as live vein split a bit more as soon as I started bending. But guess I got the tree to the shape I wanted. I didn't prune much to avoid further stress on the tree or it favoritizing...

So in April 2022 I repotted the tree out of nursery soil. Went pretty conservative in cleaning up soil to avoid stressing tree further so guess will follow up with a end cleanup in spring 24 or 25.

I just received the tree, well its still at nursery as i have no space to house it :) Tree is bigger than I expected but is amazing. It has every sign of age and beauty, yet its too grow as it is to turn into a bonsai and any branch to remove is a bonsai tree on its own. I agreed with nursery...

Tree made it through the initial repot abd the fall. It's growing leaves and branches, not as aggressive as I want but not bad. Have the following on the list of things to do for it. Carve the straight cuts on the base abd the trunk, wire it to set the structure once I have an idea on how to go...

I should be receiving the tree in few days. Think I can still repot this year ? We're at 20-2 5 degrees Celsius at daytime and 15 at night for couple more weeks before it drops to 10-15 at daytime and 5-10at night time. Or eould it be best to wait till early spring ?

Wow thanks for all the replies. From old trees I used to post the advice was always to avoid thick unmanageable trunks. Guess I'll go with it this time as its an awesome tree!

Been looking for none since months for bark and fall colors... Have these 2 options and hard to fond anything else. Believe the larger one is out of consideration for bonsai. Wondering about the large one even if I can't make it a bonsai maybe a true to form pomegranate in. Bonsai pot ... any...

Thanks for the info Will prune to clean up the crazy growth it had coming fall and will gradually move as suggested with the branches, thanks for the info.

Hello, Yes tree is still available and roughly in same state as in Jan with some more growth. Appreciate any input

Chopped it further hoping this will trigger some backbudding

Chopped tree three heavily and will see what new growth I'll get