First JBP styling
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dirk hoorelbeke
Omono
When not sure, use all branches in first styling. The extra foliage you leave helps the tree develop. I like the virt and the example very much.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
The trunk lends itself well to that design, but let it grow into it over some time by removing a few branches at a time over 5-6 years.
Ok I'll keep as many branches as possible. Should I pull/cut all the old needles from the branches I decide keep or should I leave some old needles on them you think? It would be much easier to wire and let a lot more light in if I cut them all. There are loads of healthy new needles from this years second flush after candle cutting.
If you decandled last summer, yes, this is the time to pull the old needles. When you pull, grab the needle pair as low as you can to get the sheath, first twist the needle pair back towards the trunk, then pull the needles out in the direction they were. This way does the least damage.
You can also thin the excess buds (shoots) created from the decandling. Most likely, at many places where you decandled, you got more than two new summer shoots. Now is the time to reduce them down to two.
It will make it much easier to wire. The tree will look significantly better with the shorter needles.
Take a picture after needle pulling and before wiring. Then another after wiring.
You can also thin the excess buds (shoots) created from the decandling. Most likely, at many places where you decandled, you got more than two new summer shoots. Now is the time to reduce them down to two.
It will make it much easier to wire. The tree will look significantly better with the shorter needles.
Take a picture after needle pulling and before wiring. Then another after wiring.
Cypress187
Masterpiece
Very good, i'm convinced you will get it as beautiful as your virt 
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Killer Dragon trunk!
Wickedness.
Sorce
Wickedness.
Sorce
YukiShiro
Chumono
That tree will look quite amazing when you get the branches to ramify!
very Nice
Herman
very Nice
Herman
dirk hoorelbeke
Omono
Nice job. Since you have a trunk with good movement, you could accentuate the movement in the branches a bit more. Now they are quite soft, with aging some of the movement will disappear. I like the negative space a lot. It's the key to accentuate the bend and the trunk. When looking at pic 94 and 95 there is a difference, what do you like most and why? Think of full pads... Interesting tree.
Yeah I think I like the angle of pic 95 as it shows the trunk movement a bit more than 94. I see what you mean with the branches, I did try to put some movement in them but it wasn't easy, I'll see if it's possible to bend them a bit more...
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Ok so I decided to re-pot this into some more decent soil. I may have been a little too enthusiastic! hope you can see from the pictures, the roots were not so great I kept digging and the soil was black organic rubbish right underneath the tree. There was thick roots on the outside that must have wound around an old pot and nothing much in the centre:
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Eric Group
Masterpiece
I don't see drooping yellow needles...
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
Makes me want a pine,but not quite enough sun .Really something great.With expert advice from BVF and Adair.Could not be better.Enjoy!
