0soyoung
Imperial Masterpiece
As novel a show pot as it is, I think it needs to be a touch deeper 
Nice start!
Nice start!
Liquidambar orientalis - SweetGum
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ColinFraser
Masterpiece
Haha, thanksAs novel a show pot as it is, I think it needs to be a touch deeper
Nice start!
It went into a Rubbermaid tub for now.
Giga
Masterpiece
Glad to c this doing well, I really need to update mine.
AaronThomas
Omono
Very cool tree Colin! Can't wait to see what you do with it.
pweifan
Shohin
I really like the newly layered off top. How does the bottom part look now?
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
Thanks. The lower part needs a cutback and a new leader. . . I'll try to get some pics this weekend.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Good job Colin!
barrosinc
Masterpiece
Perfect choice for the place to do an airlayer!
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
Uh-oh, he's at it again . . .
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
Man am I tired of cleaning up someone else's sh!tty root work.
. . . though I do like a bargain. I guess it's the price to be paid; I just have to wonder what was going through the head of the last person who potted this tree . . .
. . . though I do like a bargain. I guess it's the price to be paid; I just have to wonder what was going through the head of the last person who potted this tree . . .
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
Here's the chunk that came off the top today. The flat spot at the top is where that air layer was separated, and the thicker branch going left is my new apex.
Much better. Taper!
Much better. Taper!
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
I cut the rest of it back pretty hard too, and then yanked it out of the pot:
Looking better already . . .
Looking better already . . .
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
After WAY TOO LONG nibbling with the knob cutters, I was able to sink it much deeper in the same pot . . .
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
Which means . . .
. . . I finally got to bury most of that mess!!!
. . . I finally got to bury most of that mess!!!
justBonsai
Omono
Perhaps a ground layer is in order? Last season I did a lot of air layers/ground layers to restart or improve nebari.
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
A substantial part of the conversation in this thread was about that option. I was pretty convinced that was my plan, but I've decided to hold off for the moment.
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
So that's fall 2015 to spring 2017 so far. I still plan to cut the apex back more, but I'm waiting to see where it buds first. The height difference is deceptive looking at the side-by-side - the current apex is around halfway up the left photo!
justBonsai
Omono
I did look through this thread at one point but I forgot that was mentioned. Anyhow it looks like you've made a lot of progress. I look forward to future updates.
ColinFraser
Masterpiece
I realized I could give you all a much better impression of the change in size of the tree if I used the same scale in both photos (note that the distance to the background is different). When the trunk is about the same size, you can see clearly how much the height has been reduced, from both above and below:
You know what they say . . . "cut off everything that isn't bonsai"
You know what they say . . . "cut off everything that isn't bonsai"
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Jeremy
Shohin
Progress is progress, it's on the right path. Keep being ruthless!
