So I did a trade...

Rusty Davis · Feb 16, 2017

I was able to do a trade with a gentleman in my club and brought this one home.

It was a demo tree styled last fall. I love the base but to pull it off I'm going to have to repot down the road and loose alot of it.

Im thinking about pulling the wire let it recover this year and start a different path next year.

or am I just not seeing the tree inside the tree?

Wilson · Feb 16, 2017

Great material, I love the battered slanting trees!

Adair M · Feb 16, 2017

What? You don't want a windswept? It's got a good start as a windswept. Those two Jin's going the wrong way need to go... but other than that, it's pretty sweet!

(And this from a guy who doesn't really care for windswepts!). Lol!!!

Cadillactaste · Feb 17, 2017

Curious what you used for trade...that what you now have will be a cool project.

Rusty Davis · Feb 17, 2017

Umm... A $20 Bald Cypress

he won the tree in a drawing.

clive bennett · Feb 21, 2017

fabulous nebari, just reduce the straight jins and it will improve no end

defra · Feb 27, 2017

Rusty Davis said:
just not seeing the tree inside the tree?

Then why do the trade lol

Cool matterial non the less

I guess just keep looking at it for some time and eventualy you will see what you where looking for !

Rusty Davis · Feb 27, 2017

To good to pass up

Eric Group · Feb 27, 2017

Looks like someone did all the hard stuff and laid out a decent plan... if you wanted to a different direction with this tree I think it would have needed to be done prior to this styling. At this point you have a windswept... or a decent little semi specs add with a few minor tweaks... trying to change course and go somewhere dramatically different would be a major pain, and a stress to the tree also I imagine.

Rusty Davis · Feb 27, 2017

It was done late last year. I guess my thought slash question,would I be okay cutting wire off and let it sit and recover this year then go a different way next year? It doesn't feel right. If I tip it for the semi cascade I will lose some of that beautiful base. It's to spaghetti up top or something

clive bennett · Feb 27, 2017

great base, nmice top, Jins spoil it wrong direction and to straight. A bigger slant and you have a nice semi cascade or slant the other way, dewire, leave to rest and you have a nice informal tree.
Loads to make of this material. great start

LanceMac10 · Feb 27, 2017

There is a thread currently offering a bit of a tutorial regarding grafting. You might want to take a look at it.

Maybe you can trade this one to someone else? While you don't see lots of junipers with "descent" surface roots like this, they still are a tangled mess. Most likely from poor care as opposed to any special attention paid to them by the previous owner. It looks pretty weak, like the previous owner spent lots of time on sub-par deadwood work instead of growing a vigorous tree.

Who did the demo?

Rusty Davis · Feb 27, 2017

It was Mauro Stemberger. Our club purchased and provided it. We spent a few hours working on ones we brought in then he did this one over the course of 3 hours. I'm not sure how much it was messed w other after that. I know his pin for marketing angle and front are gone. The big Jin's got to go for sure

clive bennett · Feb 27, 2017

well Mauro is a well reputed Italian pro bonsai artist , I have seen some exceptional semi cascade trees designed by him . that might be the way he planned the tree

Rusty Davis · Feb 27, 2017

It was a great time I'm not putting him down at all.

LanceMac10 · Feb 27, 2017

Rusty Davis said:
Umm... A $20 Bald Cypress he won the tree in a drawing.

I think this statement tells you what you need to know about what kind of care this tree got prior to you.

Rusty Davis · Feb 27, 2017

The guy won it at our November meeting. He pretty much just had it in his garage for the winter

So I did a trade...

Rusty Davis

Shohin

Wilson

Masterpiece

Adair M

Pinus Envy

Cadillactaste

Neagari Gal

Rusty Davis

Shohin

clive bennett

Mame

defra

Masterpiece

Rusty Davis

Shohin

Eric Group

Masterpiece

Rusty Davis

Shohin

clive bennett

Mame

LanceMac10

Imperial Masterpiece

Rusty Davis

Shohin

clive bennett

Mame

Rusty Davis

Shohin

LanceMac10

Imperial Masterpiece

Rusty Davis

Shohin

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