Walter Pall
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European Spruce #84
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Ruben Bouwmeester
Chumono
Lovely combination.
Horophyle
Sapling
Wonderful progression. Thank you for sharing!
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
Awesome!
Cool to see the collection day too with it on his pack!
Cool to see the collection day too with it on his pack!
discusmike
Omono
Very nice,is that bonsai soil covered with muck?
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Lovely work, what's left to say?
grouper52
Masterpiece
Besides sharing this wondeful tree with us, the spectacular progression of photos is really impressive and instructional. Kudos Walter, and thanks.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Damn, that is just beauty!
Walter Pall
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still wire on
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Beautiful and uniquely compelling.
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Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Norway Spruce, Picea Abies? How do you go about treating the new growth to keep the tree compact? Your work is beautiful as always.
Walter Pall
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Sure. I do not pinch in spring. I let it grwo freely for ten weeks and now around end of Juyl I cut it back with scissors.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Is there anyplace you cut it back to? To a bud or just needles or bare wood? I will appreciate the answer, there is so much technical bovine scatology floating around out there its hard to tell what the truth is seeing the results of your method.
Walter Pall
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I cut the growth of this year so that what is left is the same length everywhere in general. I leave some long or longer if they fill a void. I cut off even old growth of those that bother me - too long anyway, dangling too much, standing up to much. I cut out "bird's nests" - meaning clumps of growth that look like bird's nest because it is much denser than the rest. II just cut out a part totally so that it looks loose again. I try to avoid any poodle look - meaning I avoid geometric cuts that look like a hedge - no straight lines - I cut in dents that just slightly look untidy on purpose.Sounds complicated?. Most learn it in an hour.
Ugo
Shohin
Hi,
Thanks for sharing this!
Question about wiring the tree.
I can see in your pictures some wires are not tight on the bark, do you form a coil around the branches simply to control the angle and avoid damaging the bark on certain section?
Thanks for sharing this!
Question about wiring the tree.
I can see in your pictures some wires are not tight on the bark, do you form a coil around the branches simply to control the angle and avoid damaging the bark on certain section?
