And a weird shaped trunk on a JBP that i have be
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Looks like a fun tree, Frank!
Here’s my avatar Pine, decandled, and “thinned”. This thing is so dense, there’s not room for long needles to stand up straight. I did most of the styling when it had short needles, so the layers of pads were fairly tight. With long needles, they splayed out, making it look unruly.
But, in a few months, it will be back to the short needles again!
The tree:
The carnage:
I used it as a demo tree yesterday teaching at a Plant City bonsai. I decandled maybe a dozen shoots. I finished the job today, and pulled needles.
All told, I spent probably 8 hours on it working in 94 degree heat.
I’m going to return it to the bench, water it, and have a beer!