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Holy smokes!

Please forgive my ignorance, but for a tree as powerful as this one is, shouldn't it technically be in a squared or rectangular pot?
I really like the color though.

Casey.
 

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And, great computer screen backgrounds. Thank You, Walter!
 

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Holy smokes!

Please forgive my ignorance, but for a tree as powerful as this one is, shouldn't it technically be in a squared or rectangular pot?
I really like the color though.

Casey.

Watever you mean by 'technically', I do it artistically. And this pot is perfect for me.
 

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Watever you mean by 'technically', I do it artistically. And this pot is perfect for me.
Touchè And thank you for not capitulating to the purists on pot choice. We little guys get beat up by the anal-retentive OCB (Obsessive Repulsive Disorder) types. They will argue with us until the cows come home, but you have the gravitas needed to make bonsai an art in the west as opposed to a discipline in Japan. So bonsai grows in popularity outside of Japan, but the youth disdain it, and carry that into later years so that Japan is the only place in the world where bonsai is not growing. And some people wonder why?
 

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All photos are great, of course, but the ones with the leaves on the ground are fantastic. It looks as if the tree is telling a story. Much appreciated.
 

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Something I’ve always wondered, when you say hedge trimming, what tool do you use? Do go at a tree with hand shears and scissors and cut each and every shoot back individually or just cut the shoots back like a $2 barber giving a hair cut that wants to go home or do you use an actual hedge trimmer powered by gas or electricity? I have been using your hedge trimming method using scissors and cutting each shoot back with great results but it is a slow process. I am wondering if I can go a lot harder and faster so I can spend less time cutting so I can do it to more trees more often.
 

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Well you can cut a hedge by carefully cutting every single branch with small scissors. or you can use an electric hedge pruner. i do not use an electric one although sometimes I think I should (no kidding). But I use a 5 inch long hedge pruning shear and cut everything that sticks out with one cut. It takes two minutes for a big tree. I do this on tree which costs tens of thousand dollars each. . This is why it's called hedge pruning method. Just look at the end results. A method cannot be judged by recalling all prejudices but only be long term results.
 

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Awesome! Thank you. I have seen you say many times that you use this method on all your deciduous tree and I know you have a lot of trees so I figured you are not doing my way. It only took the second half of last summer to see startling results with this on my maples. I am a believer and will be doing this on all the trees I can. Which makes me wonder does this work on cherry and crabapple tree? Is there any deciduous I shouldn’t do this to?
 

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I think it works an all broadlaeved trees, deciduous or not as well as on most conifers.
 
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Walter, IMO, your 4th & 5th pictures have the Green Helmet look....Your very last picture (from Thursday) has the Naturalistic look...but all are beautiful, a Magnificent Japanese Maple...
I am always amazed at how you are able to get that large of a Trunk's Root mass down to flatten out and fit in what appears to be a 2 1/2" pot height...??? The tree has an Outstanding Trunk...
 

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Walter, IMO, your 4th & 5th pictures have the Green Helmet look....Your very last picture (from Thursday) has the Naturalistic look...but all are beautiful, a Magnificent Japanese Maple...
I am always amazed at how you are able to get that large of a Trunk's Root mass down to flatten out and fit in what appears to be a 2 1/2" pot height...??? The tree has an Outstanding Trunk...
Easy peasy for for Mr. Big. That's Mr. Big Bucks. When you consistently deal with that kind of stock you develop a network of suppliers who know what Mr. Big will pay for and see to it that he has all he needs. Money talks, and Walter speaks the language. That, and the patience to Shepard good stock along in his own growing beds for as long as it takes to bring it up to his standards. Nothing to it.
 

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The nebari looks so natural, and the trunk is so powerfull .. a very powerfull & natural looking tree 😍
 
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