Japonicus
Masterpiece
Been almost a year since I bare rooted this.
Today I hard pruned a couple branches pencil sized (which results in a fair height reduction
and some knuckle issues addressed) then cleaned up underneath most others
and just went through trying to omit some natural flaws that would work against any promising design to follow.
Before
Front-ish side
the Back
After
Front-ish
Left side
the Back.
You're looking into the end of a jin not a space where a branch was removed, yet.
Wired the jin a little with #8 and the shoulder started separating when I bent it down.
The yew has some scale insect. Good that I got in there and messing around some.
Today I hard pruned a couple branches pencil sized (which results in a fair height reduction
and some knuckle issues addressed) then cleaned up underneath most others
and just went through trying to omit some natural flaws that would work against any promising design to follow.
Before
Front-ish side
the Back
After
Front-ish
Left side
the Back.
You're looking into the end of a jin not a space where a branch was removed, yet.
Wired the jin a little with #8 and the shoulder started separating when I bent it down.
The yew has some scale insect. Good that I got in there and messing around some.