thatguy
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Hello all!
Relative newbie here, but doing a lot of research and learning. Making mistakes fast as they say but trying to gather up as much knowledge as possible. Going to be attempting two forest plantings one with trident maples and one with Japanese maples (both roughly 2yr old seedlings). There is a fair amount of information out there on how to create the initial design/planting. Both in blog form, videos, and also in the excellent book Forest, Rock, and Ezo Spruce Bonsai by Saburo Kato. One piece of the puzzle I don't have yet is after the planting occurs and when new growth happens...how do you prune for optimal shape?
The basics of removing crossing branches, keeping the interior branches to a minimum, exterior trees get exterior branches makes sense to me. But I've yet to see any solid progression or maintenance discussions on these forest plantings 1, 2, 3+ years along. How to ensure that the growth is in the optimal direction, getting branch taper and movement, etc. Maybe this is something I'll have to learn and experiment with myself which is fine! But I always appreciate a little leg up when I can!
Thanks in advance for the help! This site has already been a great source of knowledge.
Cheers
thatguy
Relative newbie here, but doing a lot of research and learning. Making mistakes fast as they say but trying to gather up as much knowledge as possible. Going to be attempting two forest plantings one with trident maples and one with Japanese maples (both roughly 2yr old seedlings). There is a fair amount of information out there on how to create the initial design/planting. Both in blog form, videos, and also in the excellent book Forest, Rock, and Ezo Spruce Bonsai by Saburo Kato. One piece of the puzzle I don't have yet is after the planting occurs and when new growth happens...how do you prune for optimal shape?
The basics of removing crossing branches, keeping the interior branches to a minimum, exterior trees get exterior branches makes sense to me. But I've yet to see any solid progression or maintenance discussions on these forest plantings 1, 2, 3+ years along. How to ensure that the growth is in the optimal direction, getting branch taper and movement, etc. Maybe this is something I'll have to learn and experiment with myself which is fine! But I always appreciate a little leg up when I can!
Thanks in advance for the help! This site has already been a great source of knowledge.
Cheers
thatguy