Yeah it’s a fun way to practice on field grown stock.. and not on a Yamadori as of yet. The Blue spruce I got has a twin trunk with multiple leaders and bends close to ground as you can see
Still got to do detail wiring and fix some wiring on the pads with smaller gauge this week but here is the Blue Spruce. Using knob cutters was a god send for cutting away some areas where there was a whirl , then sealing with cut paste. The soil was shale so I just opened up the burlap as it was dig out yesterday , all the roots and soil still in it and then some added sphagnum moss in a cheap container till spring.