Buffalo Juniper Progression

[BoostedBonsai]

Hey guys i bought a juniper in the beginning of the year, was competely nursery stock which sadly i dont have a picture of, it is my very 1st attempt at a cascade, tips would be appreciated just making this to see how far i get with it thanks !

 

[BoostedBonsai]

after about a month i realized how ugly i left it with 2 branches, cus the noob in me, so i took one out

 

[BoostedBonsai]

couple months later and were almost into winter and after another “restyle” last month, i feel i have the structure i like ? any suggestions would be cool

 

[sorce]

any suggestions

Less and slower work.

Since a feature of Juniper is Jin and Shari, deadwood, there really is no rush to remove anything to fast since reverse taper can simply be cut out and made into a feature.

If keeper peices are being severely shaded, you can just wire things into sun.

From here I would like to see about 3x the foliage to safely repot, so now you're sitting for awhile. Which means get more J's.

Best to apply the cup theory. Where the amount of foliage stays near the same as it was when you bought it for it's entire life, since we know it is healthy at that point.

Shape a grown keeper section, and remove some sacrifice, but always keep the same amount of foliage for health.

Eventually everything will turn into a bonsai, and you will never have risked health, which, as far as an artist is concerned, means "running out of paint".

And of we ain't artin we just fartin.

Sorce

 

[BoostedBonsai]

Less and slower work.

Since a feature of Juniper is Jin and Shari, deadwood, there really is no rush to remove anything to fast since reverse taper can simply be cut out and made into a feature.

If keeper peices are being severely shaded, you can just wire things into sun.

From here I would like to see about 3x the foliage to safely repot, so now you're sitting for awhile. Which means get more J's.

Best to apply the cup theory. Where the amount of foliage stays near the same as it was when you bought it for it's entire life, since we know it is healthy at that point.

Shape a grown keeper section, and remove some sacrifice, but always keep the same amount of foliage for health.

Eventually everything will turn into a bonsai, and you will never have risked health, which, as far as an artist is concerned, means "running out of paint".

And of we ain't artin we just fartin.

Sorce

lmaoo that ending tho
but yes at the time where i cut off the branch i have even less knowledge than i do now so i now know i could have made that a jin of some sort so i am bummed about that but my knowledge and work will only grow i hope
also ive never heard of this cup theory before thats cool to know now forsure thanks man i appreciate your advice forsure