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Shohin
Won this in our local show auction five or six years ago, a wildly unexciting, wiry shimpaku that could best be described as a three-sided box. My teacher suggested we flip the whole thing upside down and make a cascade out of it, which we did four years ago. The top has since been filling in really well and I'm happy with the way the pads are working on the next layer down, too. The bottom, however, is still gangly and unattractive. Growth down there has been very slow and I had been thinking about whacking the whole section off. Then I had a spurt of growth this year midway through the sloping J-section.
I'm not sure if that that's a sign that stronger growth is coming down low. Maybe I should wire another twist and bring it back under the top foliage? Cutting off the long extension will immediately make a better tree, but should I wait and see if the bottom fills out more? I'm not sure.
What do you think?
I'm not sure if that that's a sign that stronger growth is coming down low. Maybe I should wire another twist and bring it back under the top foliage? Cutting off the long extension will immediately make a better tree, but should I wait and see if the bottom fills out more? I'm not sure.
What do you think?