Cajunrider
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I am ready to style this tree. Current plan is to place it in the Wigert OVB 19 pot.
Cjr Crataegus aestivalis 1
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Cajunrider
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Introducing my Daisugi Mayhaw. The straight trunks will be left alone for a while longer before being chopped to final heights.
PS: I have yet to find another Daisugi style hawthorn bonsai. Have you seen any?
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PS: I have yet to find another Daisugi style hawthorn bonsai. Have you seen any?
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Cajunrider
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I am a bit unsure about how tall to keep the straight trunks. I am thinking 2.5 times the main tree height. Is that enough? In nature it is about 3-4 times but that will keep my bonsai at nearly 4 ft high!!
Cajunrider
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January 2024
Cajunrider
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namnhi
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Uncle, What style are we calling this?
Cajunrider
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I am imitating a daisugi. I haven’t finished wiring it yet but the main tree is down below and the shoots will soar.
I am just having fun and express my feelings with the trees. I truly can't say there is a style I am going after with a lot of my trees. I just train them as I see fit.
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Cajunrider
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Cajunrider
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Pruned today. The bottom is more defined with the up right trunk causing more definition at the base. 2 ft were chopped off the tops. Ramification at these tops will be the key for the future styling of this tree.
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Incredible. I’m fascinated with the style.
Is the plan to shorten each of the straight trunks/apexes/and the overall canopy for scale (relative to base trunk size)?
Is the plan to shorten each of the straight trunks/apexes/and the overall canopy for scale (relative to base trunk size)?
Cajunrider
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No. The plan is to keep the towering height but develop a tight canopy on top. It was not easy to get such a group of very straight trunk on a hawthorn, which tend to have zigzag growth. I am not going to lose that. The base will be repeatedly pruned back to get the aged gnarly look of the mother tree.
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Would reducing the height to get the right scale and proportion lose the straightness of the multiple trunks?
Cajunrider
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My tree right now is actually on the right scale that are similar to the real daisugi that are in the earlier phase of their log producing life cycle.
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The reason I asked about the proportion and scale is the individual trunks are 1/3 or 1/4 the thickness of the base they grow off of and given their height, the composition appears as is (close to the viewer and the height they exist in).
I was thinking you are planning to, then, lengthen and thicken the base/trunk they are growing out of in order to make them appear like a forest and a good distance away from the viewer (proportion and scale).
I was reasoning my way through the thickness of each trunk and their massive height and how to reduce them (or their appearance given their current state). Would lengthening and thickening e base accomplish that or would shortening each trunk and limiting their foliage prevent them from outgrowing/out widening their proportion in relation to the base?
I’m not trying to challenge you in a negative context or be difficult. Just trying to understand the relationship between slab size/trunk base, height/overall appearance of the average forest composition compared to one that is created ontop of a trunk/base (in the spirit and style of Daisugi).
Cajunrider
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It’s all good. I am in a new territory so any input is very welcome.
DanaWhicker
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What a cool tree! Very intersting that it developed this way. I had never heard of a Daisugi until today. Just spent some time researching it. Thanks.
