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Mame
Hi everyone! Up to this point I have just been a lurker in the forums. Now I think it’s time for me to get involved. I recently purchased this eastern red cedar at my local club auction here in New Orleans. Since I purchased this tree for $20 all I have done is study it and care for it. I began fertilizing it last month and it is certainly showing signs of growth. The trees previous owner definitely put it through its paces in an attempt to bend the straight section in the middle of the tree they split the trunk and it is rather ugly. The tree was also very wiggly in the pot as the jin that was created on the front, left the tree without any roots underneath to wire it in the pot. The plan for the tree is to re-split the trunk in the original area and then bring the back half down and around to the left front portion of the tree creating an interesting wrapping of the deadwood and to lower the apex of the tree. The remaining portion of the split would be made into a jin that would protrude from the foliage of the apex. The sticker on the pot says it’s been in the container for three years. The plan is to repot into this air pot to stabilize the tree better and improve health and vigor. My question would be when to perform this operation? Should I do it now and re-pot in the spring or do it now and repot the following spring. Or should I wait to do the operation, repot it in the spring and then complete the operation in the fall of 23 or spring of 24. Any advice on the timing of the operation and the design idea or very much welcome and appreciated. Let me add that I know eastern red cedar isn’t the most desirable species, but being the first bonsai that I will ever truly create I’m not worried if I kill it. Though I don’t want to kill it I just want to learn some things. Thanks!
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