Field growing a Field maple

[Graft]

ive never tried, but this chap seemed to have success

Old Acer campestre - Field Maple. Airlayering and forming

Hi 2011 i bought a old Field maple. I knew that it will be a lot of work to make from this wild tree a Bonsai. So i warn you. It will be a long thread. After bu

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Thanks very much for the info.

 

[Graft]

ive never tried, but this chap seemed to have success

Old Acer campestre - Field Maple. Airlayering and forming

Hi 2011 i bought a old Field maple. I knew that it will be a lot of work to make from this wild tree a Bonsai. So i warn you. It will be a long thread. After bu

ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com

Thanks for the info. It's really useful.

 

[BobbyLane]

Responded well so far

I reduced the apex further on this

 

[BobbyLane]

other side

 

[BobbyLane]

Was time for a little work on this, ive done some partial defoliation and wired some movement into all primary branches before they get too course, the right side was strong especially so thats been reduced more. and some pruning to decrease long nodes.
some branches have been pruned at all or had much leaf removed. ive leaft the leader at the top and a few branches on the left.
since the tree is moving left im having branches on that side longer and trailing over the edge

 

[BobbyLane]

some nice changes of direction in the trunk line


and branch transitions, a few stubs can be tidied up. and now the branches can be allowed to thicken up a bit.

 

[AlainK]

Oui, celui-ci a une ligne, une feuille très prometteuse, très beau sujet camarade, mais euh...

Pourtant, par exemple à gauche, sur le, moignon d'où partent de nouvelles branches (très faibles), ne faudrait-il pas choisir ?

 

[BobbyLane]

This back side could be a front too, but you lose some of that root spread, but get dynamism and from here you can see where all the stubs n branches emanate from, maybe more presence

 

[BobbyLane]

Some tweaking, i think the main leader looks better going the opposite way of the right leader

 

[BobbyLane]

I did end up removing the two roots from this view, i didnt like how they jutted out and one was dead anyway i found out after. for me, the hollow feature looks better...
im still growing out the low right branch for thickness. im happy with all the other primary branches. ive just cut everything back to two for ramification.