Now I am happy. As one can see the tree did not blink because of repotting in summer.
I really love this tree because it does not fit any of the recognizable styles mentioned in the literature as I remember. It does however remind me of a tree, an old tree that I have seen along the rivers and valleys in Northern California before the fires.Now I am happy. As one can see the trView attachment 217366View attachment 217367View attachment 217368ee did not blink because of repotting in summer.
It is beautiful, and interesting, lacking all the formal design markers for the species. Is it possible for you to provide the link?Recently Bonsai 'Empire did a long video about this tree with me. I hedge pruned it, totally defoliated it and did intensive detailed editing. This will be an educational video with lots of explanations.
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I look forward to it like a kid at Christmas.The video is not edited yet. I will provide the link as soon as it is available.
Beautiful tree for the most part. Question: Do you plan on doing anything about the large goiter looking growth on the side of the trunk? If it is your plan to keep it how are you going to incorporate it's presence into the design, or are you planing to remove it?
Beautiful tree for the most part. Question: Do you plan on doing anything about the large goiter looking growth on the side of the trunk? If it is your plan to keep it how are you going to incorporate it's presence into the design, or are you planing to remove it?
@Walter Pall, so with a tree like this, that is becoming ramified, what do you do in the future? If you hedge prune a few times this year, do you just do the same thing next year as well? I don't understand what happens when it becomes "fully" ramified. Is it just yearly hedge pruning from here on out or do you have to take out some ramification and start the ramifying process all over again?
Thank youYou should read more about hedge pruning and possibly see the video at Bonsai Empire. Most folks quickly make up their mind and think they know what it is. Then they are puzzled to see that I do something else. The quality of my broadleave trees mostly comes from proper hedge pruning. The quality of the Croatian broadleave trees comes form hedge pruning.
I will hedge prune forever. - about two to three times every year. When it is very dense, like probably next November, I will start to take out ramification where it looks like a bird's nest and leave most where it is not so dense. it will look a lot better then.