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Yamadori
Hello All—this is my first post here, although I've been a bonsai enthusiast for a while and once belonged to the Austin Bonsai Society.
I've got a great Jim Smith grown formal upright willow leaf ficus that was the first tree I ever bought in 2006. While Life took its share of beautiful seasons and broken branches, I've mostly concentrated on thickening the trunk of this beauty without doing a lot for the ramification of the tree. It's due for a major root prune and repot this summer.
My knee-jerk reaction is to do a major cut-back of the long internode branches at that time, but question whether I should wait till the next season after it's recovered and healthier. It had a pretty rough time of it in my garage during the insane sub-zero freeze we had down here in Austin in February and lost most of its leaves (you can see they're just now growing back in a full flush of growth and back budding!)
I also have general questions about how to style this tree. It doesn't seem like a tree that would have pads—just not really sure how to proceed—and any suggestions from you good folks have would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much for looking, and I'm very excited to join the community!
Best regards,
Yusef
I've got a great Jim Smith grown formal upright willow leaf ficus that was the first tree I ever bought in 2006. While Life took its share of beautiful seasons and broken branches, I've mostly concentrated on thickening the trunk of this beauty without doing a lot for the ramification of the tree. It's due for a major root prune and repot this summer.
My knee-jerk reaction is to do a major cut-back of the long internode branches at that time, but question whether I should wait till the next season after it's recovered and healthier. It had a pretty rough time of it in my garage during the insane sub-zero freeze we had down here in Austin in February and lost most of its leaves (you can see they're just now growing back in a full flush of growth and back budding!)
I also have general questions about how to style this tree. It doesn't seem like a tree that would have pads—just not really sure how to proceed—and any suggestions from you good folks have would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much for looking, and I'm very excited to join the community!
Best regards,
Yusef