Kifu Trident

[Smoke]

So what does a guy do when he has too many tridents?

Starts cuttings!

 

[garywood]

Al, can you have too many tridents?
Wood

 

[Smoke]

uuummmm....looks like paradise.

 

[Alex DeRuiter]

Understatement of the year, Al.

So when I die, I can skip the whole 70 virgins thing...just let me hang out at Gary's.

 

[Smoke]

Those may belong to Chris.....we will see.

 

[JudyB]

Yow. That's a lot of caretaking to keep so many, in such obviously healthy condition.
umm ...fudge.

 

[garywood]

Those may belong to Chris.....we will see.

Al, yes they belong to Chris. I only get to play with them
Wood

 

[Adair M]

These posts are a perfect example of EXACLTY what my wife is afraid of: Breeding Bonsai!

They're like tribbles.

 

[Smoke]

Al, yes they belong to Chris. I only get to play with them
Wood

That....would still be paradise.

 

[tmmason10]

I actualy counted. I fudged a bit. I only had 67. I was just guessing anyway. I was pretty close though.

You could probably use 8 more.

 

[Smoke]

I got those eight and then some...

 

[Smoke]

Well worked on four more large tridents. This was one I worked on today. Took off all the leaves and wired for shape....again!

This is the result of three years work from cutting off all the branches and adding three approach grafts and hedging yearly. In three years I have an all new better canopy to refine.

 

[Smoke]

Three years before and after.

 

[cmeg1]

That before and after is amazing.That is just what a lot of people,myself included,need to see.One could think that they have to keep all the original branches when they can actually make something better and enjoy the process too.

 

[painter]

freakin amazin

 

[coh]

Nice branch development. I'm wondering if you're going to do any work to minimize the reverse taper/waist just above the first branch?

Chris

 

[Smoke]

I would if it were possible. It is just too big to do anything with it. Carving is not the answer.

I think it will be a tree that I will get as good as I can and then put it on ebay in a couple years. Maybe I can get a better piece to play with from the sale of this one.

 

[Dan W.]

Honestly the bulge doesn't bother me much. I believe it's often the imperfections that give a tree character and really make it stand out.

 

[tmmason10]

I would if it were possible. It is just too big to do anything with it. Carving is not the answer.

I think it will be a tree that I will get as good as I can and then put it on ebay in a couple years. Maybe I can get a better piece to play with from the sale of this one.

You're going to be an EBay thief? Kidding, I think a lot of us would feel lucky if you started selling your tridents on eBay.

 

[MACH5]

Honestly the bulge doesn't bother me much. I believe it's often the imperfections that give a tree character and really make it stand out.

I agree here with Dan. In this case it doesn't bother me either particularly with tridents where their uneven and muscular trunks is what gives them their character. Incidentally, in a Japanese publication, there was an article about inflicting some small wounds in areas where you wanted the trunk to thicken via making fine, vertical striations on the bark.