It looks really nice now ! I wonder if the apex is too acute which makes the tree looking young.This year we have had really hot dry weather for spring, like over 95° hot! I really love this little kotobuki, it seems to ramify well for a clumsy hobbyist like me.View attachment 311921View attachment 311922View attachment 311923
It looks really nice now ! I wonder if the apex is too acute which makes the tree looking young.
However, you did an excellent work.
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Thanks for thinking of me highly!You are 100% correct! The empty side to the right is due to the removal of my sacrifice branch. Hopefully things will continue growing and ramifying, and it will mature gracefully. If I have half of the success you more experienced artists have, I will be one happy dude!
Thanks for thinking of me highly!
I have a quick fix if you don’t mind. If this tree belonged to me, I would remove the circled top.
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Hahaa. Thanks. The tea might help you see thing more clearly and calmly!Beauty! Now I will have to sit with tea tonight, and stare at this tree for a while.
Good morning Wilson.So this one finally got it's first ceramic pot. I really realized these kotobuki don't add girth to their trunks, so I figured it was time to enjoy it in a bonsai pot. @bonhe I am really thinking about shortening it, as you mentioned. I think long term it will work better withthe skinnoer trunk, and create a more rounded apex. It reminds me of something Colin Lewis said about people always making the mistake of thinking you need a "leader" for your apex, when really the apex is built with branches. I am happy with where I have gotten this tree in the few years I have been working with it, really shows how real prebonsai merit their price.View attachment 354504View attachment 354505View attachment 354506