Making cascade prostrata-2

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For this one, I took the advice of @Adair M and used two rebars - one to anchor the lower trunk close to the soil and the other to create a sharp bend in the rest of the trunk. I’m going to do this in stages, slowly creating the sharp bend I desire over time. The guy wire is anchored to the lower part of the pot on the other side with a screw.

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I'm very curious how sharp you plan to make that bend, and how you're going to do it. Wedge cut? Kerf cuts?
 

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I'm very curious how sharp you plan to make that bend, and how you're going to do it. Wedge cut? Kerf cuts?

Cant do that on a juniper. You can split the branch with a branch splitter tool to help the bend though.
 

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Jan 5th, 2022 update: well, I pushed the bend a little too far and I ended up snapping the trunk towards the end of last year. Oh well.

Not all is lost as I let the tree recover and did my first styling/wiring today. I’m trying something different - letting one of the large branches twirl around the deadwood resulting from the snap last year.
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