Meet my Little friend

[M. Frary]

arms like a gorilla and can dead lift over 300 lbs

Last time I tried this I tore the crotch out of my pants.
Maybe even pooped a little. But I think it went back in.

 

[Dav4]

Well, I made the mistake of jogging and doing some push ups before moving this one into the red neck studio. You'll be glad to know that I didn't poop my pants and my shorts are still intact, but my hands were shaking so much that I couldn't hold the camera still...sorry for the somewhat blurry pics. The obligatory beer bottle is down to the right on the first photo...don't give me any grief over the choice as I'm on a pseudo vacation and it's only 9 am. The last shot is from the deck...this one is gonna be completely covered in a few days.

 

[drew33998]

Nice. Any plans on shortening long left branches? Or letting it fill in some?

 

[Dav4]

Nice. Any plans on shortening long left branches? Or letting it fill in some?

Nah. There are two main branches moving to the left. The lowest one is only a few years old and needs to thicken up a bit then may get cut back slightly. The upper one won't get touched.

 

[Dav4]

I got home yesterday after almost a week away to find this one just past full bloom....kind of a bummer missing the show since I'm gonna be removing all the flowers shortly.

 

[Dav4]

No pruning on this one other then removing spent flowers...trying to pump it up again.

 

[rnbonsai78]

Hey Dave, nice tree. Just wondering were did you purchase such a big specimen from?

 

[Dav4]

Hey Dave, nice tree. Just wondering were did you purchase such a big specimen from?

New England bonsai gardens, as imported stock almost 8 years ago.

 

[JudyB]

She's looking happy. What a monster tree though...