Phoebev
Seed
Hi Bonsai people,
My husband bought me a ficus retusa bonsai in the hope of piquing my interest in this living art. It certainly has This is excellent as I was after a knowledge gaining hobby I can progress on, but I realise I'm going to need advise that searches on the net and looking in books aren't going to help me with! (The latter have suceeded in making me very frustrated indeed). I am not up on treeish terms so am describing in my own terms.
I am including some pics of my tree.
I am aware that shop bought trees are limited, but I want to learn with what I have.
*What I want to do is to cultivate the tree into a style resembling one of the the last two trees which I have posted.
Can you advise me also on the following on general pruning things??
-From reading it has been suggested that there should be roughly max four nodes to every twig, and two twigs to every branch to make the tree compacted? Is this true?
* If so what do I do with those branches that have a long branchy bit before the nodes begin? They look a bit ungainly no?
* Also the crown is very crowded with a bunch of twigs packed in tightly with alot of leaves, too many leaves? Too many twigs?
*Finally he has a big old pot, should he not be in a shallower one?? Is it possible to transfer him and moderate the rooting system or is it too late??
Many thanks for reading and any replies to my beginner queries would make me really happy.
My husband bought me a ficus retusa bonsai in the hope of piquing my interest in this living art. It certainly has This is excellent as I was after a knowledge gaining hobby I can progress on, but I realise I'm going to need advise that searches on the net and looking in books aren't going to help me with! (The latter have suceeded in making me very frustrated indeed). I am not up on treeish terms so am describing in my own terms.
I am including some pics of my tree.
I am aware that shop bought trees are limited, but I want to learn with what I have.
*What I want to do is to cultivate the tree into a style resembling one of the the last two trees which I have posted.
Can you advise me also on the following on general pruning things??
-From reading it has been suggested that there should be roughly max four nodes to every twig, and two twigs to every branch to make the tree compacted? Is this true?
* If so what do I do with those branches that have a long branchy bit before the nodes begin? They look a bit ungainly no?
* Also the crown is very crowded with a bunch of twigs packed in tightly with alot of leaves, too many leaves? Too many twigs?
*Finally he has a big old pot, should he not be in a shallower one?? Is it possible to transfer him and moderate the rooting system or is it too late??
Many thanks for reading and any replies to my beginner queries would make me really happy.
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