Oh no, I fell for the thunderhead trap!

[GroveBonsai]

I thought today would be a good day to finally get a pine to learn on. I should have done more research before buying this thunderhead black pine. A lot of the research i am finding says that Thunderhead is difficult to bonsai.

It has an awesome trunk measuring 5.5 inches at the base and decent taper and i hope that i can create something out of this beast. My hope is that the larger size will help pull off the “thunderhead”ness

I might have reduced it too much but I set a rough structure on it this afternoon and plan on protected it this winter because of the reduction of foliage.

Any pointers are welcome.

 

[0soyoung]

No guts, no glory.

 

[BobbyLane]

isnt new 'joysey' pretty darn cold this time of year, that dude is soldiering it out in an orange tshirt

 

[GroveBonsai]

isnt new 'joysey' pretty darn cold this time of year, that dude is soldiering it out in an orange tshirt

Haha. Yeah. It’s gettin friggin cold in the dirty jerz. He came out to help me and reassured me “ cold don’t botha me. I work outside year round”

 

[PiñonJ]

That's a nice base. I think if you keep the tree chunky and big, you can have a good bonsai. Probably need to train that first thick branch on the right as the upper portion of the trunk.

 

[BobbyLane]

Haha. Yeah. It’s gettin friggin cold in the dirty jerz. He came out to help me and reassured me “ cold don’t botha me. I work outside year round”

what a legend!
actually this place reminds me of some of the places i visit, bet youll find the odd gem in here.

 

[jonathanvperth]

Great beginnings!!

 

[sorce]

One more whorl!

Go down one more whorl!

I like the lean.

Sorce

 

[Punky]

That's a nice base. I think if you keep the tree chunky and big, you can have a good bonsai. Probably need to train that first thick branch on the right as the upper portion of the trunk.

The first thing I saw was the awesome line that branch would make as the main trunk.

 

[BonjourBonsai]

@GroveBonsai , how is this tree doing? I'm curious because I think I just feel for the same thing. The 50% off sale at HD gets me everytime.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Pines are for the young and adventurous. I'm neither.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

How much for the beast?

 

[GroveBonsai]

I had to give this one up when I moved to Miami. I gave it to the Bonsai Shack in Pomona NY