Sapling Division: SeanS’ Trident Forest

[SeanS]

End of season colour
I may squeeze it into a smaller Reiho next spring, I’d like to start slowing it down so I can build some fine twigs as we move into the last half of the contest.

 

[SeanS]

End of season trim. Corrected a few structural flaws and set the tree up to start building some fine branching from next season.

Before any work



Leafless and cleaned up



After. Opened up the view of the main trunk by reducing the tops of the 2 trees either side of it.

 

[SeanS]

Inspiration tree by shohin master Ayumu Fukano

 

[SeanS]

Repotted today into a Reiho. The last 3 years of the sapling division will be for building dense ramification and twigging.

 

[SeanS]

October 2021 -> August 2024

 

[SeanS]

Great start to the growing season for my little trident forest. First cutback and partial defoliation of the season. There are roots coming out the drainage holes already since repotting 2 months ago.

 

[SeanS]

Winter update, hoping to work on this little forest this weekend

 

[SeanS]

Pre-season contest update. Some of the trunks are starting to wake up

 

[Kanorin]

Nice work! I love how you have wired/chosen the majority of the primary branches on the right side to go up and to the right, left side goes up and to the left. Your forest is already very pleasing to look at.

 

[SeanS]

Nice work! I love how you have wired/chosen the majority of the primary branches on the right side to go up and to the right, left side goes up and to the left. Your forest is already very pleasing to look at.

Thanks @Kanorin! In such a small scale you really can not have branching radiating outwards, there isn’t much room to have interior branching going the other way like you could on a bigger forest composition

 

[SeanS]

Thanks @Kanorin! In such a small scale you really can not have branching radiating outwards, there isn’t much room to have interior branching going the other way like you could on a bigger forest composition

Meant ONLY have branching radiating outwards!

 

[n8]

Looking good, Sean!