Scots Pine Literati
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davetree
Omono
Looks good, will look better when you wire the apex (if you haven't already)
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litoalansalon
Seedling
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Looking good but would it be better if its planted in more appropriate training pot?
The 2nd pic could be the front, I suppose.
The 2nd pic could be the front, I suppose.
Anonymous User
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Interesting suggestion, could you explain why exactly you would put this into a training pot?
Will
Will
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I haven't seen this tree in a while. It is starting to look exceptional; a convincing Literati. Keep the round pot, though you may be forced to put it into a larger one some day. In the discussion of the Literati style there seems to be only a couple of "Have To's" and the round pot is one of them. The exception would be a stone slab of some sort.
Anonymous User
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Thanks Vance.
This is the tree you gave to me once at a show to style when I was in need of material to style for the passerbys. Later you surprised me by telling me I could keep it. I still don't know if the gift was from the heart or because I screwed it up so bad that you didn't want it on your bench....either way it was appreciated.
Will
This is the tree you gave to me once at a show to style when I was in need of material to style for the passerbys. Later you surprised me by telling me I could keep it. I still don't know if the gift was from the heart or because I screwed it up so bad that you didn't want it on your bench....either way it was appreciated.
Will
Bill S
Masterpiece
After photos show a much better tree Will, the wiring really brings the foliage in for a more compact tree.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
It was from the heart, I don't abandon trees or friends even when they screw up, and you didn't, you had a good eye for the design all the way from the start.
Anonymous User
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Pot suggestions? Does this one work?
Anonymous User
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Thanks Chris, I find myself in agreement with you on the pot, and so the search begins....
The orginal chop back was to fill the foliage out a bit, that was accomplished, growing it taller is always an option now.
Will
The orginal chop back was to fill the foliage out a bit, that was accomplished, growing it taller is always an option now.
Will
Marc S
Yamadori
I think the pot is way too small, and it shouldn't have the same color as the trunk.
Dale Cochoy
Shohin
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
First from the right would be my choice. I think I have seen this pot or one like when you were here a couple of years ago. Your pots incidentally are great.
HotAction
Chumono
Will,
How long have you been into bonsai? I myself am new, so take what I say in stride... First this tree needs to be in the GROUND. The bark is not nearly aged enough to give the literati impression you are attempting to convey. Second, literati should never be a last resort, and it seems that this may be the case. A cardinal rule is to start with better stock with features that will make a nice specimen one day. If it were mine it would go in the garden, and I would look for something with a little more potential (yamadori or nursery) in ten years, you'll be glad you did.
If you insist on keeping it potted, one of Dale's is the way to go.
How long have you been into bonsai? I myself am new, so take what I say in stride... First this tree needs to be in the GROUND. The bark is not nearly aged enough to give the literati impression you are attempting to convey. Second, literati should never be a last resort, and it seems that this may be the case. A cardinal rule is to start with better stock with features that will make a nice specimen one day. If it were mine it would go in the garden, and I would look for something with a little more potential (yamadori or nursery) in ten years, you'll be glad you did.
If you insist on keeping it potted, one of Dale's is the way to go.
Victrinia Ridgeway
Omono
Since I think the tree in question has been addressed... can I ask to see the tree next to it on the right of the photo? It looks like it has a nice dead face. I would enjoy to see the whole thing. If you aren't of a mind to show it, I'll understand of course.
Kindest regards,
Victrinia
Kindest regards,
Victrinia
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Why would you put it in the ground, what would be your intentions of doing so?
HotAction
Chumono
Why in the ground?
Well, It would give this tree a chance to develop with minimal effort from the grower. This would allow for more time to be devoted to the nicer/more developed stock in the collection. Now that a general shape has been set, just put it out and let it go, and provide basic species specific pruning to promote back budding for future options. In that small pot, imagine how much care it will need over the next 15-20 years it spends waiting to be a bonsai.
Maybe after 5-10 in the ground it will be fantastic, or it will have presented many new options other than what was originally considered. Either way, I say put it in the ground and look for something a bit further along if you want it in a bonsai pot.
-David
Well, It would give this tree a chance to develop with minimal effort from the grower. This would allow for more time to be devoted to the nicer/more developed stock in the collection. Now that a general shape has been set, just put it out and let it go, and provide basic species specific pruning to promote back budding for future options. In that small pot, imagine how much care it will need over the next 15-20 years it spends waiting to be a bonsai.
Maybe after 5-10 in the ground it will be fantastic, or it will have presented many new options other than what was originally considered. Either way, I say put it in the ground and look for something a bit further along if you want it in a bonsai pot.
-David
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
If you do that you lose the literati options now avaliable and in essence, transform this tree into a piece of raw material abandoning any hope of making a small literati out of it, which is what the grower intends for this tree.
