Looks like it is grafted fairly high. I am not sure that can be overcome.I've recently been on the hunt for a shindeshojo and happened to come across this one. I'm confused as to why it's labeled dissectum. Is it just an error on the nursery's part? Looking for advice and comments on this bonsai.View attachment 324389
Where would that graft be? Real new to this and I'm just learning how to distinguish these things. Is it where it turns brown to green or even higher?Looks like it is grafted fairly high. I am not sure that can be overcome.
Thank you so much for clearing that up. I purchased this bonsai and it's arriving on Friday. I'll upload more pictures then. I've been researching air-layering and cuttings and now I just need advice if either is possible with this bonsai.
Thank you for the advice. I'm going to wait until it arrives in order to inspect it and see what work needs to be done. Any and all advice is welcomeAlso this is not Bonsai just because in Bonsai style pot. Still just small nursery tree and likely overpriced. For most inducing lower branches would be desired but not on graft stock part of tree. Must develop upper part of tree and possibly airlayer trunk for better shorter reach to foliage. What is personal location? Please add to profile.
That's what I initially thought too. I'll just have to wait and see. I'll upload pictures once it arrives on Friday.When you get the tree, take a few pictures of the trunk.
I am not convinced it is a graft. It COULD be. But it can also be a previous pruning point.
lol what. Where are you getting that from? I got 3 different palmatum cultivars to root with less foliage, just this yearit will be some time before there is enough foliage above the graft to do an air-layer.
As long as the graft is not ugly..I plan to get a deshojo soon, but they're all grafted.