That is what i was thinking. But maybe it is a special species?I wouldn't air layer that secondary trunk. It is too straight and taperless to be of any use. I would simply cut it off.
That is what i was thinking. But maybe it is a special species?
I would not cut it off. I’d work with it.....here’s a rough of my thought process. I changed the angle and removed a low branch on the left trunk. This would be my starting point....then I’d cut back some overly thick branches that are higher up on both trunks.
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@Brewing and Bonsai Are the roots that bad that an air layer is needed?
Air layers, in my view, tend to produce flat unnatural roots from what I’ve seen in photos (unless that’s what you want for a look). I remedied this on a maple tree years ago by cutting a very wavy line around the tree....uneven.....just enough wave that roots would not be perfectly flat. I thought about, imagined, how I wanted the roots to regrow rather than just cut a ring. I knew where I wanted a slightly higher root based on the tree shape. I probably overthought the roots to much. However. The tree responded with nice naturally different roots almost exactly as imagined. I was likely just lucky. No photos....several years ago.
I have often wordered whether people tend to put their airlayers in bonsai pots too quickly. I can imagine that lettign the roots grow and giving a few less of a trim you would get a more natural looking nebari. My airlayers tend to have very only a few roots and root tips when I separate them, and I find that after a year or 2 they start to differ from one another.Air layers, in my view, tend to produce flat unnatural roots from what I’ve seen in photos