To JIN or not to JIN - Precumbens NANANANA

YukiShiro

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Hi Guys,

Am busy styling this precumbens. It was had a huge green helmet on. Saw the tree within the bush and started styling. I'm at the point where I'm wiring all the fine branches (1/3 done). Took a pic and saw something that I should consider
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Jin that heavy bottom right branch ?

If I keep it I would tilt the tree more to the right and bend the upper trunk more to the left, style it as a semi cascade

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Herman
 

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You could Jin it. You could keep it.

You could keep it, and remove everything else, and turn it into a cascade!

Decisions, decisions...
 

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I always wanted to cheer that song when we had a Jude on our team. We were looking at them old pictures just yesterday!

I wouldn't do it yet. Seems time is allowing at least a couple years to ponder.

Sorce
 

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You could Jin it. You could keep it.

You could keep it, and remove everything else, and turn it into a cascade!

Decisions, decisions...

did consider removing everything else, but the trunk line would look a little bit funny to me so I decided not to be overly sadistic to the tree xD

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Herman
 

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I always wanted to cheer that song when we had a Jude on our team. We were looking at them old pictures just yesterday!

I wouldn't do it yet. Seems time is allowing at least a couple years to ponder.

Sorce

yeah dood , I'm in no rush to cut off any more than I've already have. took off half the tree in seconds.... and I was just planning to do some cleaning and thinning lol

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Herman
 

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I like that right hand branch personally! I'd vote to keep it. Would at some point refine the jin I can see on the left side at the trunk. Bringing it down to a more natural end point as opposed to being perfectly straight across. Would also visually make the trunk thinner there and flow better imo
 

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UPDATE:

so....someone broke off the whole apex on this back in Feb. Dunno who, none of the neighbors claimed ownership of his shitty design decision....

here's me trying to wire a new apex :
IMG-20210421-WA0003.jpg
finger pointing to the old apex:
IMG-20210421-WA0005.jpg

Came spring I fertilized the tree heavily and left it to grow...forgot to take before pictures :|
but the tree was extremely vigorous and I could come in with a hard cutback to set up the tertiary branching.
the very long branch was taken off and a new front was chosen for the tree:

20211027_101440.jpg

Apex came back with a bang

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branching structure setup by pruning:

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the apex still needs some bending in the right places, will make those bends next year March

any comments welcome

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Herman
 

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any comments welcome
Right now your tree would benefit tremendously by detailed wiring - every branch out to the tip. The leggy growth at the ends of the branches is making the tree look messy, and it is difficult to understand your design.
 

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Right now your tree would benefit tremendously by detailed wiring - every branch out to the tip. The leggy growth at the ends of the branches is making the tree look messy, and it is difficult to understand your design.
I agree,
But it's a really bad time to wire junipers for me atm. we are almost in summer...

I'll wire it in fall(march-may next year)

thanks for the reply C:

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Herman
 
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