Just picked this one up the other week. This is it when it arrived. Has some nice taper from the base of the trunk moving up, but it is very flat and 2 dimensional, which I didn't notice from the pictures when I bought it.
The nebari is wide going from left to right, but very shallow from front to back. Kind of weird, but I'm thinking maybe multiple root grafts will help? I'm sure there's probably a big thick root going straight down.
I like how it transitions into multiple branches, even though they are straight. The central trunk was just way too thick, so I chopped it.
Plan is to cut back and regrow into a round canopy. Try to keep it as naturalistic as possible.
There's a central shoot in the front that I'm just going to let run and thicken as much as possible to help hide the giant cut I made. The 3 straight branches on the left I may cut back in the future, but there are some shoots growing off of them I can cut back too, I'm just going to wait and see how that side develops. There's also 2 nice branches down low on the back side that I am going to let run and thicken as much as I can to help develop some depth behind the trunk.
The nebari is wide going from left to right, but very shallow from front to back. Kind of weird, but I'm thinking maybe multiple root grafts will help? I'm sure there's probably a big thick root going straight down.
I like how it transitions into multiple branches, even though they are straight. The central trunk was just way too thick, so I chopped it.
Plan is to cut back and regrow into a round canopy. Try to keep it as naturalistic as possible.
There's a central shoot in the front that I'm just going to let run and thicken as much as possible to help hide the giant cut I made. The 3 straight branches on the left I may cut back in the future, but there are some shoots growing off of them I can cut back too, I'm just going to wait and see how that side develops. There's also 2 nice branches down low on the back side that I am going to let run and thicken as much as I can to help develop some depth behind the trunk.