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Trident maples, a chronicle
Six years to the month I began a project that would come to be the most rewarding of my bonsai journey so far. I started developing three trident for the future by growing them out to what I would call sumo proportions. Many will remember the project as chronicles at bonsaiTALK 6 years ago, but more recently I have not updated how the tridents had changed.
The Process.
I purchased five trident maple yard trees. They were growing in five gallon nursery containers and had grown into the ground. The root mass was very compact and most of the wood was contained outside of the container. The trunks were about 1.25 inch across and the trees were about 12 feet tall, not many branches and basicly broom sticks. Ripsgreentree helped me dig them out that day and saw them down shorter to get them into my pickup.
Six years to the month I began a project that would come to be the most rewarding of my bonsai journey so far. I started developing three trident for the future by growing them out to what I would call sumo proportions. Many will remember the project as chronicles at bonsaiTALK 6 years ago, but more recently I have not updated how the tridents had changed.
The Process.
I purchased five trident maple yard trees. They were growing in five gallon nursery containers and had grown into the ground. The root mass was very compact and most of the wood was contained outside of the container. The trunks were about 1.25 inch across and the trees were about 12 feet tall, not many branches and basicly broom sticks. Ripsgreentree helped me dig them out that day and saw them down shorter to get them into my pickup.
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