Twisted Pomegranite

[pga7602]

Been working with this tree for over a year. In the next month or so, I plan to repot into an anderson tray and start working on the roots.

Would like to hear thoughts on where to go from here as far as styling?

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Well... you need to decide on a vision for your design. You currently have three stubby trunks. Unless you are going with a three trunk design, you need to make a plan for dealing with the trunk(s) you aren't going to use.

 

[pga7602]

Well... you need to decide on a vision for your design. You currently have three stubby trunks. Unless you are going with a three trunk design, you need to make a plan for dealing with the trunk(s) you aren't going to use.

Thanks, I've been aiming for something like this:

 

[edprocoat]

Well... you need to decide on a vision for your design. You currently have three stubby trunks. Unless you are going with a three trunk design, you need to make a plan for dealing with the trunk(s) you aren't going to use.

That and it could use a few branches first, definitely before you want to put it into a root trimming pot which will slow down the growth.

Oh and the one you are aiming for does not have all three trunks emanating from the same location which is a bit distracting although unique. I don't know if at this point you will get reverse taper as its pretty thick already and I believe these are slow growing but it will make styling problematic.

ed

 

[jk_lewis]

Those "branches" are MUCH too fat; vastly out of proportion. Shorten them and start working on the formation of smaller branches around the chops.

It doesn't seem to be twisting. Are you certain of the variety?

 

[pga7602]

Those "branches" are MUCH too fat; vastly out of proportion. Shorten them and start working on the formation of smaller branches around the chops.

It doesn't seem to be twisting. Are you certain of the variety?

Yes I'm cetain of the variety and the base is tarting to twist but it's hard to see from this angle. Where do you propose I chop?

 

[JudyB]

To me the current shape is appealing. I would suggest you think about finished height of the tree before chopping it, as the trunks are the same width pretty much back to the main trunk. If you plan on a tree about twice as high as this one, you might get away with where the chops are now. Can you plant this one out? I think you have a lot of growing to catch up the continuation of the trunks in size, so it might be helpful for a while. (But I don't know TP culture, so I could be wrong that they are faster in ground...) I suppose you could carve some of the trunks down, to help with the transition. But I don't know how these do with deadwood, or if you even want deadwood on this tree.
This is just my opinion, to me it looks much like a natural maple.

 

[bonsai barry]

If you do decide to chop, save the eliminated trunk and stick it in the ground. I've had a lot of success in rooting branches from this variety of tree.

 

[pbethune]

Been working with this tree for over a year. In the next month or so, I plan to repot into an anderson tray and start working on the roots.

Would like to hear thoughts on where to go from here as far as styling?

Would like to see some carving or a hollow on the large smooth cut pictured.