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Hello all,
I recently acquired two new maple trees. One is a Japanese maple the other is a trident. I got to visit @Smoke and got a grand tour of his establishment and got me started. I have to give a shout out since he let me pester him with random questions.
Any who, these are my first actual bonsai plants. I'm not sure the direction I'm going just yet, but Al talked me through some ideas for the Japanese maple.
So here's the JM, we talked about removing one of the branches so that way there are only 3 coming up. I'll get better pics when this Swarm of bees goes away. I have a before trim and after. Any direction on pruning or advice on how far back to trim it.
What I've done so far :
Now here is the trident, it's a split trunk. The trunk has some damage on it from the fearsome Fresnian Sciurus carolinensis. The trunk is healing but not sure if it will ever heal right. But Al had already started training this tree on some of the main branches. Any input or direction will help
Thank you for looking. I'm looking forward to all input.
P. S. Don't judge the everything dead in the background. I purposely killed it all.
I recently acquired two new maple trees. One is a Japanese maple the other is a trident. I got to visit @Smoke and got a grand tour of his establishment and got me started. I have to give a shout out since he let me pester him with random questions.
Any who, these are my first actual bonsai plants. I'm not sure the direction I'm going just yet, but Al talked me through some ideas for the Japanese maple.
So here's the JM, we talked about removing one of the branches so that way there are only 3 coming up. I'll get better pics when this Swarm of bees goes away. I have a before trim and after. Any direction on pruning or advice on how far back to trim it.
What I've done so far :
Now here is the trident, it's a split trunk. The trunk has some damage on it from the fearsome Fresnian Sciurus carolinensis. The trunk is healing but not sure if it will ever heal right. But Al had already started training this tree on some of the main branches. Any input or direction will help
Thank you for looking. I'm looking forward to all input.
P. S. Don't judge the everything dead in the background. I purposely killed it all.