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Yamadori
Hi:
I have come into possession of some garden center mugos and JBPs that I'd like to train into bonsai. Attached are pictures of representative samples.
I (think) I have a general sense of how to do this (e.g. following Vance Wood's advice on Mugos and Brent Walston's on JBPs) and have been doing so with reasonable success with material started out a little further along than my new material.
For instance, with my JBP, I need to:
a) plant in large grow box or the ground to thicken the trunk, and
b) over time, reduce branches to a sacrifice leader and retained low branches, removing middle bushy foliage to allow light to the lower branches
In other words, I can't just let the tree grow totally unmodified for the next few years, the way I'd do with broad-leaf material.
But my question is: when should I start the process? What, if any, aspects of the training process should I start now, as opposed to waiting a few months, as opposed to in the Spring? Should I be doing the initial pruning and needle removal now? Later?
Thanks!
Dan
I have come into possession of some garden center mugos and JBPs that I'd like to train into bonsai. Attached are pictures of representative samples.
I (think) I have a general sense of how to do this (e.g. following Vance Wood's advice on Mugos and Brent Walston's on JBPs) and have been doing so with reasonable success with material started out a little further along than my new material.
For instance, with my JBP, I need to:
a) plant in large grow box or the ground to thicken the trunk, and
b) over time, reduce branches to a sacrifice leader and retained low branches, removing middle bushy foliage to allow light to the lower branches
In other words, I can't just let the tree grow totally unmodified for the next few years, the way I'd do with broad-leaf material.
But my question is: when should I start the process? What, if any, aspects of the training process should I start now, as opposed to waiting a few months, as opposed to in the Spring? Should I be doing the initial pruning and needle removal now? Later?
Thanks!
Dan