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[Bodhidharma] E workshop Ash.

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Sorry for the delay on these but i have contacted Grant re my situation. Here is my first Ash. A large Desert Ash at 700mm by 180 at the base. As a suggestion, the left heavy branch halfway up the tree needs to come off and then go from there?
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Re: [Bodhidharma] E workshop Ash.

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bodhidharma wrote:Sorry for the delay on these but i have contacted Grant re my situation. Here is my first Ash. A large Desert Ash at 700mm by 180 at the base. As a suggestion, the left heavy branch halfway up the tree needs to come off and then go from there?
OK,

Two or three major ways to go with this one.

1. Remove the offending branch(either completely back to the trunk or back to the small portion of the branch growing under the heavy portion) and then wire everything dramatically down.

or
2. Keep all the branches as is; slightly shorten those on the right hand side and to the rear but allow the ones on the left hand side to become longer and more dominant.(slightly shorten the thick branch on the left to give the ones below it more chance to grow.)

or
3. Shorten the thick left hand branch but allow it to form a secondary high apex.

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Grant Bowie wrote:
bodhidharma wrote:Sorry for the delay on these but i have contacted Grant re my situation. Here is my first Ash. A large Desert Ash at 700mm by 180 at the base. As a suggestion, the left heavy branch halfway up the tree needs to come off and then go from there?
OK,

Two or three major ways to go with this one.

1. Remove the offending branch(either completely back to the trunk or back to the small portion of the branch growing under the heavy portion) and then wire everything dramatically down.

or
2. Keep all the branches as is; slightly shorten those on the right hand side and to the rear but allow the ones on the left hand side to become longer and more dominant.(slightly shorten the thick branch on the left to give the ones below it more chance to grow.)

or
3. Shorten the thick left hand branch but allow it to form a secondary high apex.

Grant
Hi bodi,

Just checking if you did some work on this tree?

Grant
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Re: [Bodhidharma] E workshop Ash.

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Sorry but, no, i will get to it this week or the next. I am that busy with defoliating and re-wiring as i have fallen behind, and i mean way behind. :palm: The other Ash has been sold as i had an offer i could not refuse. We had lots (read 20 or so) people staying or visiting over the last three weeks and we had a lot of catching up to do. And not a single Bonsai enthusiast amongst the lot. :( I have just wired an Elm i am posting and that took a whole day.
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Re: [Bodhidharma] E workshop Ash.

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bodhidharma wrote:Sorry but, no, i will get to it this week or the next. I am that busy with defoliating and re-wiring as i have fallen behind, and i mean way behind. :palm: The other Ash has been sold as i had an offer i could not refuse. We had lots (read 20 or so) people staying or visiting over the last three weeks and we had a lot of catching up to do. And not a single Bonsai enthusiast amongst the lot. :( I have just wired an Elm i am posting and that took a whole day.
No worries,

Just checking.

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