Trident progress...

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Hi all,
first pic is from when I picked it up from Ray's at one of his bonsai weekends (2011 or 2012 I think). I watched a carving demonstration and thought this little one might be a good one for some carving.
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And this is it now:
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Nice, thanks for posting!
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Very impressive how did you get that shape over under five years?
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Thanks Lenlen and Akhi! Akhi, just trim and wire and trim and wire I guess. Here's a pic from 2014 in winter:
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Update Jan 2017:
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update Winter 2018
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Thanks for the progress.
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An elegant tree. Would you consider a shallower and slightly wider pot when you root-prune it next? I think it deserves new boots.

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Hi Gavin!
Great minds! Yes I have a new pot for it. It's become really hard to get out of that pot, and back in, so it'll go in a slightly wider and shallower pot as you suggest. Will update in a month or so.
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Thanks for posting progress - nice pot!
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So, the new pot! And a slightly new angle for the front.
I'm kinda into wide and long shallow pots at the moment.
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early Spring growth
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The new pot takes this up a notch. Nice. :yes:
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Progressing very nicely. I think this tree could manage a pot that is even shallower?
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Thanks Watto. Yes I see what you mean. And after reading some recent posts, it seems that I can be a bit rougher on the root pruning which would get it into a shallower container.
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