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dug from a building site a few days ago--five main trunks and a couple of side trunks--possibly 900mm from pot top--easy dig with lots of fine feeder roots-----let it recover till next spring-----hope it makes it.
I've been looking at this for a couple of days trying to get an idea of what to keep ,best front etc.-maybe use a car jack to fan out the trunks a little-too much to chose from so I'll take my time and hope to make the right decision.--I would like to keep as much height as possible - maybe foliage clouds with some dead wood up the top .It is possible to have too much to chose from :lost: .any thoughts appreciated.
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Hi Guy.

Your tree reminded me of this:

http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATPriv ... page1.html

Go through the pages and see what you think? Maybe some inspiration there for you?
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I like picture 3 as the front.

Is there a reason you have kept that horizontal branch down the bottom? And will you be air layering the branches you will be removing?
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Boics wrote:Hi Guy.

Your tree reminded me of this:

http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATPriv ... page1.html

Go through the pages and see what you think? Maybe some inspiration there for you?
Wow! I'd love to know where people get their ideas/visions on carving from. I have a few trees I could carve but I struggle to see it, if you know what I mean... :lost:
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Raymond wrote:
Wow! I'd love to know where people get their ideas/visions on carving from. I have a few trees I could carve but I struggle to see it, if you know what I mean... :lost:
I would imagine it would be similar to branch selection wouldn't it? You just gotta start and let the rest just happen...
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Jarad wrote:I like picture 3 as the front.

Is there a reason you have kept that horizontal branch down the bottom? And will you be air layering the branches you will be removing?

No real reason except I wanted to keep as many options as possible for when I actually have to make a decision--I may even leave it for another year for the tree to recover and to see if a design becomes obvious.
As for air layering ,probably not.I already have enough plants and only collected this because of the potential.I had too many layers and growpots and struck cuttings ,so last year I gave away about a hundred or so plants to downsize and have more room and time for the most promising.
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I was thinking something along these lines--
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--but possibly not quite as formal looking.
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