A nice job Grant, just an observation, do you think the very bottom straightish branch needs to go It seems to work against the flow a little.Grant Bowie wrote:Hi all,
Had some fun today with this Juniper.
As far as can go today. A very complex series of bends has created lots of interest and a little more foliage will help.
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The top branch has had a few problems so I took it as far as I could today. I would like to remove some of its verticality but will have to wait a season to do so as it is split/cracked in a few spots.Webos wrote:Great stuff, really good example of why we should all be taking regular photos of our trees. A very cool tree.
I like the final result apart from the very top branch, I think that's the only thing detracting from the flow of the branches. Of course, a photo never does a bonsai justice so I'm sure that in the flesh, it's even more powerful and complex than what we see here.
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Yes quite possibly. I was able to bend the one above it easier so the lower one could go. Maybe a nice jinbodhidharma wrote:A nice job Grant, just an observation, do you think the very bottom straightish branch needs to go It seems to work against the flow a little.Grant Bowie wrote:Hi all,
Had some fun today with this Juniper.
As far as can go today. A very complex series of bends has created lots of interest and a little more foliage will help.
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Lovely grant and I agree with Webos, not sure about the upper branch tho
I assume the original photos were taken 2 years before you posted about 1 year ago? If so great development in 3 years
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I assume the original photos were taken 2 years before you posted about 1 year ago? If so great development in 3 years
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Very good progression.
Sorry, what do you mean by this:
I should have used the drill out technique on this one and will do so in future. On the smaller right hand branch I used the trunk splitter and you can hardly see a mark.
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I should have used the drill out technique on this one and will do so in future. On the smaller right hand branch I used the trunk splitter and you can hardly see a mark.
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Great transformation Grant, the tree has some beautiful movement. I agree the top branch seems to go against the flow and is distracting to the eye have you thought about wiring it a little more horizontal and jin or even removal?
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Re: Evilution of a juniper.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8745&hilit=+Drill+outNeli wrote:Very good progression.
Sorry, what do you mean by this:
I should have used the drill out technique on this one and will do so in future. On the smaller right hand branch I used the trunk splitter and you can hardly see a mark.
The drill Out technique is covered in the thread above. it allows you to bend branches and trunks more easily.
Same with the trunk splitting technique but it is only for Junipers and can leave scars.
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Thanks Grant,
I am going to try it...I am so scared to bend my junipers...so I started buying young ones and bending them so they can grow in the ground like that.
I also welded my self some of those gadgets for bending...I can not buy them here, but they can not bent as much as this method.
I am going to try it...I am so scared to bend my junipers...so I started buying young ones and bending them so they can grow in the ground like that.
I also welded my self some of those gadgets for bending...I can not buy them here, but they can not bent as much as this method.
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Re: Evilution of a juniper.
I've found most Junipers up to about thumb thickness will accept gentle bends quite easily. For bends beyond about 45 degrees, it'd be case by case. last weekend Ryan Neil showed us that with brittle species, he tests the bendiness of branches that he's cut off so that he has a guage by which he can bend branches still attached.
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Great tree Grant, I also am not sure about that top branch so here is a virt
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