My Greatest challenge ever

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Hi Slatzy , thanks mate , slowly but surely its coming together .

Cheers . Alpine
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You need to keep this thread going Alp's, it could end up as long as K.C's "Sunday' thread. :lol:
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Hi bodhi , mate when i finish hacking and chopping all the stock related to the topic I won't have any updates :palm: .

Beats creating new topics for each plant as I can't find my original Shimpaku topic so it would be a nightmare keeping tabs on all these trunks ;)

With a few hundred Pinus Contorta's collected it will make for a long lasting topic as well .

My tridents are still making progress too , there's a couple of hundred separate topics or 1 combined topic , much easier on me to combine the tree's into 1 topic me thinks .

I have never looked at the Sunday thread :oops: , not time for that .

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This had a rework yesterday after a chat with Shibui . I needed a good tree under 250mm so I compressed this down from 350mm to 230 mm to fit it into the category . It might confuse the judge or it may be disqualified but it will be worth the effort to challenge the judge .

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This has been a 3 day effort from this
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to this
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, Yes I'm a bit slow nowadays but I think its paid off .It does need a good clean both trunk and pot but that another job for another day .

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Looking good Alpine
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Impressive journey.. im still trying to source mature juniper to do similar things.. just hard to find them atm as I prefer not to dig atm due to being in a rental.
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This has remained here after numerous offers ,
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now its had a quick 30 minute trim ,
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I can see where to graft Shimpaku onto it .These 60-70cm layers
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where taken off some stock plants I had here 6-8 weeks ago for the purpose of grafting this trunk ..
If i keep doing this I might have to take up Bonsai .

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This was a break from life on lifes terms .Creating a Juniperus Chinensis x Shimpaku
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. I have basically embedded the grafts into the host using a couple of die grinders and carving bits
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to make for a better finished union .
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Each branch depending on the thickness is trimmed to suit the cutter being used , thinner branch graft a 'V' cutter is used , thicker branches a round cutter is used .
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All done and dusted
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These will now grow on for this season then checked next Spring if successful they will be severed .

Cheers Ian
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