anyone know what this plant is?

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ooooh......www.ausbonsai.com.au is probably the best site that I know!
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MasonC wrote:ooooh......www.ausbonsai.com.au is probably the best site that I know!

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Yes - Grant is right - as long as it is warm - and it should be warm enough for it now - you can cut these right back and root prune very hard (if it needs it) - these will shoot again from all over the place!

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Oh - just saw you are in Melbourne - might be best to wait another month before hacking away. You will want the tree to respond quickly to a hard prune. Dont be afraid to fertilise after root pruning either, and get plenty of natural light.

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Thank you Jamie111, the thread was very useful. I think i might trim my plant back quite a bit this year remove one or two major branches and see if i can get some good shape happening with the trunk. ill leave him in his pot for now and let him recover from that.
ill post a pic when im done. :)
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MasonC wrote:hmmmmmm........www.bonsai4me.com has some fairly good way of explaining the easy techniques and the hard ones
Thanks MasonC ill have a look.. :P :P
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Leigh Taafe wrote:Oh - just saw you are in Melbourne - might be best to wait another month before hacking away. You will want the tree to respond quickly to a hard prune. Dont be afraid to fertilise after root pruning either, and get plenty of natural light.

Cheers,
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Thanks Leigh. ill wait a bit. (if i can. :roll: ). i have a couple of ideas now.
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