[Literati79] Pinus mugo

[literati79]

Pinus mugo

180mm

Bonsai World Jilliby

$16




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[literati79]

After the initial style, prune and wiring.


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[kez]

Nice!

Good structure on this one

[literati79]

Thanks Kez! Not quite as spectacular as your mugo, but I'll give it a shot. I really like the shape of this one. I plan to get a few more bends in there to add some more movement.

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[Daluke]

I like your tree - it looks like the classic pine.

Nice taper, branch placement etc

For $15 and I'd say you have increased the value a couple of hundred per cent.

[literati79]

Really appreciate the comments guys

Thanks Daluke. The classic pine was exactly the look I was aiming for. I hope I can do the tree the justice it deserves over the 18 months.

The price was a bargain and am looking forward to training this tree into a valuable shohin ovef the years.

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[literati79]

Again, not much to report. Lots of new buds appearing though

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[literati79]

Growing very well. Probably end up in the ground soon...

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[CraigM]

Looking good.

Why would be thinking of planting in the ground, from what I can see you already have a pretty decent trunk and branch structure. If you're going to repot, would personally put into a container and work on refining. Thinking about it, is it not better to repot as candles are opening?

Have you some other vision in mind?

[literati79]

Hi Craig,

From my understanding it is best to repot before pines put in any energy towards foliar growth. If they are directing all their energy towards healing/re-growing new roots the foliage and vigour in general will suffer dramatically and I have experienced this first hand.

The trunk isn't bad and has nice movement, but I don't feel it has what it takes to make a really nice bonsai in it's current state, particularly shohin. I agree, I achieved the beginnings of good branch structure, but may have to sacrifice this in view of more growth and thickening.

I haven't quite decided yet, but I will soon. The vision is basically one for the future and the future of my trees. I have just made a bed and planted around 30 conifers. This is a 5-10 year project and I can see this tree benefitting from a bit of field growing.

[Daluke]

I like the tree a lot.

I haven't seen many good shohin sized mugo trees.

Can you develop a sacrifice branch at the top somewhere just to beef up the trunk??

[literati79]

Hi Daluke.

I have quite a substantial sacrifice branch located low on the back of the trunk. I has been left untrimmed and is probably nearly equal to the actual tree itself. I'm sure it's doing something, but not a lot that I can see. I've heard since I began training this for the comp that mugo pines are particularly slow. I do really like them though and I'm thinking a few years int he ground would do them some good.

[literati79]

I've to keep this one in the competition.
Showing the sacrifice branch.
After a clean up.


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