Re: New Bonsai. Where to begin?
Posted: October 17th, 2017, 12:44 pm
Hello friends,
Hope everyone kept well through the winter! The ficus I bought survived the winter and there has been new growth and it's quite impressive! I was wondering whether you think it's warm enough now to go and cut the tree. I've attached some photos about where people think I should cut....if I do cut it at the stump where would new shoots come from, (I have become well versed also in the wiki page about how to cut the bonsai trunks)
Trunk chopping:
viewtopic.php?t=8312
Do you think I should do a straight across cut (line 2, 3 or 4 in picutre) and wait for buds to grow and then a leading branch? Or try and angle the cut so that it leads into one of the branches (line 3)?
The previous photos show a side on picture - not sure whether to cut above or below the bend! I want more growth than just two rabbit ears!
What is everyone's thoughts?
Greatly appreciative!
Cheers
Ron
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Hope everyone kept well through the winter! The ficus I bought survived the winter and there has been new growth and it's quite impressive! I was wondering whether you think it's warm enough now to go and cut the tree. I've attached some photos about where people think I should cut....if I do cut it at the stump where would new shoots come from, (I have become well versed also in the wiki page about how to cut the bonsai trunks)
Trunk chopping:
viewtopic.php?t=8312
Do you think I should do a straight across cut (line 2, 3 or 4 in picutre) and wait for buds to grow and then a leading branch? Or try and angle the cut so that it leads into one of the branches (line 3)?
The previous photos show a side on picture - not sure whether to cut above or below the bend! I want more growth than just two rabbit ears!
What is everyone's thoughts?
Greatly appreciative!
Cheers
Ron
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk