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Thankyou Ken A PK pot...
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It is coming together nicely Ant. Branching needs some maturity now and that is just time
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bodhidharma wrote:It is coming together nicely Ant. Branching needs some maturity now and that is just time
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Nice tree Tony
'inside curve' branch looks ok. It's only a general guidelline about not coming from the inside of a curve. As you've said, it suits your styling and doesn't look bad except on the 'tick sheets' ...
'inside curve' branch looks ok. It's only a general guidelline about not coming from the inside of a curve. As you've said, it suits your styling and doesn't look bad except on the 'tick sheets' ...
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Roger wrote:Nice tree Tony
'inside curve' branch looks ok. It's only a general guidelline about not coming from the inside of a curve. As you've said, it suits your styling and doesn't look bad except on the 'tick sheets' ...
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I'm wondering if you are planning on developing the strong 'triangular crown' that is evident now? Makes it look like a pine rather than a she-oak.
I'm wondering if you are planning on developing the strong 'triangular crown' that is evident now? Makes it look like a pine rather than a she-oak.
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Nice pot choice Ant
Lovely Cracked Pot for a nice cracked bark
Should look real nice together.
Ken
Lovely Cracked Pot for a nice cracked bark
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Roger thanks for your interest! No i wouldnt intentionally put a triangular apex on a pine, let alone a cassa. It is yet to be wired down and rounded as it grows. The important thing here was that the tree needed a good clean out for horticultual purpose as well as aesthetics. It moves better now IMO and is light and airy so as to allow back budding closer in to the trunk. It certainly shows off the delicacy and daintiness of this variety and reflects a time of severe drought where many trees opened up.Roger wrote:Tony
I'm wondering if you are planning on developing the strong 'triangular crown' that is evident now? Makes it look like a pine rather than a she-oak.
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kcpoole wrote:Nice pot choice Ant
Lovely Cracked Pot for a nice cracked bark
Should look real nice together.
Ken
Thanks Ken im looking forward to it !
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Re: Rose or Weeping Sheoak
It certainly shows off the delicacy and daintiness of this variety and reflects a time of severe drought where many trees opened up.
I like the story. Looking forward to seeing it develop.
I thought you might like to see on rose-she-oak I've got. It's one of the trees I've had the longest - comes from my time in Perth over 30 years ago and it was a nursery throw out in a tube. It's just in the growing out stage following a heavy prune earlier in the season.
I like the story. Looking forward to seeing it develop.
I thought you might like to see on rose-she-oak I've got. It's one of the trees I've had the longest - comes from my time in Perth over 30 years ago and it was a nursery throw out in a tube. It's just in the growing out stage following a heavy prune earlier in the season.
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Nice material Roger great canidate for a shohin in that 1st left branch !!!
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Next stage done Still some gliches to iron out in future but after almost 7 yrs this tree almost deserves to be called Bonsai.
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Re: Rose or Weeping Sheoak
Hey Antonio,
This is really coming along beautifully, I have to agree it is ready to be called a young bonsai. Seeing the progression from 2008 to now shows just how quickly some of our natives can be grown to this standard. You mentioned doing your usual make or break root prune at the start, have you done any other root augmentation besides selective pruning when repotting?
A couple of things keep drawing my eye away from the composition as a whole, the transition thru chop to apex and the first 3 branches as a whole. The first will resolve itself as it matures, those 3 branches tho. It's not about rules because I don't think the tree works without one or other. Maybe something like this? Matt
Edit:- The hard bends are bad photoshop skills not how I would see the reposition achieved.
This is really coming along beautifully, I have to agree it is ready to be called a young bonsai. Seeing the progression from 2008 to now shows just how quickly some of our natives can be grown to this standard. You mentioned doing your usual make or break root prune at the start, have you done any other root augmentation besides selective pruning when repotting?
A couple of things keep drawing my eye away from the composition as a whole, the transition thru chop to apex and the first 3 branches as a whole. The first will resolve itself as it matures, those 3 branches tho. It's not about rules because I don't think the tree works without one or other. Maybe something like this? Matt
Edit:- The hard bends are bad photoshop skills not how I would see the reposition achieved.
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