Hinoki Cypress

[MoGanic]

Just removed some wire and the branches seemed to stay put! Update pic too, not much has happened... I'm wondering why this tree hasn't grown as much as any of the others I have? Perhaps a slow growing species?

[The Specimen]

patience..........patience...........patience........... wth

Dont hold your breath for this one as they are snail pace at best

thats why im picking up a matured one that has done the kays so I can just kick back n enjoy

Will post pic happy dayzes!

[MoGanic]

Haha thanks for the heads up, time to back bench this and just let it on for a few years.

[bki]

nice tree. i am a newbie and these are one of my fav. i am developing this for 2 years now. i bought this as a 2 and a half feet tall nursery stock in monbulk and now it is about 16 inches tall.

[MoGanic]

Looks pretty good mate, how long has it been in Bonsai school?

[bki]

almost 2 years now. beware not to repot and hard prune at the same time.
epsom salt and nitrosol gives a blue green foliage in summer.

[MoGanic]

almost 2 years now. beware not to repot and hard prune at the same time.
epsom salt and nitrosol gives a blue green foliage in summer.

Funnily enough, my first mistake was repotting and hard pruning at the same time... then wiring ten minutes later...

Still! I managed to keep it alive and the tree seems to be doing all right now

[MoGanic]

Here are some pics before, after removal of dodgy wire job and after pinching. Will re do wire tomorrow.





Ok so tapatalk wants me to pay to upload the third pic and the ausbonsai hosted one doesnt seem to work...

Either way its going to be a long, long road for this currently ugly tree.

-Mo

[lackhand]

Here are some pics before, after removal of dodgy wire job and after pinching. Will re do wire tomorrow.

Ok so tapatalk wants me to pay to upload the third pic and the ausbonsai hosted one doesnt seem to work...

Either way its going to be a long, long road for this currently ugly tree.

-Mo

We've all done some dodgy wiring jobs in our lives. I just try to keep the next one better than the last!

I've never worked with a Hinoki before, but I did see this the other day, so I thought I would share.



And last but not least, that's a nice little tree. Young, but not ugly.

[MoGanic]

Cheers mate!

I saw that one not long ago too, excellent info!

[MoGanic]

Wired! Took 3 hours but most of that was sitting and staring at the bottom right of the tree thinking bloody hell! So ill have to sort that out at some point..

[MoGanic]

Lightened and repositioned the bottom right branch.