First JBP starting with a stick in a pot.

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Re: First JBP starting with a stick in a pot.

Post by Boics »

No cut.
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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Re: First JBP starting with a stick in a pot.

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How's this then?
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I would twist and compress more if more of it was mine. Either add a second wire or go with a thicker size wire.
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Re: First JBP starting with a stick in a pot.

Post by Scott Roxburgh »

Yep I think if you want a larger tree, that bend is probably sufficient. Maybe add a little 3D bending too so you don't end with a 1 dimensional tree.

Elias, I think compression would lead more to a shohin
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Re: First JBP starting with a stick in a pot.

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Cheers Scott, will do.
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