privit 3 - shohin clump

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privit 3 - shohin clump

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heres a shohin privit in a clump style.
i found this little tree on the side of a bank, i had no reason, want or need for the tree it was just a tuft of leaves so it wasnt even anything worth taking. but i took it any way because i cound just pull it out of the ground, so i did :D
anyway that was about 8 months ago and it has powered on so i pulled it out of the pot today to find that the enire pot to be filled to the brim with fine fiborous roots. which was great so i removed about 70% of the roots (since there were so many i think this will be fine, and its a privit ;) ) then potted it up into a little pot. next i cut it right back and removed about 70% of the foliage aswell. then wired the trunks and a few branches into position. its only a basic wiring and needs to a little more work to get everything were i want it but other then that all i need to do is get it to fill out and refine it for the next few years. but right now its just at the very start of development.
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its a little bare looking in places at the moment but it will fill out in no time
let me know what you think and any thoughts

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Hugh
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Re: privit 3 - shohin clump

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hi mate :D

will make a nice little clump/group. does it have a base or is it a few that are just close together?

anyway, what I would do is wire it out, spread the trunks out wards some, then cut back hard and build ramification with clip and grow :D
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Re: privit 3 - shohin clump

Post by hugh grant »

Thanks Jamie
yeah it is conected to one base but I covered ut over as it has lots of small roots that I want to grow around it to form the nebari, so I've covered it over for now to get them to grow.
You might have an idea there, It may be best for to cut it back a bit more like you say and give a bit more wiring.
Ah well I'll see how I go I suppose.

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