Acer buergerianum

[Andew09]

This is my very first Trident...

I picked it up from Tien out at Bonsai Sensation Nursery and potted it just the other night. I know i probably should have waited a little longer to repot but i was just too excited to get it into something a little more aesthetically pleasing than the black pot. Mind you this was my first time ever repotting so as you could imagine i was even more excited to do so.

The tree needs a bit of work, but come spring when the buds are swelling i'll do some ramification and start the beginning of what hopefully is going to be a really nice tree. There is also going to be some great ops for grafting and i'll need to get the scars cleaned up. All in all i'm really excited to learn some more advanced techniques on this tree. Images below for your (hopefully) delight.

I also got my mitts on a Japanese Maple, which i'll post later on.

Andy

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[Andew09]

Any style advice or comments?

Andy

[kcpoole]

Nice trunk
Definitley a larger size tree there, and Nice taper from each section

I would be selecting the front view based on the nebari, and then picking the final branch placement from the many you have to pick from
Remove all the rest and Wire them to shape.
Clean up all the trunk chops well and apply putty to get the healing started

Ken

[anttal63]

V cut at the first 2 branches, sky is the limit from there and make hard wood cuttings out of the rest ! Do not waste time air layering any of this.

[Craig]

V cut at the first 2 branches, sky is the limit from there and make hard wood cuttings out of the rest ! Do not waste time air layering any of this.

Andy, i'd agree with Anttal, low cut

[Andew09]

Thinking a cut so low would waste some good opportunities up top??

I'm assuming you mean the very frst two branches close to the nebari????

Would that not be a waste of the trunk size and thickness?

A

[Andew09]

On the above anyone got any good precedents of what i'd be looking at?

[Craig]

the replies first

sky is the limit from there and make hard wood cuttings out of the rest

[anttal63]

On the above anyone got any good precedents of what i'd be looking at?

And what would that be ? the V cut or the hard wood cuttings

[Andew09]

Sorry,

V Cut. Best way to do such on this trunk and to what point

[Andew09]

I was thinking thread grafting otherwise hence why i ask...

I've had no experience with hard-wood cuttings and such a large step is quite nerving...

[anttal63]

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saw drill and dremel to achieve it. then some root grafting in order to eventually get rid of the thicker ugly roots. Do you belong to a club ? where are you situated in melbourne ? do you need help ?

[anttal63]

I was thinking thread grafting otherwise hence why i ask...

I've had no experience with hard-wood cuttings and such a large step is quite nerving...

if HWC are done well you will get 100% strike rate and end up with 1/2 dozen more trees to develope.
There is nothing nerving about chopping up a butt arse ugly trunk like this. sorry if that strikes a nerve. However this way you can grow 6 or 7 trees that will be far better than that will ever be.

[Andew09]

Ant,

I'm in St Kilda and have some help from a friend, a forum member, who has introduced me to the Bonsai Society of Victoria. I was going to take this tree to the next workshop day but wouldn't mind some more input from others. And yeah i'd love some help...

I'm relatively new to bonsai, in saying that i have a few but not until now, really trying to throw myself head strong into developing my skills.

I'd be keen to join a club but from what i gather, meetings are only every month or so, or am i way off the mark with this??

Butt ass ugly thought i had picked an ok trunk to work with

Andy

[Craig]

this might help you out a bit Andy, different months same seasons ,Hardwood cuttings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWM_VzWZ ... re=related