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cheers andy


and here is the pic with a lighter next to it for comparison. its a mini, all i had at the time.
jamie

Nicely grown pine Jamie you must be very happy with that one.
May there be many more Craig

very happy with it craig

and yes there will be some more pine work and trees coming this year i intend to get them down pat and a very high standard

Iv been meaning to post on this jamie... but...when i get jealous, , i get motivated (work and research)
anyway...
Amazing stock mate! In the hands of a young but wise, bonsai artist! im very interested in where you take it!
thanks mate
luke

cheers champ overall it is a 3-5 year plan, size wise i am pretty happy. so probably the end of the year it will get some work most likely im pretty much looking for ideas and thoughts on where to go with it for now

Hey there Jamie, Score one for the shohin cartel

I'm glad that you like it, it's looking fine after 6 days in the post! Give it a few weeks to settle in, a bit of seasol when it's growing again. I have had a bit of time to look at this tree before I sent it north, if you rotate the tree to the left about 40 degrees from where it is shown in the last pic, you will find that you can make a left primary branch from the second branch, get rid of oversize branch on the rear of the tree (currently shown on the left) and use long the leader to create upper branches and an apex, you should have a nice tree in a few seasons. If you are going to repot in spring, reduce the roots by about half of what you need to to get it in it's final pot in 3yrs time. Till then, a collander with 50% diatomite and 50% bonsai mix (sieved of course) will give you plenty of fine root growth, thus plenty of strong shoots to build your tree. Plenty of H2O and feed.



Cheers and have fun
Mojo Moyogi

cheers mojo

i will get it in a collander asap after it has settled, and yes it was in fine form when i got it great packaging to, best i have received so far!

would you be able to fill us in with the age of the tree? and wether i should get some needles out of it to allow light in?

cheers pal

jamie

Very nice little tree indeed Jamie! I think moj knows this tree better than any of us and there for worth listening to.

to right there mate keen to see what mojo says