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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #45276
Hello everyone I'm new to bonsai trees so in need of some help please. I have just acquired a juniper nana starter tree, the trunk has been trained but foliage and branches need a lot of work! I've attached a photo below. Any help would be much appreciated thanks!
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #45278
Nice little tree, but it lacks girth (it's young I guess) and the first branch is at the moment to high, showing a long bare trunk that needs thickening and flare.
Have fun with it and keep it outdoors.
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #45280
Hi many thanks for you reply. Do you think it needs a good cut?? The bottom branches are quite long when held up so i could wire them?? I've read that I shouldn't repot until summer so will just leave it in its pot for now is that right?? Also when I do come to repot the roots will be very deep and I am concerned that I might take too many off in order to fit it in a bonsai pot. Any advice or ideas would be great thanks again.
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #45281
Also how could I thicken up trunk? Taking the height down a little??
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #45282

Cheese wrote: Do you think it needs a good cut??.

Yes

Cheese wrote: The bottom branches are quite long when held up so i could wire them??.

Yes

Cheese wrote: I've read that I shouldn't repot until summer .

Nope, repot in the beginning of the Spring

Cheese wrote: Also when I do come to repot the roots will be very deep and I am concerned that I might take too many off in order to fit it in a bonsai pot.

Why in the earth do you want to put it into a bonsai pot?
Please wait at least some years. Use some training pots instead, or colanders.
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Posted 6 years 2 months ago #45290
I wanted to put it into a bonsai pot as I like the way they compliment the tree.
Thanks for your comments and advice.
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