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OK, you are all allowed to make fun out of me. I deserve it.
But the question is serious.
To put it into the right context:
This below was my last Serissa.
It died out of the blue, like all Serissas do: same position, same watering, same soil, the only new factor was... Summer.
So I took care not to leave it in full sun in the afternoon shading it after 1 o'clock PM.
But it died, of course.
Today, after watering the bench it was stuck under (a corpse after all) I noticed some green.
SUCKERS!
Bad news is suckers, good news is some roots are still alive.
Question: Should I let this large leaved suckers grow to start all over again, or should I pull them off in the faint hope that the tree sprouts something from its branches?
As a side note, haven't I told you I HATE SERISSAS!? I still do.

IG the trunk is alive, it will sprout. If not, pulling the suckers will probably kill the roots.

Leave it alone. No awards given for impatience

Well, it's not a matter of being impatient.
Over and over again people cry out "suckers" or "weeds" as if the bonsai will die any moment. I myself don't like suckers stealing the energy of the branches, but in this case as the branches appear to have died, I agree with you, Leatherback. Let them be for a while and let's see what the future brings.
Thanks LB.

what you have to loose?

Have the branches started to dry out and shrivel up? Some species will do this, or deform when bent slightly or be too brittle and just snap. I would try to trace how far back the branches have died and use this to decide the best course of action. I know that you know what a healthy branches feels like when bent.

If you were to keep the suckers and the mother dies you could keep her and grow out a forest using John Naka's epic (and famous) Goshin as inspiration (assuming Serissa take well to deadwood techniques).
www.bonsaiempire.com/blog/goshin

you know the size of goshin right?

leatherback wrote: you know the size of goshin right?

I said inspiration, not twin! *grin*

Bunsen33 wrote:

leatherback wrote: you know the size of goshin right?

I said inspiration, not twin! *grin*

Sorry, but I still do not how a forest planting of VERY large conifers can serve as inspiration for a root-connected broadleave bonsai.

leatherback wrote: Sorry, but I still do not how a forest planting of VERY large conifers can serve as inspiration for a root-connected broadleave bonsai.

I'm ok with that.

Bunsen33 wrote:

leatherback wrote: you know the size of goshin right?

I said inspiration, not twin! *grin*

Serissa is no candidate for this style.