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Posted 11 years 2 months ago #9884
So ive been practicing bonsai for about a year now so im starting to get tge jist of it but sometimes i get frustrated on which style i should choose for certain trees.. I just bought this juniper the other day.. All I've done is cut off a really thick branch. (It was way too thick taking away from the trunk) and clear out all the dead/weak stuff. I'm thinking literati or cascade but I'd much rather go with a literati style. I like the trunk, I think its pretty thick. But it also has a second trunk sticking up at an angle from the main trunk. Thought abou making it a jin. But ANY help would be really appreciative! On styling or anything else you may want to add! Thanks! :)
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Posted 11 years 2 months ago #9885
Well, yes you could do any of those styles, but it helps if you post a picture so we can see what you are talking about. You sound as if you have done some of the initial work needed, but now is the time to step back and think about it. Don't rush in and cut branches off before you have had a good kook. You can cut them off but you can't stick them back on.
There is a slight difference between Literati and cascade.
It would be helpful to know what country you are in too.
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Posted 11 years 2 months ago #9886
pictures would be better
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Posted 11 years 2 months ago #9893
Dry, I actually attached a photo.. (It would be kinda pointless without one) but I guess it didn't upload. Here it is.. And I am the untied states.. I could bend the branch down to cascade it or I could wire it up and go for a literti style but I have no idea what style I'm going to go with, yet. But I click on add attachment and then I pull up my pics and it goes in the text bar but when I cick submit the picture doesn't go up.
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Posted 11 years 2 months ago #9894
I have a pic up now, thanks.:)
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Posted 11 years 2 months ago #9905
in my opinion I would work on pruning to try and get some backbudding. as the tree is now it is much too lanky with all of the foliage too far from the trunk and secondary branches to get something good right away. your tree will take years to develop,but with practice and patience you can get the tree you want.
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