Bonsai Forest’s Vance Wood Memorial Mugo Pine 4 year Contest Submission

[Bonsai Forest]

Home Depot $15



Summer 2024 will repot into a pond basket and see how this stellar base thickens

 

[cishepard]

Looks like it might make a nice exposed root (neagari) style : )

 

[19Mateo83]

Heck yea! Welcome aboard the cool kids train . Sweeeet mugo!

 

[Bonsai Forest]

Important question:

Since I’m in zone 7b, and Vance Wood’s Mugo Guideline/timetable is Michigan’s zone/climate, should I begin work earlier than recommended?

VW recommended pruning back this year’s growth (extended candles) in July. Remove single terminal buds in mid-August. Remove and needles mid-August also.

My candles/growth thus far:


I’ve never touched or work on pine before Help

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I interpreted the rules of the contest to follow his directions as written…and as he often proclaimed I should do even here, so that’s what I plan to do.

 

[Bonsai Forest]

I interpreted the rules of the contest to follow his directions as written…and as he often proclaimed I should do even here, so that’s what I plan to do.

Understood

 

[Dabbler]

Nice find and good luck!