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This tree is niwaki not bonsai. Multi-trunk especially for pine falls more in the advanced skill group. Try keeping it alive first, that's halfway to winning the battle. In Germany, the winters are too cold so I wouldn't do major autumn work.

10 years old you say........

I sure hope so but I keep tripping over this beard of mine and I see something large and white in the distance coming in my direction.......

I just arrived in the artic circle at the edge of the ocean...now I just need to wait for it to freeze over but running low on polar bear repellant

Winter is busy here.....repot time for pines and fruit trees, mind you the fruit trees are in cold greenhouses and the pines are thawed for two or three days before they can be repotted. Hahaha In Korea and Japan winter is a busy season.

I may have misunderstood the semantics of this threat........

Here's a native. Yamadori yes actual yamadori Hinoki from private land on Halla Mountain. Collected in March. Left to recover. First wiring here which is slapdash as I only had an hour.... The things I do for you people..... will be my tree unless someone buys it......

The Forum demands photos! And we shall have our photos. Go now, go take! Go!

This whole website is for that

I swear it was only pruned once ...lol

right

Right but the problem is that your winters are way too warm, they really need a low hibernation temp

Love it man, huge congratulations!

Inorganic I meant sorry typo. They will be fine. Their natural range (China, Korea, Japan) gets to those temps. As long as they have airflow they are fine

Here's a sapling I want to enter. I know its not much but its a start right? 🤣😋

Cool, pumice keeps good airflow in the roots and harmful gases get lost easily when watering. Pine in general do well in in organic soils

I dunno, I am sure I can find an excuse.....you see we have lots of diseases and bugs and a schnauzer with no respect for trees.

Pumice works well.

Step to making an older looking tree. Grow for a long time. If I every hit a tree or used the blade method I am pretty sure Master Kim would tell me never to come back.

one thing to remember is that we have a rainy season here too but these pines grow in really well draining soils, and in volcanic rock. So in the rainy season make sure that the pot drains really well. Pine rely on a symbiotic fungus and it dies when they get waterlogged. Dead fungus means dead...

Count me in but...... all native species here are the typical bonsai species hahahaha

The wire scaring methods produces trees with zero value in Asia. Its what they sell to gullible Westerners. As for 15 years.....I have to be very honest.... I say its about 3 or 4. These grow like weeds in Japan and Korea. My rea concern is overwintering If this tree is from Okinawa you may be...

She is a genius and very highly respected in Japan and these days making a name for herself in Korea too.

Most welcome. This is a good first attempt and wiring is never easy. My advice is to take advice from the old timer's here. The noobs are well noobs, and while they do occasionally make a valid point, why not learn from the best. This site has about 1o or so world class level individuals and...

Hey, still gonna try :P