A big pine

Fall finally arrived here this week with lots of rain to break our drought and finally some seasonally cold temps and even some snow. Anyway, time to move things to their overwintering spot. I wanted to take pictures of some of the trees as they got moved into the cold room, but this one almost killed me since the soil was so wet (looking forward to downsizing the pot here!) In this picture, I'm splitting the difference between the two fronts on the left... bound to change my mind again 🤷‍♂️.
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Anyway, I moved it to the bench, then studied the picture. With the foliage wired down, I thought that straight section of trunk in the apex needed something... so it got it via some left over 16 gauge wire and a DeWalt trigger clamp. We'll see how this ages in 6-8 months.
(PS- there was no way I was going to put this one back on the pedestal for the beauty pick)
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I would really love to know how you got from the first pic to the second pic. An hour or more with a root hook or a saw? I'm only about 4 years into my bonsai journey and I'm having trouble with this part
 
I would really love to know how you got from the first pic to the second pic. An hour or more with a root hook or a saw? I'm only about 4 years into my bonsai journey and I'm having trouble with this part
Maybe a bit less than 90 minutes, using only a chopstick and tweezers to remove soil. It’s not difficult but I take my time to try and preserve some of the superficial finer roots
 
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Maybe a bit less than 90 minutes, using only a chopstick and tweezers to remove soil. It’s not difficult but I take my time to try and preserve some of the superficial finer roots
Thanks, that does help a lot
 
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