Any ideas please... Japanese maple
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TommyHallahan
Yamadori
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Any ideas... for design?
bonsaichile
Omono
Let it grow
TommyHallahan
Yamadori
Oh yea? So I dug this up from a garden at work where it sprouted from a seed. I "potted" it up this spring, the roots looked great and it leafed out nicely. I forgot it out in a storm that ended up a tornado ripped some trees down and a limb fell on it (the scars). So you would leave it alone? No pruning or anything just let it grow, for how long? And I don't want it to be this tall but I don't know really how/when to do a chop, and really don't want to kill it.
If anyone can tell me how they might go about developing this from just potted
If anyone can tell me how they might go about developing this from just potted
TommyHallahan
Yamadori
Yes design, or just maybe what steps I need to take to get there
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Let it grow.
Keep the squirrels away from it.
Encourage it to not smoke.
Keep the squirrels away from it.
Encourage it to not smoke.
bonsaichile
Omono
Let it grow until you get the trunk thickness you want
TommyHallahan
Yamadori
What would need to do if I were happy with the thickness now but just wanted to make the tree a lot shorter. Like like that first tiny little Branch going off the back with 2 sets of leaves being the height of the Apex. Same thing? Or do I have to chop it an inch or two above and just hope 4 more branches to grow lower, if it even survive...
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Change your current mind to the position of your future mind.
Don't be happy with the trunk size!
Sorce
Dude, you said you recently collected it. It’s shocked. Then you said it went through a storm which did some minor damage. More shock.
And now you want to add more stress to it by chopping it?
Leave it alone!
Get another tree so you won’t fiddle with this one so much!
And now you want to add more stress to it by chopping it?
Leave it alone!
Get another tree so you won’t fiddle with this one so much!
Clicio
Masterpiece
Sincerely.
It needs a rest. Two, three years.
If it's healthy by then, chop it down.
It needs a rest. Two, three years.
If it's healthy by then, chop it down.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Do you know how trees grow?
Do you know how trees respond to pruning?
If not, time to do some research. Having an understanding of these basic principles are critical in this hobby.
TommyHallahan
Yamadori
Nice...
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Here are some articles to get you headed in the right direction. These will not necessarily tell you what to do with your tree, but how to proceed, and how the tree will respond.
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/nurserys.htm
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/pruning.htm
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/pruning2.htm
http://www.evergreengardenworks.com/trunks.htm
https://nebaribonsai.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/building-ramification/
TommyHallahan
Yamadori
Great! This is exactly what I need I am not the greatest when it comes to searching for things on the internet so if you, or anybody else for that matter, can recommend either links or literature that I should use as reference would be greatly appreciated
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Great. It’s polite to say thank you. These articles will give you plenty to get started. Go read them, understand the information, then come back and share your plan for this tree.
TommyHallahan
Yamadori
Plan for now is just going to be to let it grow/gain vigor, if next spring it looks like it has survived I'll see what I have to work with and go from there...
Cable
Omono
Cool, thank you for posting those. I’m going to read them all, too!
Grego83
Yamadori
Thank you for posting these links! Really helpful, lots of information.
