Boxwood

[RNbonsai]

hopefully this is the right spot.

I got this one last spring and pruned it, left it mostly as it was- used a little wire but not much.

This is the second time I have worked on it.

Before and after

 

[Vin]

I would get rid of the left trunk all together, it has no movement. Also, when you wire the branches you want to have movement in them not just a straight branch coming off the trunk (in red). Nice little beginning though.

 

[RNbonsai]

Might be a little better if a pic, but yes the left has almost no movement- my big hesitation has been that the main one has pretty much nothing on that side

 

[sorce]

You may as well torque the shit out of that left trunk see if you can match the bend. If it breaks...

The dead roots will slip out easier next spring!

I wonder if you can't put a block at the top...grey.
Ans crank em in...yellow.
But protect the bark well.
I think That little bit of lower on the left side will make it look better too.

Are the bottom branches temporary?

I'm starting to think you should nemd it safe and keep it.

Sorce

Nemd means Bend in Grey.

 

[RNbonsai]

That red one was wired the first time, I unwired and it went back up alittle so I put it back down.
I think I need a different size wire cause that one will hold it there but I can't bend movement into it

 

[sorce]

And since @Vin is here...

I'm dropping this here for you RN...

@Mellow Mullet almost got it...

Sorce

 

[RNbonsai]

I like the torque idea, I'll do that before removing it to see. I don't know about the lower branches. They were there so I wired em to see how it looked and just left em till I got some advice

 

[sorce]

That red one was wired the first time, I unwired and it went back up alittle so I put it back down.
I think I need a different size wire cause that one will hold it there but I can't bend movement into it

I would just throw a guy wire in that one.

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Ditch em after a few years.

Sorce

 

[Mellow Mullet]

And since @Vin is here...

I'm dropping this here for you RN...

@Mellow Mullet almost got it...

Sorce

Don't know what you mean? What did I get? Did I almost win a prize?

The video is alright, but the weeds we have here like to grown in moss and really like sphagnum.

John

 

[Vin]

... the weeds we have here like to grown in moss and really like sphagnum.

John

So true! I'm always plucking them out with tweezers.

 

[RNbonsai]

Ok I tried to add movement

 

[Vin]

Ok I tried to add movement

Good work! Keep an eye on it. Boxwood are known as slow growers but that wire will bite into the bark much faster than you would think.

 

[RNbonsai]

Will do, looks like hell with all the wires- I hotta practice on that

 

[Geo]

Seen worse on here.Would some kindish soul put up that Colin Wilson link on Crafty(one of the few free classes there)? Unless you already have it.....watch it again.

 

[Vin]

Seen worse on here.Would some kindish soul put up that Colin Wilson link on Crafty(one of the few free classes there)? Unless you already have it.....watch it again.

I think you mean Colin Lewis Good stuff!

 

[music~maker]

Good work! Keep an eye on it. Boxwood are known as slow growers but that wire will bite into the bark much faster than you would think.

Yeah, slow growers with very thin, easily damageable bark. I try to use guy wires on them wherever possible for that reason.

 

[Labreapits]

http://www.craftsy.com/class/bonsai-wiring-essentials/4616

 

[RNbonsai]

I'll watch it, thanks

 

[RNbonsai]

This is how it sits, is that color normal? It seems to have come with the colder weather, just wasn't sure if it meant anything