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no I didn't take it the wrong way at all I didn't mean to come off sounding that way I guess I just get excited because I only paid 20 for them and there are a lot bigger than I'm used to which I kind of like, not taken away from the smaller ones but the bigger ones have more age and just a lot more fun for me and I only did a little bit of Deadwood work didn't touch the branches at all and I put the pot up to it just to see what it would look like so I guess I'm going to learn a lot from these and like I said there is 5 more so I think I'm going back for the others! Thanks
 
Can you plant them in flat tray, mist them daily , put in the shade for couple of month and dont do anything to them, for at least a year...Junipers depend on their foliage.
Nine find!
 
Not sure what you mean, when I bought these they were all ready out of ground and have been for as long as they were at nursery. So I didn't dig them up. They were in burlap. Sitting on the ground. So there is no really recovery to worry about ,as far as I know. But I'm into the beginning of fall now so they will go dormant. Come spring , work to be done.
 
Good find, will be fun to work on. I'd start by removing the lowest left branch that crosses behind the right one and goes to the right. Leave a Jin that points left.
 
Not sure what one your talking about?
Yeah it should be fun.
 
Not sure what you mean, when I bought these they were all ready out of ground and have been for as long as they were at nursery. So I didn't dig them up. They were in burlap. Sitting on the ground. So there is no really recovery to worry about ,as far as I know. But I'm into the beginning of fall now so they will go dormant. Come spring , work to be done.

For this tree to be in this bag it means it was dug out from the ground recently...Am I correct? So I would treat it as a newly collected tree.
 
For this tree to be in this bag it means it was dug out from the ground recently...Am I correct? So I would treat it as a newly collected tree.

No these have been in burlap for a year.Not dug recently.
 
This is where I'd start.

I agree with Brian, if that's gonna be the front of the tree that would be what I would do and do it first so the tree can focus it's energy elsewhere.i would leave the Jin longer and bring it back till it looks how I like it.
 
What kind of nursery has to stuff like this for $20?! And why the hell cant I find material even close to that at my nurseries?! :(
 
wow $20 for those!!!! All I every find is ones that look like a stick or a puff ball here. What I have seen used with new bonsai here in my area is to get the black concrete mixing tubs from a hardware store, drill some holes in the bottom for drainage and some smaller ones to tie the tree into the pot. Seems to work great in this area. You have two great looking tree that I am very jealous of.
 
bought another 20 bucks :)

I like this one a lot, cool movement.
 

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All three to show size difference.
 

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crude virt.

Was thinking in this direction. Just a basic design idea. Any thoughts?
 

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It is really hard to see the 3D of the tree in pictures, but you might be missing a great opportunity for a cool bunjin or literati.

Think about changing the planting angle.

Just food for thought.

Troy
 
Was thinking in this direction. Just a basic design idea. Any thoughts?

I think this is tremendously, stupendously boring.

I suggest you study stuff like Andy Rutledges 'Artistic Foundations of Bonsai', peruse Google images, and look at some of the creative juniper bonsai by Kimura, Walter Pall, and Pavel Slovak, for example.
 
Show me something tremendously, stupendously exciting. collected to current. All in good fun! From you please!
 
Was thinking in this direction. Just a basic design idea. Any thoughts?

While I wouldn't call this tremendously, stupendously boring, I think you've got the cart in front of the horse here. This stock is almost definitely rooted in heavy clay which will take at least several years to be dealt with. I wouldn't be too concerned about significant styling until the tree is growing well in good soil. Honestly, there's no rush here and you can study the tree for the best trunk line while you transition it to better soil. Who knows, it might actually have a descent nebari under the clay (unlikely but possible) that may dictate the direction the styling should be taken in, and you won't know this until you can see it.
 
I think this is tremendously, stupendously boring.

I tend to agree. This is designing to make a tree look like a bonsai rather than a tree. Get, or look at the Stone Lantern book on pines.
 
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