Cascade? Not so much?

[Ruddigger]

Big improvement!

 

[just.wing.it]

I like it more now.... cool tree!

 

[Colorado]

The shari looks great and the trunk line is amazing!

 

[Hartinez]

Big improvement!

I like it more now.... cool tree!

The shari looks great and the trunk line is amazing!

Thanks guys! I think it’s got a nice future!

 

[Hartinez]

July 6th.

 

[Hartinez]

Just messing around tonight after the kids went to bed.maybe by next year it’ll look closer to this. Jining that bottom left branch will really sell the image i think.

 

[Ruddigger]

Yup, thats the one. And with that branch gone the one above can move down and in a tiny bit.

 

[Hartinez]

Yup, thats the one. And with that branch gone the one above can move down and in a tiny bit.

Good call on the branch above that one. As the foliage fills out I can also separate the foliage on the bottom right into more pads as well. It’ll be nice to get this tree in a pot next spring.

 

[Japonicus]

How many branches are making up the top right, heavy pad?

 

[Hartinez]

How many branches are making up the top right, heavy pad?

Can’t recall, but I’ll go look in a bit. That one along with most others back budded like crazy, so it’s def much fuller than when I cut it back.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Wow, nice improvement. I love it. Good work.

 

[Hartinez]

Wow, nice improvement. I love it. Good work.

Thanks Leo. I think within the next year or two it’ll really settle in. The foliage in particular

 

[SilverShoe99]

Just messing around tonight after the kids went to bed.maybe by next year it’ll look closer to this. Jining that bottom left branch will really sell the image i think.
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Hey @Hartinez, what app/program did you use for this virt?

 

[Hartinez]

Hey @Hartinez, what app/program did you use for this virt?

I use Procreate on my iPad.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

What about that planting angle?

 

[Hartinez]

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What about that planting angle?

I tried this angle but too much of that lower trunk line and dead wood went vertical before having movement. I wasn’t a big fan of that.

 

[Hartinez]

I think this pot will work well with this tree. For a few years at least. The big notches in the rim on the left side might be placed just right to allow the deadwood to extend out past the rim. We shall see next spring.

 

[Stella]

this tree has improved so much. gives me hope for my little juniper

 

[Hartinez]

Pads and foliage in general needs more refinement and backbudding, but im happy with the pot. The bottom left pad is the benchmark as that one had the best bavkbudding and shortest internodes. I was able to get it quite tight. The rest should follow suit with health and vigor.

 

[penumbra]

Interesting. This tree has had more incarnations than the Dali Lama.