Choose your own Adeventure!

barrosinc said:
I like this thread!
If I would gave seen this thread before I wouldn't have chopped a juniper I had and set it to grow instead of getting the best out of it now with what I had.

I am curious if you have done a large juniper with natural deadwood and split the live vein of the dead wood and twisted the live part (I'm talking large and straight as in largest part by far of the tree) and made a jin out of the dead part?
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I have... but one needs to be careful if it is still attached further back. What I mean is if you split and separate the two, but do not separate them completely apart, where they re-attach is going to be the weakest point... due to not being able to sufficiently get raffia and wire down into the crotch of where they join. So, you would want to strongly secure and wrap the area before and over the crotch, to make sure the separation does not continue further, or the live vein breaks at this point. Also, make the bend from this section very gradual, then one can make stronger bends further out.

Of course with any manipulation of a living plant, one risks the chance of something going wrong and the live section dying... so take into consideration the value of the piece of material you have and weigh it against other alternatives.
 
Sawgrass,
Thanks for sharing all this with us. I have enjoyed it a LOT.
Know it was not your intention but it came off a bit like being
a "silent observer" floating from station to station during a demo/tree styling.
Thanks again; always enjoy your stylings.
Good growing
 
sawgrass said:
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Starting to make some head way with this week's project! What a beast to try and sort out... Got quite a bit of work still yet to do, but one can begin to see where it is headed.
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It looks like you've made quite a bit progress but I'd like to know how the heck you're going to get it potted at that angle? What's the plan?
 
Vin said:
It looks like you've made quite a bit progress but I'd like to know how the heck you're going to get it potted at that angle? What's the plan?
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It should not be to hard to pot it. Might have to step it into a pot, by first building a grow pot to accommodate the new angle. And one can always go with a crescent type pot.
 
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sawgrass said:
It should not be to hard to pot it. Might have to step it into a pot, by first building a grow pot to accommodate the new angle. And one can always go with a crescent type pot.
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When you do it, I and probably others would like to see a few photos of the process. It would seem you not only need to bring the roots downwards but also to the right as you look at the image you provided. It should be interesting to see.
 
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Thought I would share an inspirational tree for me and my tree... This is Marc Noelander's amazing pine!

Now, I am not trying to obviously copy his tree, with mine... But, I do love the idea of pushing the planting and potting angle! Since a portion of the discussion has now moved to discussing how one could plant a tree at different angles, I thought this image might show some of the possibilities of what one can do.
 
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I haven't put in my 2c so far. Haven't quite dared. But I got goosebumps, having just seen this Noelander pine. Aside from the stunning artistry of the whole _the fabulous pot reminded me that I wanted to mention a rock planting: not root over but root in, for your demonstration tree. Love your work and am grateful for your attitude on this forum. Thanks again.
George.
 
Geo said:
I haven't put in my 2c so far. Haven't quite dared. But I got goosebumps, having just seen this Noelander pine. Aside from the stunning artistry of the whole _the fabulous pot reminded me that I wanted to mention a rock planting: not root over but root in, for your demonstration tree. Love your work and am grateful for your attitude on this forum. Thanks again.
George.
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Thanks George, I appreciate it!
 
sawgrass said:
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Thought I would share an inspirational tree for me and my tree... This is Marc Noelander's amazing pine!

Now, I am not trying to obviously copy his tree, with mine... But, I do love the idea of pushing the planting and potting angle! Since a portion of the discussion has now moved to discussing how one could plant a tree at different angles, I thought this image might show some of the possibilities of what one can do.
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Know this is going to sound so "unread" but I had never seen this tree.
Awsome.
Thanks for sharing it to make your point.
Can't beat a beautiful tree to start the day.
 
sawgrass said:
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Thought I would share an inspirational tree for me and my tree... This is Marc Noelander's amazing pine!

Now, I am not trying to obviously copy his tree, with mine... But, I do love the idea of pushing the planting and potting angle! Since a portion of the discussion has now moved to discussing how one could plant a tree at different angles, I thought this image might show some of the possibilities of what one can do.
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I would like an try and copy this bonsai! it's so epic that words fail me.
 
Next project for this week is a Juniper Parsoni as well... This tree has a nice trunk and some very nice movement, so not much here in the way of heavy bending regarding the trunk. There might need to be some work done on a few of the larger branches.

First order of biz is to remove the very heavy branch on the right side... Pictures are a little deceiving, this branch is just shy of 2 inches thick. If one can bomb out of any heavier branches, and still be able to complete the design and style of the tree, I would definitely advise it. One will never be able to place or design the branch where you want it, at least not without some serious effort, and with this tree the heavy branch on the right is not needed to complete the design. So, it is removed and jinned.

The heavy branch on the left side, which is pretty much the same size works for the design... it carries the continuation of the trunk nicely, and in essence defines the tree and tells the tree's story. It is for the most part fine as it is, however at the extent of the branch, it then curves back and to the rear of the tree. At this point, the branch is over an inch thick and very far out, which makes changing the angle a bit tricky...

Easiest way to alleviate the problem would be to cut and remove the rest of the branch from this bend on, but there is some nice branching at this point, that can be used in the design... so for the moment, I have decided on removing as much of the branch that I can past the bend and will see if I can somehow work it into the design with the smaller branching. If not it will obviously have to be moved to accommodate the design.

For the moment, just going through and cleaning out the tree, and prepping, for beginning wiring.




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To continue off where I left post #71 and #83...

Here is the final first styling of this Juniper Parsoni. I have been done with it for a couple of weeks now... just getting around to taking pics and posting them up! I had a split that occurred on the right trunk as I was trying to bring the left one in tighter. The tree's trunk in this area had been allowed to grow moss over it, and I think that the damp conditions allowed for the rot to enter further into the actual trunk. Which obviously was not apparent until I tried to guy wire the left trunk to it and it split...

One thing I have learned along the way with junipers is that if something like this happens... do not try to bend it back together. The first bend, which in this case was caused by the trunk splitting often will be fine, if left as is... If one then tries to bend the split portion back together, the cambium layer will often separate from the hardwood and this portion will die. So, before removing the guy wire, I placed a small piece of wood into where the trunk had separated, to block the two apart to help maintain their new positions. Once this was done, I then repositioned the guy wire to a new location, and brought the left trunk in closer. In this case due to the size of the trunk, a turnbuckle was used.

One branch coming off of the split right trunk was wrapped with raffia, wired and bent back in towards the center on the tree, to form the continuation of the trunk and the upper part of the tree. Due to this quite literally being just a single branch, there will obviously be some growing in to do... but, for the most part I think the tree seems to be set on a path of becoming a very nice bonsai.

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