First JBP

[Micci]

hey guys today i found my first jbp. Should i give his trunk some nice twists now during these months? Im in los angeles ca

 

[Victorim]

yes twist away, before spring.

 

[Nybonsai12]

If this were mine I would repot into a colander with well draining mix in late winter/early spring before growth gets moving. At that time I would wire the trunk for shape and then fertilize heavy the remainder of the year.

 

[sorce]

nice

Define nice!

Hell...define twists!

Sounds contradictory.

As my definition of twists, on this tree with branches that start so high, will never be nice.

Movement, gentle movement can be nice.

But "twists", twists sound an ugly mass of bunched up trunk.

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Sorce

 

[Anthony]

Please get at least 9 more and join the 6 year project.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Micci]

Thanks Im goin to wire it and give it some movement sorry NOT twisting!! I better choose my words more carefully next time

 

[Thomas J.]

Put some movement for sure. In a few years you can have something like this to work with.

 

[Micci]

Awesome work! I uave to get one of those collanders so i can work on root growth

 

[Potawatomi13]

Trunk movement in 3 dimensions desireable. No boring S curves or repeated bends. Need large growing box, pot or ground to grow trunk size. Collanders plastic garbage!

 

[Micci]

So today i went ahead and cleaned up the jbp and gave some movement to it, nice and compact!