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I think it would look better without the jin
Itoigawa juniper Stock
- Thread starter Brian Van Fleet
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Maybe. But it’s staying for now for several reasons:
1. I like the reminder of the original stock I received from Brent.
2. It can only be removed once.
3. The tree could be a little too “vanilla” without a characteristic that is a little different, memorable, or even controversial.
4. The Jin extends from the soil all the way to the top on the back side, so it would be difficult to find an appropriate point to break it off. Traditionally, Jin that extends outside the profile of the foliage and sets a limit beyond which the foliage should not extend. Here is a shot of the back of the tree:
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Not sure...guess that’s why it’s still in this one. Maybe an antique Chinese bag-shaped oval if I can find the right dimensions and color.
LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
Oh no, don't remove that deadwood!
That's the 151-soaked "cherry on top"!! 
Maybe your "10,000 title" should have been ten-jin van fleet? Sensing a theme with the smaller, developing Juniper barely visible in the previous photo. When done correctly and tastefully, deadwood in the crown really takes a tree to a higher level. This tree is great. And would be lessened with the "deadwood delete" option.....
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...that's what it's called, right, ten-jin? And not "deadwood thingy up top?
Great progression and top-shelf technique.
That's the 151-soaked "cherry on top"!! Maybe your "10,000 title" should have been ten-jin van fleet? Sensing a theme with the smaller, developing Juniper barely visible in the previous photo. When done correctly and tastefully, deadwood in the crown really takes a tree to a higher level. This tree is great. And would be lessened with the "deadwood delete" option.....
☺...that's what it's called, right, ten-jin? And not "deadwood thingy up top?
Great progression and top-shelf technique.
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Absolutely not. A Juniper bonsai is nothing but a bush without dead wood.
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Shohin
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It is a bonsai. The question is whether it could be better with deadwood... yup!
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Shohin
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Thank you
abugoogoo
Yamadori
This is fantastic progression from where it started out at. So nice
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Yeah; it is a bonsai in the strictest definition of the term, being a tree in a pot, but it would not be allowed in a show greater than a local club show. It is over grown, the top is too large for the size of the trunk and the trunk is not even visable so it is more like a bush, sorry.
coltranem
Chumono
Obviously the foliage is styled that this is not the front but I do like the impact on the jin from this side.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Thanks, me too. Who knows, maybe one day the front will change!
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Night shot update. It’s getting pretty bushy, and needs to be unwired and thinned out...way out!
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Unwired...
Pruned back...
Good to go for the rest of the summer, ready to wire in the fall.
Pruned back...
Good to go for the rest of the summer, ready to wire in the fall.
Clicio
Masterpiece
@Brian Van Fleet thanks a lot.
This is the most amazing progression ever!
The tree looks great and of course the jin has to stay where it is.
doctorater
Mame
Link to feeding plan gone now. Is it still out there somewhere?
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Cake: Feeding the trees
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Agriff
Mame
What a journey! Got any 2021 pics?
Hartinez
Masterpiece
You should check out Brian’s other juniper threads. Just as amazing to follow. I’ll try and locate them and link them here.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
I repotted it this year, and haven’t otherwise done anything with it since the last update, so it looks pretty shaggy right now. I’ll probably detail wire it again in the fall or winter. My junipers are all pretty slow this year, so we’ll have to play that by ear. Still searching for just the right pot.
