Shogun610
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Love this back on the slab
Japanese Beech Forest
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MACH5
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Thank you! At some point I would like to do a display with just all beech bonsai. Me and all my beeches
MACH5
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Thanks man! It is a solid fused mass now. Crazy how it all began as single trees about 20+ years ago. They just all grew into each other.
MACH5
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Yes I agree. With the lowest branches sweeping down on both sides, the slab allows them the appropriate space. I also like how the whole forest sits higher on the slab.
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Looking really good! ...although it needs some kind of like, I dunno, like a plexiglass element of some sort 
Jokes aside, I was wondering if you happen to have any progression shots of how the bases have been fusing over time? I've seen this documented for tridents and maples, but never beech. I'd love to see how they have matched up and fused over time
Edit: I feel your pain with the leaves. I just did 2 massive yamakobashi. If you look at them crooked the buds snap off and twigs easily break off if you tug on a leaf at all; cutting the petioles 1 by 1 is the only option, and carefully!
Jokes aside, I was wondering if you happen to have any progression shots of how the bases have been fusing over time? I've seen this documented for tridents and maples, but never beech. I'd love to see how they have matched up and fused over time
Edit: I feel your pain with the leaves. I just did 2 massive yamakobashi. If you look at them crooked the buds snap off and twigs easily break off if you tug on a leaf at all; cutting the petioles 1 by 1 is the only option, and carefully!
MACH5
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Looking really good! ...although it needs some kind of like, I dunno, like a plexiglass element of some sort
Jokes aside, I was wondering if you happen to have any progression shots of how the bases have been fusing over time? I've seen this documented for tridents and maples, but never beech. I'd love to see how they have matched up and fused over time
Edit: I feel your pain with the leaves. I just did 2 massive yamakobashi. If you look at them crooked the buds snap off and twigs easily break off if you tug on a leaf at all; cutting the petioles 1 by 1 is the only option, and carefully!
Derek sorry but I did not document that part of the tree's development. To be fair the base was pretty much fused by the time I purchased the tree back in 2014. Now it is SUPER fused LOL!
As you probably know, with beech you can pull back the leaves to get them off. The problem is that many of the smaller branches are thin and delicate and pulling back a leaf can damage them. So the only recourse, much like on you yamakobashi, is to cut through the tiny short petioles. Interestingly, the largest tree sheds most of its leaves by itself. But not so for most of trees in this forest.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Such a treat seeing it every time the leaves are off. So perfect on the slab…
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
I always wanted to do an all hornbeam display, but of course it’s verboten… still it would be cool.Thank you! At some point I would like to do a display with just all beech bonsai. Me and all my beeches
Wood
Chumono
Bill V did an all Japanese maple shohin rack at the last nationals, so I don't think there's any reason not to do a all beech/hornbeam display. From what I heard, it's a "thing" in Japan if you can really truly alternate all the other elements (tree form, stands, pots, etc) except the species. I can imagine that's incredibly hard to do properly
Hartinez
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Forbidden by whom!?!? The bonsai police?!?! Do it, and do it any way you please! Im sure it’ll be spectacular.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Looking so nice Serg! It is aging gracefully, has a big presence and your style all over it.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Thanks Bri! I may display this tree next year in October at an event here in NJ. I will be doing a demo, workshops and a critique of the exhibition. I was asked to put two displays together for the show. This piece may be one of the two. We shall see.
MACH5
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Suthin also did one at the same time using many ficuses. Both Bill and Suthin's displays were very successful because they doubled down on showing many bonsai of the same species or cultivar. Where it may not have been as effective is if they just had done a two or three point display using same type of trees. Basically they showed real intent behind their rule-breaking displays.
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