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Old 24-Jul-2005   #5
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Originally Posted by Arnie
Looking good Brian.


I haven't worked on Hinoki before, but I'm asuming you tackle these as any other Juniper and strip a lot of the finer material out - just leaving florets of foliage on the tips before wiring.



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Arnie

You may want to get some more feedback on this Arnie,I have never had much luck with getting a larger one to backbud.The first thing I did when getting a nice fat one was thin out the inner foliage to work with the trunk and branch lines.I was left with a very costly and ugly screw up tree as it kept growing and growing but never from any of the older areas.

Maybe someone can clear the waters in this regard for us as they are a beautiful tree.
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