Matt, the answer you gave me is the thing that really encourages me… It is not just advices you gave but the determination to share every bit of knowledge on bonsai topics. Some things are much clearer now. I made several important conclusions and it helped me avoiding some crucial mistakes in the future…
I made a conclusion from your description so, please, correct me if I am wrong:
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Cutting back the outside to maintain a silhouette and drive the back budding in to the interior
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If I work on small Ficus (upright) I have to let it grow until it reaches suitable trunk thickness. I don’t have to worry about the fact it has grown to high or branches are to long (optionally I can shorten a branch that is really out of proportions).
The point when I am pleased with the current status of the trunk (and branching) is the point of putting the tree in a bonsai container (and first root pruning). Then I make the first styling and I prune back all the branches to the point I want new, thicker and more refine growth to begin (as an effect of ‘bonsai’ environment)– that is the crucial point I, more or less, had in mind. Everything else is a bit of inspiration, a bit of art and a lot of patience and care…
I realise the triviality of my observations but it is the only way to learn something.
Thank you very much…
Zarko
