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Victrina,

Pick a trunk line and chop the you know what out of it in spring. Then grow chop, grow chop for a couple of years.

See here for 2 examples.

forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthread.php?t=16352

and here for another

forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthread.php?t=17481&highlight=rootbound+cotoneaster

It is more than feasible to produce something like a "cotoneaster as oak" tree out of them but these have wonderful shohin potential in as little as 3-4 years of work.

Let all the low down shoots grow to thicken up the trunk base after you chop.

TimR

18-Aug-2006	#4
wabashene bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Jul-2004 Location: South Country: UK USDA Zone: 9ish AHS Heat Zone: 2 Posts: 283	Victrina, Pick a trunk line and chop the you know what out of it in spring. Then grow chop, grow chop for a couple of years. See here for 2 examples. forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthread.php?t=16352 and here for another forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthread.php?t=17481&highlight=rootbound+cotoneaster It is more than feasible to produce something like a "cotoneaster as oak" tree out of them but these have wonderful shohin potential in as little as 3-4 years of work. Let all the low down shoots grow to thicken up the trunk base after you chop. TimR __________________ If I knew the way, I would take you there.