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As the couple of years passed it was clea that the best part of the tree might be the top. I could see a shohin tree there and I might be able to also take that part and salvage at least a good shohin tree out of it.

It was the beers fault

An unfortunate accident with a pair of concave cutters and one too many brews seen the going away party for a couple of key branches in the top of the tree. What was I thinking by removeing them. The next day in the sobber light of morning I saw what I had done and said; "Time will fix all wounds" Hah! Whoever said that must not have worked on bonsai.

Well that time passed and it was decided to try and salvage what I could from the top of the tree. The layer was done last year and the top of the tree now resides in its own pot. It is happily growing along now on its own roots and I am just going to let it grow for a season or two and will continue its saga at a later date here.