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2-Mar-2004	#21
Carl_Bergstrom Old Mister Crow Join Date: May-2002 Location: Seattle, WA. Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 2 Posts: 3,197	Sounds like a great excursion, Al - thanks for bringing us a long with the photos and description. I look forward to seeing this tree in a couple of years. With my best regards, Carl __________________ In love with trees

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2-Mar-2004	#22
Adam_MA bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2003 Location: Eastern MA Country: U.S.A USDA Zone: Zone6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,158	Al, Thank you very much for sharing your experience with us. This looked like a great time! I do have one question, you said you removed the clay soil. How much of the soil was removed from the roots before you wrapped it with moss? Thanks again Adam

2-Mar-2004	#23
Tiny-Plant Growing... Join Date: Jul-2002 Location: Helsinki Country: Finland USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 241	Nice trip, and iteresting bending method. Good luck on your juniper. =) __________________ The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single cup of tea

2-Mar-2004	#24
Treebeard Tree herder Join Date: Aug-2002 Location: Maidenhead Country: England USDA Zone: 8b AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,200	Good find Al. Sounds like you had a great time. Regards, TB __________________ "Do not be hasty, that is my motto" -JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers. ----------------------------------- christopherguise.co.uk

2-Mar-2004	#25
plant_dr27 Bonsai Instigator Join Date: Dec-2003 Location: Logan, UT Country: United States USDA Zone: 4a AHS Heat Zone: 6 Posts: 377	Sounds like you had a great time and thanks for the pictures, they're great! __________________ "I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid, and... I went ahead anyway" Crow T. Robot, MST3K

2-Mar-2004	#26
art_rodriguez bonsaiTALK Journeyman Join Date: Jan-2002 Location: southwest wash state Country: usa Posts: 33	incredible al everytime i see you have posted something i know for sure we are in for a treat. i keep telling my wife we just should have stayed in california on our move up here from west texas to vancouver, wash. instead. just for the bonsai.

3-Mar-2004

#27

bonsaial1

Bonsai Doer

Join Date: Aug-2001

Location: Fresno, CA

Country: USA

USDA Zone: 9

AHS Heat Zone: 13SH

Posts: 5,369

Today I did some additional clean up and decided that the top of the tree leaned too far foreward. You can't see it in the pic from the front but it does. Not bad mind you, just farther than I would like. It could be compensated for during repotting and leaning the tree back. I just like the way the trunk leaves the soil at this angle.

I tied a large iron rod to the base of the trunk with two wraps of copper wire. I then tied the top over and used a turnbuckle. I like the shape better now, and have the promised pic with a make shift backdrop.

I will leave the tree alone now and watch it through the spring and summer. Hope it goes well, I like this tree and think it has some potential. Bonsai-al

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3-Mar-2004	#28
bonsaial1 Bonsai Doer Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 13SH Posts: 5,369	Adam, all the soil was removed from the roots. The junipers can be bare rooted during this time of the year with no ill effects. The junipers seem to respond well, (when they decide to play) to bare rooting. They are not as picky as pines! Al __________________ A tree a day...thats all we ask. Last edited by bonsaial1 : 5-Mar-2004 at 11:18 PM.

3-Mar-2004	#29
Adam_MA bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2003 Location: Eastern MA Country: U.S.A USDA Zone: Zone6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,158	Thanks Al! Great tree Adam

3-Mar-2004	#30
Bart Thomas(deceased) Perpetual Novice Join Date: Jun-2003 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Country: United States USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 1,367	Hi, Al. Nice tree and great photo essay on a trip we'd all love to have been on (even though it's easier to watch hard work!) Could you post a photo of the arrangement you used to bend back the top? (Or was the pull simply to get more in line with the line of the trunk?) Thanks.

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