First Attempt .. your thoughts please

25-Aug-2005

GeoGordie

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Join Date: Jul-2005

Location: Greensboro,NC Guilford Co.

Country: USA

USDA Zone: 7

AHS Heat Zone: 7

Posts: 6

First Attempt .. your thoughts please

Greetings to one and all,

As a certified "newbie", I would appreciate any thoughts and suggestions with my First Attempt at making a Bonsai.
The "Victim" is : Old Gold Juniper Juniperus chinesis "Old Gold"
Purchased from Lowes Home Improvement Center. Less than $6.00
The attached photos are included so you may see the tree from all four sides along with a base shot.
My intended view side is Photo # 1 ... the most pleasing to my untrained eye.
I now realize the first mistake I made was not taking a "Before" photo to give you an idea what I started with ... looking back is always 20/20 vision.
Brutal Honesty is taken as a learning tool .. so, be as helpful as you wish.
Now that I have taken these first steps ... wait till next spring to re-pot?

"The path of a Thousand Trees is begun with Desire"

Gordon Saunders
Greensboro, NC
Zone 7

Attached Images

	Old Gold Juniper 1.JPG (49.5 KB, 29 views)
	Old Gold Juniper 2.JPG (49.1 KB, 17 views)
	Old Gold Juniper 3.JPG (49.2 KB, 21 views)
	Old Gold Juniper 4.JPG (48.2 KB, 20 views)
	Old Gold Juniper Base.JPG (58.4 KB, 27 views)

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Last edited by GeoGordie : 25-Aug-2005 at 06:20 PM.

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25-Aug-2005	#2
Little_John bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: Aug-2005 Location: Joplin, MO Country: USA USDA Zone: 6a AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 100	Nice victim. I like view 2 and 4 myself, but I'm a noob as well. What are your plans for the tree? Looks like it could make a good windswept or cascade. __________________ Hobby?! It's more like a bad habit.

26-Aug-2005	#3
Ashbarns9999 bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Mar-2005 Location: Victoria Country: Australia AHS Heat Zone: 10 Posts: 1,037	Hi Gordon, Your not far off the mark using the term 'certified' as that is what we should be in this genre. Welcome to the beautiful world of miniature and this idiocy called bonsaiTalk. Your choice of tree looks fine to me and i have selected #26530 as my starting point. The first two branches i would stub jin for now and select the centre trunk as my tree wiring down the first branch. when that is completed take another photo and let us see the result. Regards Ash __________________ Better to procrastinate than lose sight of the objective by rash deeds. http://www.bonsaivault.com

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