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31-Dec-2005
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Ugly Chinese Elm 2006
Here's one of my projects. This one started as a tall whip the size of a nickle and I planted it into the ground for 4 years. Here it is the summer before I dug it up. The kid is my son - for size reference. ;-)
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31-Dec-2005
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Here it is 1 year after having been chopped and dug up, into a training pot.
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31-Dec-2005
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...and after the first styling. Howard took this photo, too.
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31-Dec-2005
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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And here it was today after wiring nearly every shoot on the tree. Too bad I didn't think to get the nebari into the shot. It is a nice 360-degree radial nebari - almost never found on Chinese elm.
The left main brance was thread grafted on 2 years ago. It will take a few years to catch up, but will do a good job when it does. This tree will be something or an oak-style bonsai. Not entirely sure now, but we'll see. Time will tell. Kind regards, Andy |
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31-Dec-2005
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These are some of my favorite types of threads. The life of a bonsai.
Very cool stuff Andy! Amazing to see that much growth in just 4 years. This will be cool when "finished" -Paul
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31-Dec-2005
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Very nice,Andy. Paul refered to you as Andy, I hope this is your name. I have a 3 year old elm that I want to dig up and chop this Feb. I wasn't going to chop it that far down but yours looks great. Trees grow fast out here in Southern California so I hope to get some fast growth.
Thank you sharing your tree with us. Peace Bob
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31-Dec-2005
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Hi Andy,
Kudos on a wonderful transformation from seemingly uninspiring stock to a bonsai that already looks very promising indeed and I am sure will develop into a stunning tree in your hands. All the best, Aaron
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1-Jan-2006
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I love this kind of post, is a great tree.
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2-Jan-2006
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FlyBri. PS: I too am a fan of threads such as this, which trace the history of a given tree. Keep it up!
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Did you trunk chop this with the "V" cut or was it just a diagonal chop. It's hard to tell from the pic. thanks -Paul
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