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Yes, one could add some movement to it by using a thick wire. However, I wanted to give this tree a formal upright style

Sure!

thank you for the comment!

Yes, you're right, thanks for the advice! To give it an older look, I should shorten the apex jin and I think I'll do that. Anyway, this is a very young tree and both the apex jin and the lower one will likely disintegrate in a few years. Once the tree reaches more maturity, I'll need to recreate the jins with new branches, as older wood lasts longer

@TenzoBonsai You kinda need to use older trees. These young trees are tricky as they are not yet in a stage that allows this type of a turnaround. Also, it's mandatory to use jin solution in order to prevent the wood from disintegrating. But overall, it's a qute little tree. I am not a fan of using organic material as a pot and you will learn in why in time. Kudos!

Yes, I always use jin liquid (I didn't show it in this video, but I did in the others), and I'm aware that the pot won't last forever, but it's an experiment I wanted to try. I enjoy working with both younger and older trees, I believe that both offer a sense of fulfillment over time. In this case I want to create a little future bonsai so it's ok that it's a young tiny tree. In the future, we'll see how it performs, but I believe it will bring me a lot of satisfaction! 🌳🌲

Yes, me too! The only thing is that it's the first time I'm using this type of pot, and in summer, I think it will require frequent watering

Thank you!

Thank you!!

In my opinion, only the first branch on the left needs to thicken. I didn't let it grow but preferred to prune it because this way I already have the primary and secondary structure of the branch set. I will let the secondary branches grow freely this year so that the entire branch thickens. This way, I've made progress with the branching, and the result is the same. Moreover, in my opinion, this method creates more taper in the branch and the tree doesn't waste energy on unnecessary branches that I would later have to cut.

Thank you for the comment! There will definitely be updates in the future

I'm currently reading Dan Robinson's book "Gnarly Branches, Ancient Trees". I don't know who Peter D. Adams is, maybe I'll take a look at it in the future!

I'm sorry you don't like it, but I do! 😁

Thank you very much for the positive comment! Most of the trees in my collection are yamadori in development, some more advanced, others less. The aim of this channel is to share the progress these plants will make over time. I also believe it is useful to work with young trees as they are more forgiving of mistakes, allowing for experimentation with new techniques/designs that can later be applied to other trees as well.

I Will follow progress on these trees with great interest as I also collected some seedlings from the wild.

Thanks!

Thank you for your comment! I'm glad you found the video helpful. There will definitely be more videos about this tree in spring. I also need to consider the possibility of repotting it, as it has been in this pot for three years

Thank you!

Beech trees keep their dry leaves throughout the winter to protect the buds, to work on the plant I removed them by hand. It's important to me to let the leaves dry on the plant before removing them

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Thanks!

In a friend’s garden, there are two mature Liriodendron. Here it’s an invasive species and they produce hundreds of new seedlings each year. Every year, my friend removes quite a few and he let me collect these

That's cool, yours have nice taper already too, I'm a gardener in London and I haven't seen young samplings here anywhere, just mature trees, maybe I'm just unlucky or they are just unable to reproduce

Thanks! Yes I like to experiment with unusual trees I'm trying to style the choysia as a literati

Me too, I hope that they'll become nice bonsai someday!

Thanks! you are right for this tree before collecting I checked by digging a small hole next to the nebari to see if there were any fine roots usually as you say they are very far from the base I was lucky hahah

Hey! Thanks for you question 😄 I don't think so, I just cut the larger roots but there were so many fine roots so I’m not worried at all!

Thanks!