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| I took some cuttings to repair a hedge line and they all rooted well and I hwas left with extras. I would like to train these cuttings into bonsai. What methods would you suggest to develop more taper in the trunk?
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| If you really want to work with willow: Make sure the first branch on the trunk is going in a direction that makes it conducive to the design. When the trunk is as thick as you want it to be, chop it off just above the first branch. Wait until the first branch, your new leader, is 1/2 as thick as the trunk, and chop it again, making sure you have another branch in mind for the new leader. Here is a $10 larch I'm preparing for a chop: The trunk will be chopped off a little above the wire. The wired branch coming off the trunk and moving to the left will be the new leader. When it is half as thick as the lower trunk, I will chop it off like the first chop. Notice that I already have the third leader, that very thin branch, wired into place. The wired branch coming off the trunk horizontally and moving right, will be the main branch. See how that works?
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- Posted by ryan_tree 7a VA (thebonsaiguy1993@yahoo.com) on Sun, Oct 10, 10 at 18:57
| Al, you paid only $10 for that?! I would love love love to have a Larch but we can't buy them around here unfortunately. Anyway, sorry for the hijack, I just got a bit excited. |
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| You're too warm there for larch. They'll weaken slowly over a few years & just die. Menard's had a bunch of them on sale for half off last June ..... like I needed another one. ;o) Al |
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- Posted by greenman28 Nor Cal 7/8 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 11, 10 at 19:45
| Excellent pics! Josh |
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