Before and after of my Kishu Juniper stying after getting some pointers from Todd Schlafer during a half day session at our bonsai club. I didn’t get to finish it with him during the session, as the entire wiring process took about 9 hours when all was said and done, so I’m sure there are some additional takeaways to make. I’m not personally sold on the two leading branches, so I might turn one into deadwood at a later date. Also, there’s a middle section in the back, that I’ll most likely deadwood during a subsequent styling. Some of the branches are too long, so I’ve done my best to hide it for the time being, but they would really benefit from some back budding, so my plan there is to clip tips and follow Todd’s fertilizer regime in the spring in hopes of getting some usable back buds. Definitely not a final pass by any means, but this is my first serious tree that I wanted to use to explore deadwood development as well as hone skills on something that’s at least 12 years old.
by DonQuijote88