When increasing vital branches on bonsai with wide trunks, it’s normal to get them with sacrifice branches that grow freely unless they attain the desired thickness. Once the branch is gargantuan sufficient, it’s time to within the reduction of it.
Right here’s what this looks love on a medium sized cruise redwood.
Skim redwood
Reducing the sacrifice branch (thanks, Max!)
When shortening the sacrifice branch, I be obvious to lag away viewed buds or leaves as this may per chance occasionally increase the percentages I’ll get unique buds the put I desire them.
After shortening the two sacrifice branches and pinching the better branches (factor in Constructing redwood bonsai: step 2 for particulars) I changed into better ready to think in regards to the structure of the tree.
After pruning and pinching
What caught out to me changed into that the two lowest branches grew straight away opposite every diversified – I’d created bar branches!
I changed into bizarre to factor in if there changed into a solution to make utilize of every branches so I tilted the tree and oldschool a towel to factor in if a extra compact create made sense for the tree.
Testing a singular perspective
I chanced on the unique perspective engaging but disliked how the lowest branch on the exact made it extra tough to love the deadwood function on the decrease fraction of the trunk. My totally preference changed into to steal the branch.
After laying aside the vital branch on the exact aspect
I straight away liked the create better without the branch but am no longer totally particular about how I’ll kind out the apex. Though it looks pudgy with a full bunch branches to within the reduction of support to, there’s totally one branch on the exact aspect of the better trunk and a restricted preference of apical shoots to within the reduction of support to.
Right here’s the tree the put I left off.
Skim redwood – 18″
Lend a hand
The subsequent steps are to create a singular vital branch on the exact aspect, get secondary branches on the vital branch on the left aspect, and continue keeping the better branches in verify by pinching.
Files & Updates
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