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Update and another question
Hello, all,
My Japanese black pine is getting a little more sun in a new spot, and seems happy in all respects. And I've finally found a way to get pictures to the public computer I use at present for Internet access. (Jump drives are great.)
Here are two pictures of the tree. The pictures aren't the best -- my apologies -- but they're adequate for my purpose. The pop can is in the pics for scale. Just above it, to the left in the pics, are the two shoots I mean to use to "build" a bonsai. The rest of the tree is eventual sacrifice.
The first picture shows most of the tree, including most of the upper foliage I've left at present to help the tree thru recovery. The foliage up there is about half what was there before I started working on the tree. The second pic is a close-up of the two lower shoots, the ones I'm going to use. (They've each had about 1/4-inch of their tips broken off, and that's all.)
What I'm concerned about is the reputed apical dominance of JBP's. Have I left too much foliage on the upper part of the tree? How likely is it that the upper part will dominate to the point that the shoots I want to use will die back?
Thanks for your feedback!
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Treebeard 55
Steve Moore
http://hoosierbonsai.blogspot.com
The most important bonsai tool is your brain.
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