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treebeard55 · 09-26-2009, 03:16 PM

Sorry, Koenig, but your picture is too small and dark for me to be able to see much detail.

For now I would leave it alone. Next spring I'd put it into a wider but shallower container; you want to prune off any roots directly under the trunk as you do. This will encourage development of the nebari.

Using an obtrusive scar in your design is a creative, and for me, very satisfying way to deal with it. So if you want use that old pruning scar as the starting point for a hollow trunk, I say go for it!

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treebeard55 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw IN, USA USDA zone 5b Posts: 511	Sorry, Koenig, but your picture is too small and dark for me to be able to see much detail. For now I would leave it alone. Next spring I'd put it into a wider but shallower container; you want to prune off any roots directly under the trunk as you do. This will encourage development of the nebari. Using an obtrusive scar in your design is a creative, and for me, very satisfying way to deal with it. So if you want use that old pruning scar as the starting point for a hollow trunk, I say go for it! __________________ Treebeard 55 Steve Moore http://hoosierbonsai.blogspot.com The most important bonsai tool is your brain.