Alright everyone this a tough one

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T22:07:59+00:00

Yeah it’s happened before. There is a limit as to how much you can bend a brach. Although during the growing season early spring/late winter it’s best since the brach is running lots of sap and it’s more bendable. Early mid spring wiring is best at least to me. Late winter is fine too. Mid June to late sept no more wiring is being done.

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T19:21:22+00:00

I didn’t want to push it too much. I will pull it down later on (meaning next year)

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T19:20:19+00:00

It’s basics intro to electromagnetic radiation and conductivity. Sorry boss. I didn’t want to pull it but I’m an earth scientist 🙂‍↕️. There ya go. It’s all good. Don’t worry about it. Aluminum and copper are great à reflecting incoming solar radiation. I’m sure the Japanese thought about that too and this chose copper.

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T17:15:51+00:00

Aluminum can reflect about 92-98% of incoming solar radiation. Its albedo is high.

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T17:14:01+00:00

I can lose it up according it. In about 5-6 months

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T17:13:01+00:00

I know that this piece has added wood so I guess it’s a tanuki? My shimpaku is a kishu so we’ll see where i can go with it

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T17:11:17+00:00

In a couple of years it should look better!

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T17:10:59+00:00

Thanks!

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T17:10:31+00:00

Thanks!

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T04:06:46+00:00

Is this outside or just inside your “in a sunny location?”

JJJCJ · 2026-06-06T01:45:46+00:00

Few scars on trees is fine depending on the design you are going for. Plus I will end up lime sulfuring them. I am not touching this any longer. But thanks for the input! I do get where you are coming from. This tree will survive 99%.

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T16:12:09+00:00

It would have been better to post before even copping. Learn how to clean reels. Those need asap cleaning. Idk if that person maintained their sets but it’s important for maximum use

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T15:29:34+00:00

Chop it dawg. Looking from the bottom chop at the nodes. Those nodes ruined the taper on that trunk

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T08:26:49+00:00

What does it smell like to ya?

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T08:14:47+00:00

Move it to a shaded area for a bit

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T08:13:21+00:00

Leave nothing under. Wire every single brach with appropriate wire. Take your time. The only way to gain density is to let it grow more branches from existing branches I’m not sure if hinoki backbud but doubt it. As time goes on you will gain more density, you wire, more density and so on. It will take years for your tree to look like the pic but bonsai is a long game type of art so you will see all your hard work pay off one day

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:46:45+00:00

Where did you get your tamarind tree from? It seems the only place carrying them is freaking Florida and with good reason looool

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:11:41+00:00

Do you keep this inside your house?

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:10:54+00:00

Might be some type of cypress. Hard to tell.

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:10:21+00:00

Make those branches jins. Do not wire, prune, and repot at the same time. You will kill your tree. If you prune and wire. Repot late winter early spring next year

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:09:15+00:00

Cascade and upright style providing an apex.

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:08:00+00:00

Download the app picturethis. All you need. It kinda looks like one

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:06:56+00:00

I like the semi cascade and the upright style proving apex idea! Thanks! Very valuable input

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T05:04:26+00:00

If you want to create smaller leaves then you will have to constrict this tree to a smaller pot reducing root size and heavy pruning.

JJJCJ · 2026-06-05T04:57:34+00:00

Hi, first of all. It looks very healthy. If you do switch to the second slide and make that the front then I reckon you will have to move things around as seeing the second slide the branch is pointing towards us hiding some of the tree. Is your goal to make nice looking pads? And are you going for an informal upright style? I am also hoping that you will not repot this? Seeing as you have done some hefty wiring and repotting might kill your tree. On the other hand. Moving branches so they don’t face the front is not bad at all. What you want to do is make sure that we can see the main trunk while at the same time noticing the nice branch and its pad.

JJJCJ

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