This is a Ponderosa Pine I picked up from Andy Smith. This first image is how it was shown on his website.
The image was taken in September of 2016.
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This second image is soon after I received the tree in April 2017.
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I took the tree to a workshop with Bjorn Bjorholm in June 2017.
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I started fertilizing heavy with Sumo Cakes fertilizer after the workshop. (
Sumo Bonsai Supply
)
You can see the results of that fertilization in the length of needles in the next two images.
July 2017
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September 2017
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