M. floribunda “somethingpurple?”
I’ve got it this February.


I’ve reduced hard at March.



I’ve dealt with those branches later..

At May


I’d like to bring the new leader in this direction on the future..


Straightened


Third type of pest in this year on that tree... cleared..


From today

It looks very good, Felidae!
What are using to deal with the pests?

Clicio wrote: It looks very good, Felidae!

Thanks.. ^^

What are using to deal with the pests?

Castile soap+ Neem oil first. If it’s not working, different Gesal insecticides, depends on bug.
Or.. manual remove.. : )

Good. No fear of cutting.

Wire the new leader now. It will set in a few weeks and you are golden for next season.
(I actually spent all day today unwiring trees I wired ~4 weeks ago: All branches were set)

leatherback wrote: Good. No fear of cutting.

It was too healthy to not chop... : )

Wire the new leader now. It will set in a few weeks and you are golden for next season.
(I actually spent all day today unwiring trees I wired ~4 weeks ago: All branches were set)

Thank you, tomorrow will do.. ^^

Wired... ^^


I’ve made a mistake when I’ve reduced the shoots at spring.. just not enough short...:dry: I think if I try to correct it in the summer, this tree won’t bud out and got weakened... Advice please

Maybe I am a little too wavy in my wirings, but I would bend the leader much more.
Not like spaghetti bonsai, but...
Wavier.
My two cents.

Clicio wrote: Maybe I am a little too wavy in my wirings, but I would bend the leader much more.
Not like spaghetti bonsai, but...
Wavier.
My two cents.

Thanks Clicio
I understand your viewpoint. On junipers I put loops if I feel, but here I don’t really know what I’m doing.
I hesitated to make more waves, but I’m not sure if it will fits on the desired design later.. Currently what I can see is just the movement I want to follow, but nothing more.
And...
I’m a rookie.. I don’t know the tree, I must learn how it reacts to things I do with. I don’t know how much I can reduce leaf size, how far I can go with ramification, what pace of work it need, etc...
This is tough that I need to imagine how a tree would look like in 5-10 years depends what Im doing with it now. I need to cut and wire something what I must imagine thicker and more mature.. Even fertilization can ruin plans, cause p.ex I miscalculate the nitrogen and I’ve got longer internodes then expected. That tree is incredible fast, so I need to see clear ASAP...

I think I love bonsai...^^

The styling is your choice. Main importance: Keep the shape in line with previous work. So it all if fairly straight, keep the leader fairly straight.

fwiw.. I trimmed my malus in development this weekend, and fertilized heavily to get another growth spurt.

leatherback wrote: The styling is your choice. Main importance: Keep the shape in line with previous work. So it all if fairly straight, keep the leader fairly straight.

fwiw.. I trimmed my malus in development this weekend, and fertilized heavily to get another growth spurt.

Jelle, it’s the first tree I started to design from nothing. With the others I already had something to follow, or they’re not ready at all for.. I’ll do my best as I can.. : )

Oki, so you see the new growth sprouting from the 3rd or 4th leaf. If I cut this back to two leaves and I push with higher nitrogen for a moment, you think I’m still ok?