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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61858

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I am new to Bonsai and have just purchased a maple and some wire. Could anyone suggest how I could go about styling it? I am finding the “double trunk” a bit hard to work out. Thanks very much.

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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61859

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without a picture it is impossible to tell anything.
But-in general- i suggest you start with keeping your tree alive for a year ( which is already hard enough for some people and use that year to learn about horticulture ( first) and bonsai, specifically what to do when

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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61864

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Apologies, it looks like the file I attempted to attach was to large. Please find the photo of the maple.

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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61867

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Are you in the southern hemisphere? if not, your plant is dead.
If so: what you have is a very very young maple ( 3 years max) that is way too young to do anything bonsai-ish on. My advice is to plant it in the ground and forget about it for a few years.
Btw: you want to make a double trunk of it, this sapling has only one trunk...?

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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61868

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I Think ts ment split trunk.

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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61890

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I mean how it splits into 2 branches mid way up. Ok thanks, I guess I will plant it and come back in a couple years :P I might have to get a bigger stock plant so I can practice wiring in the mean time.

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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61898

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If it was mine I’d wire it into a s shape trunk but I know people are going to disagree with me but that’s my opinion

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How to style maple 3 years 7 months ago #61899

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Also that pots to big for the tree but yet again my opinion lol

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