Collected this insane deer pruned cedar elm, and I’m a tad nervous, because I don’t want to screw up what is by far the most potential I’ve come across in my bonsai journey thus far.
It was growing between 2 rocks in soft soil, so it was pretty easy to collect, has a ton of long roots, but they are way higher than where I think base will eventually be.
Normally, when collecting elm I would chop back at time of collection for basic structure starting point. Basically a trunk in a pot.
This thing however has absolutely insane branching, I’m nervous about leaving too much, but got a lot more roots than I typically would. Should I go ahead and clean and thin out now, getting rid of a lot of that twiggy growth where it’s not needed?
It’s got a bit of inverse taper where main trunk splits, but im ok with it as the good in this tree outweighs the bad. Looking forward to really trying to bring out the potential this thing has to offer.
Anyone have experience collecting trees that have been grazed? Or any advise
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