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This works. It has a bit of a shiny finish at first but it does fade. I’d use lime-sulfur first if you want to whiten the deadwood, and a week or so later, use PC Petrifier...

Grafting seedlings into gaps will help. It’s important to use shallow grow pots but plant deep as roots swell better underground and slow above ground. Planing of the underside of the trunk at repotting to eliminate downward-growing roots in favor of those growing out radially. After that...

Some people have shelves stuffed absolutely full of pots. I won’t say who…😂

I’d agree that it depends on quality of repair and how it fits into the overall composition.

Usually you end up pruning the stronger shoots back to interior ones, which helps push growth closer to the trunk, but also makes the tree rely on weaker growth.

Mine always got trunk-chopped in late winter…like last week for you. Ginkgo doesn’t really have a strong second flush in my experience.

Nice recovery and patience along the way. It’s pretty amazing to see it barely grow for 3 years, then the quantum leap from 2024 to today. Any idea what actually caused the decline? I assume it was healthy when it left Suthin’s.

Really cool interplay between the deadwood and the live vein twist about halfway up. Definitely want to let the viewer see it.

The tricky part is making it look like it isn’t contrived. If you raffia the trunk clockwise, wire it clockwise, and make most of your twists clockwise; not corkscrew, but random and in all planes, front to back, side to side, and even doubling back. Start right at the soil level, with tighter...

Definitely.

Nice shape!

Late summer update, after pruning back a bunch of runners. It’s doing well in the small pot. Still not a huge fan of the cultivar’s foliage, but maybe if I can get it in more sun.

Removing all the needles except for a dozen pairs around the buds set for next year may improve wind resistance of the sacrifice branch. It will also help improve the strength of your final branches.

We have one of those!

Those are even better than Anderson Flats. Something about the wood really promotes good root growth. Maybe it has better air exchange.

Yes, especially because they’re shallower. Trunks spread out in shallow pots. I do not use pond baskets for anything. Once you get the roots right, you should be able to leave a tree in an Anderson flat to grow out for several years. After 2-3 years, you will start to see some trunk...

I despise them. I tried them for a few growing seasons years ago with pines, junipers and Chinese elms. This is what I remember: 1. Unstable physically until roots grew into the ground (at which point the expressed intent of the pond basket is defeated) 2. Roots need to grow out and around...

Just remove a few roots from the trunk and lower the soil level until you get down to the green line. It might take a few repots.

Judging is subjective, and you should always understand what the judge tends to favor if you’re trying to appeal. Bjorn would be drawn to tidy lines and traditional Japanese aesthetics, where Peter Warren may be drawn to quirky, interesting trunk lines and delicate compositions. Likely Dan...

Corkbark JBP ‘Hachi-Gen’, Syuzan pot.

3 things I’d do differently in this case: 1. I really don’t want to bare-root a pine. 2. I always tie trees down in the pot to immobilize the roots. 3. I am anti-pond basket as a grow-out container, terra cotta containers are far superior, as are Anderson Flats. I don’t want the sides of...

This guidance is for Tosho, J. rigida specifically, and I have noticed some burning of needles after pruning when left in direct sun. Shimpaku varieties need no sun protection after pruning.

Pete Tea had some great posts on J. rigida. He recommends several trimmings per growing season, but with some protection from the sun if it’s in the heat of summer. When I had mine, I pinched it back 2-3 x per growing season and it always responded within a few weeks with more growth...

He has some great KH in his garden. Got the tour back in 2014 with @MACH5 and a few other nuts. It just proves there is simply no substitute for 50 years in a pot.

This is a stellar price…very nice tree with aged bark and no real scars on the trunk to rot out. Definitely caught my eye when he posted it.