I was thinking of doing this to my juniper.

[theta]

I picked up this juniper at a nursery a few weeks ago. Cleaned it out a little, but really haven't done too much with it. What are your guys thoughts on doing something like this? Also, do I need to wait until summer dormancy, or late fall to cut branches and jin them?

I also plan to wire down all the top branches too, but don't know how long I should wait after the jinning to do that.

Thanks!

 

[0soyoung]

During most of the growing season, the bark will slip off the wood pretty easily. So, until Sep/Oct is a good time to make jins. You can wire anytime, but it is easier to do when the bark won't slip. So, maybe wait until your fall/winter to do that.

 

[theta]

Makes sense. Thank you.

 

[theta]

Thought I'd post an update to this, just to archive the progress. Fair warning I'm pretty new to wiring, styling and really bonsai in general. But this is a starting point for the tree.

The foliage is so leggy and sparse and a lot of it looked old and unhealthy, so I didn't really want to cut off that much. Left a lot of downward facing needles, etc.

After making the deadwood.


Starting wire.


Current.


Anyways, like I said, at least it's a start. Hoping to get it healthy next summer and try to begin developing some pads.

 

[theta]

Here's an update, Just making my way through all the repots I have to do. Did a half bare root and put it into something I had. Ignore the creepy black glove, hah.

Need to prune this back and wire it out this out soon.

 

[Cable]

Cute little guy!

 

[RobertB]

i wouldn't do anything to it till next year now..

 

[my nellie]

You can have something pretty out of your tree after some years!
I repeat what RobertB said above.