missionBonsai
Yamadori
Picked this JBP at a recent bonsai show in MI. I have several others, but nothing that is this far along and I was hoping to get some clarification on what my next steps might be; I'd sure appreciate it!
My first question is, what is up with the branch circled red? It looks different than the others and the bud is very small. It is the center branch in the whorl, is this a result of prior decandling? Speaking of the whorl, I assume I need to lose two of these branches, am I right to think these branches are 'C' and 'D' ? I notice 'C' has more buds than the other branches. I do not know if this was going to be a leader?
Lastly, am I right to think that I should decandle 'A' and 'B' if I wanted to keep this tree small? I also considered having the branches continue to flow off in the direction the tree is moving, but in this case: I would NOT decandle?
I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your help!



My first question is, what is up with the branch circled red? It looks different than the others and the bud is very small. It is the center branch in the whorl, is this a result of prior decandling? Speaking of the whorl, I assume I need to lose two of these branches, am I right to think these branches are 'C' and 'D' ? I notice 'C' has more buds than the other branches. I do not know if this was going to be a leader?
Lastly, am I right to think that I should decandle 'A' and 'B' if I wanted to keep this tree small? I also considered having the branches continue to flow off in the direction the tree is moving, but in this case: I would NOT decandle?
I hope this makes sense. Thank you for your help!


