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Any tips on how I could have trimmed the apex on this Alberta spruce?

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Posted 3 years 3 months ago #73532
I was working on this dwarf Alberta spruce yesterday and made some deadwood (Jin) on it. I wasn’t too sure on how to prune the top on the other branches. Any advice?
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Posted 3 years 3 months ago #73616
I would not cut anything more for now. Just let it recover a season or two. Meanwhile you have a lot of time to set up a plan for future design.
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Posted 3 years 1 month ago #74790

I would not cut anything more for now. Just let it recover a season or two. Meanwhile you have a lot of time to set up a plan for future design.

I would like to find out too – following.
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Posted 3 years 1 month ago #74792
Hard to see the trunk. Is it splitted to two or 3 trunks?

What style are you aiming on.
Formal upright or clumpstyle or..?
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Posted 3 years 1 month ago #74852
It’s actually splitting into four.
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Posted 3 years 3 weeks ago #74884
Sorry, hard to give any advice here. For me, it is not clear where you are going with this styling. Are you planning on keeping these 4 main stems?
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Posted 3 years 3 weeks ago #74922
I am. I'm trying to make formal upright growth with each main stem. I made deadwood or 'jin' on two of them.
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Posted 3 years 3 weeks ago #74929
In that case, be creative. Formal upright with 4 trunks is a type that you have just made up. The aim of a formal upright is.. straight up, smooth terparing with regular branching at ever decreasing interval, perfectly vertical, perfectly stright. So not 4 trunks.

Keep in mind, in general with Bonsai, even numbers over 2 of anything is typically avoided
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Posted 3 years 2 weeks ago #74974
I think I might I have to do more trimming. Believe it or not, that’s less half of the foliage from before.
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Posted 3 years 2 weeks ago #74977

I think I might I have to do more trimming. Believe it or not, that’s less half of the foliage from before.

I am sure it needs more pruning. Not just now. Wait a season for it to recover. There are no pride in a dead tree.
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