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2010 2011
e trunk in the upper part was cut by using side cutter to get the nice shape for the future. I put some wires on the branches; one to function as the trunk and others to be the side branches.
I let it grow wild without any pruning. At the end of 2010 here is how the plant looked a er I reduced some unnecessary foliage. You can see the long twigs grow- ing straight up that have also become much thicker as the branch is allowed to grow.
A er reducing the twigs and branches.
On August 2012, the overall shape of the proposed bonsai looked clearer. e short branches on the right and the long ones on the le were already almost the desired shape.
On May 2011 the plant was like this.
2012
Seven months later or on December 2011, I took a picture of the plant again. e right side of the branch- es were kept on short, whereas the le side were grow- ing long to thicken the branches. e upper part was kept growing wild as it had to be thicker to continue the line of already thick trunk below.
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