Maple Maple and Maple

wonderful trees. wonderful artistry. I am an admirer of your work.

best wishes from hawaii.

sam

A prized possession!!!
suthin..thanks for the mesmerizing work!!

I have always loved your work Suthin. Incredible!

Quick question, how does one go about creating such buttressed bases on these trees?

Ryan, root work from the start and repeated frequently. Usually but not always, there are several cuttings or seedlings used to fuse the base and from there it's just grow and cut
Wood

Thank you Gary! Is it the same kind of idea as Doug Philips did, minus the big carved wooden log?

http://dugzbonsai.com/

I have a Trident, but it is very, very, very far from anything even bonsai related.

Ryan, I really don't want to hijack this thread. here is a link that gives the basics.
Wood
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3287

Thank you Sam, Gm and Mach5 for your nice compliment.
Gary, Thanks for your info.Very good. Another method, you just chop the maple down into stump and develope the new trunk.
See this Trident maple.









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suthin

Suthin, as always, very good work! When developing stock, I think most are afraid to grow and afraid to cut
Wood

GaryWood wrote:Suthin, as always, very good work! When developing stock, I think most are afraid to grow and afraid to cut
Wood

Thank you Gary, Some time we have to do its to make a better looking bonsai
Here is a so so willow leaf ficus,
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Best regards
suthin

Hi sutin, I am always stunned when I see your work. I am just wandering how menny years did it take to grow the new crown on this maple?

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Hi Suthin your work is excellent, respect
greetings Milan

I am also incredibly impressed by your work and would also like to know how long the maple took to develop.
Craig

Nik Rozman wrote:Hi sutin, I am always stunned when I see your work. I am just wandering how menny years did it take to grow the new crown on this maple?

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Thank you Nik, Milan and Craigw for nice words,Training deciduous it take more time than conifer,This Trident Maple it take about 6 years to grow the new crown.
Best regards
suthin

Hello Suthin,
Patience and GUTS plus talent..what more could you ask for???Great work,am learning from you

Regards,
Alex

Hi Suthin, down here in Australia we don't have wild mountains to collect conifers from, our wild areas are desert, that means we mostly grow bonsai from scratch. To me 6 years is pretty quick you must be a very good horticulturalist as well as a designer. Did you grow the base as well ?
Regards from Craig

These are beautiful looking trees.

Thank you Alex and Rudi
Best regards
suthin
Trident Maple


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craigw wrote:Hi Suthin, down here in Australia we don't have wild mountains to collect conifers from, our wild areas are desert, that means we mostly grow bonsai from scratch. To me 6 years is pretty quick you must be a very good horticulturalist as well as a designer. Did you grow the base as well ?
Regards from Craig

Hi Craig, I have a lot of fun growing bonsai from cutting and seeding and yes, I grow the base as well a lot of grafting.
Here is how to grow the base from seeding plant togeter. Enjoy




Grafting







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suthin

Very nice krub kuhn Suthin, progress pics of grafting are very useful.

Sutin your work is in the league of Kimura. Just want to know how many years it took you to create such nice maples and do u defoliate more than ones in a growing season. When do you wire and do you cut back hard every year. Thanks and post some more trees.

Absolutely amazing and unbelievable work Suthin. You are in a league of your own. Thanks to your techniques with the pics I have learnt something very important in Bonsai. Thanks for posting this thread and also sharing the progression pics. I am kicking myself for having missed this post for so long....

Regards
Ravi

Hey Suthin, Amazing and very inspiring work. I missed you last year in Raleigh at TBS and I hope you'll come back early next year. To sweeten the deal I can offer you a pretty good discount at a Marriott hotel.

Can you post a picture of your broom style trident maple in development?
Thanks and have a great week
Sam

andre10 wrote:Sutin your work is in the league of Kimura. Just want to know how many years it took you to create such nice maples and do u defoliate more than ones in a growing season. When do you wire and do you cut back hard every year. Thanks and post some more trees.

Thank you Andre for nice compliment . I defoliate the Maple one a year only on healthy tree in Jun and wring in the winter. I cut back hard every 5-6 years.
Here is a shohin Japanese Maple by air layer. Hope you like it.
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suthin

Ravi Kiran wrote:Absolutely amazing and unbelievable work Suthin. You are in a league of your own. Thanks to your techniques with the pics I have learnt something very important in Bonsai. Thanks for posting this thread and also sharing the progression pics. I am kicking myself for having missed this post for so long....

Regards
Ravi

Hi Ravi, Thank you for nice reply.
Best regards
suthin