I need help!

[adjones.1995]

Hi I need help shaping my bonsai tree! I purchased a cypress bonsai tree a couple months ago and it pretty much looks like the one in the picture. That is not mine, but the tree is the same type, and the trunk is about the same. Mine is a little fuller and more rounded but I would like some advice on how to start shaping my tree I'm open to links too!


[img]https://www.shbonsai.com/dev/graphics/products/bonsai/DTC05.jpg[/img]






Thanks!
-Avery

[kdodds]

Sorry, without a picture of the exact tree and what your intended goal is, helping you acheive that goal is pretty near to impossible.

[gbhunter77]

They grow super slow. In a bonsai pot it will grow about 1/7 of the already slow rate. Its hard to make any shaping suggestion since that depends on the internal branch structure. When I get the nerve I will post what I did mine.

[tomc]

It'll be several to many years before a tree of this trunk caliber will need much styling.