Planting a pine tree in the cascade style is not an easy task, selecting stone that has both the weight and interest is important. The stone was collected by my wonderful friend in Bonsai Terry Foster. It is Devonian schist and very old indeed. It is extremely hard and not easy to drill or cut.
The video and the photos covers most of the ‘how to’, placing the Keto is important so that the soil mixture stays in position and does not wash away when watering.
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- Original tree prior to styling
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- Original styling after one year
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- Positioning the tree so that styling can be done
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- Detail of the base
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- The foliage is sparse, three years and it should be full
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- The Stone
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- The Stone
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- Attaching the wires
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- A thin saw helps remove the rootball
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- A tight root mass
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- Pushing a guiding wire through the root mass
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- Then pulling the tie wire through the root mass
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- Lots of wires to hold the tree firm
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- A small mesh to hold the soil in place
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- Detail of the base prior to filling with soil mix.
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- Keto and soil mixture
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- A firm root pad
Bonsai & Yamadori from Tony Tickle 
Stunning tree, outstanding rock, great job! 🙂
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Wonderful work–a very special planting.
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