Durig potting I had to decide about teh final shape of the bonsai. I always had problmes with this strong direction towards the left and also found that the tree could be much more compact and thus gain in power. So while I placed it into the new pot I partially redesigned it right away. This was necessary to find the best position in the pot.
Just for clarity: I usually have no help doing this. I work with these trees alone. Also the photographs are taken by myslef, als the auto portraits.
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