Sycamore Bonsai, collected from a garden. 4

[@baldyeti]

Whoa! 2:10 mark, way to seize the opportunity! That’s going to be such an impressive nebari! Hope it gives you a couple feeders in that bald patch at the very least. I think they call that technique “pinching buds/bud-pinching”. Sure do appreciate you, brother, and all you share with us.

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Cheers! yeah hopefully those roots turn into something awesome!

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

This tree is HARD CORE! I'm just waiting for the trunk on mine to thicken enough for the chop... maybe 2 years away now...

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Cheers Dave, yeah they are tough. i reckon yous will be a decent size in 2 years, thats like 5 years for other trees since they grow so fast.

[@Greeny22]

I'm going nuts with sycamore's. Starting a sycamore Forrest bonsai

[@BackGardenBonsai]

haha, they are troublesome. but they are fun. a forest will be cool!

[@maskamet1114]

Thanks for sharing brother..👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Cheers :)

[@BillyBobJoeSnr]

Looking good so far, my thinking with these sycamore trees is to grow an interesting silhouette as the leaves are huge.

[@BackGardenBonsai]

cheers. yeah that is probably the best way, although the leaves are a lot smaller than ones growing in the ground, but still massive for the bonsai world!

[@BillyBobJoeSnr]

@@BackGardenBonsai maybe it's one of those trees that need multiple defoliation to get small leaves, but might only be once every other year.

[@bonsaikastur]

Check if the side with no branches is the same with no roots. I have a similar tree with the same problem

[@BackGardenBonsai]

i would believe that is probably right!

[@jarheadbonsai]

I wonder if that massive trunk with roots would have budded back for a dope mame 🤔😄😜...love this sycamore. Cheers broski 😎🍺🍺

[@BillyBobJoeSnr]

I was thinking the same thing, a very short broom style.

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Cheers! I think it probably would have. Had no space for it though :-/

[@jarheadbonsai]

@@BackGardenBonsai im always forgetting that important information 🤔😄😜

[@sueb1317]

Very cool start to 2022 sycamore progression. Looking forward to truck flare from those massive basal roots. I'm still struggling in this department, so enjoying every moment of learning.

[@BackGardenBonsai]

cheers, just give it time, your roots will get there :)

[@arnoldmmbb]

Looking good mate, what fertilizer you use?

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Cheers! just general miracle grow or what ever its called. all purpose?... general?. something like that.

[@matthewcampbell5877]

Ahhh man, I'm jealous, I think your "wound" looks great, my sycamore (inspired by you might I add), has a big "outie Nubbin" type thing going on. Do you think I could sand it down or cut it off?

[@BackGardenBonsai]

cheers. you would probably be better off looking into carving it into a innie, rather than a outie. lol. but you can just leave it for now. there is no rush to deal with things like this. it might even rot away on its own

[@matthewcampbell5877]

@@BackGardenBonsai I shall leave it be for another year then, thanks for getting back to me :-)

[@GabiBoldeanu]

what substrate did you use?

[@BackGardenBonsai]

molar clay, perlite and compost, about equal parts, probably more molar clay

[@shaunwistow5840]

Is there a way to reduce the leaf size?

[@BackGardenBonsai]

just keep working the tree as a bonsai. as you can see mine has reduced. ...but i do think it will reach a genetic limit. i think they can only get to a certain size, but its still a lot smaller than the full grown trees

[@jenskarlsson4744]

One day !!

[@BackGardenBonsai]

hopefully!

[@michaelmaguire4555]

Why would you bonsai a sycamore?

[@BackGardenBonsai]

why not? i know they are far from ideal, but they are free and you can hack away at them and have fun while the more suitable trees take their time to develop

[@mattbrennan647]

Freakin’ FOIST

[@jarheadbonsai]

Beat me!!!

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Cheers!

[@edinborogh]

Awesome!

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Cheers!

[@Dulur-Bonsai]

Looking good so far, my thinking with these sycamore trees is to grow an interesting silhouette as the leaves are huge

[@BackGardenBonsai]

cheers. yeah that is probably the best way :)