# Finished tree from the Cryptomeria Design Refinement stream **URL:** \ **Category:** Design\ **Created:** [July 27, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772 "2019-07-27T02:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/sam/32/3186_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/1 "2019-07-27T02:07:44Z")
Hi everyone! We wanted to update you on the cryptomeria since Ryan didn’t have time to finish it on the stream. ![2019%20Cryptomeria%20Post%20Stream](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/4/41b28d9215c1356fb3d8e4ad54a64bd8da1e90b4.jpeg) We will be adding some close up shots of it to the end of the cryptomeria stream in the Library soon, so be on the lookout for that. Have a great weekend! ---
**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/2 "2019-07-27T03:20:19Z")
Very cool. I assume the big jin hasn’t been carved yet. Can’t wait to see that too! ---
**Author:** ![el\_cheezer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/el_cheezer/32/18652_2.png) [@el\_cheezer](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/el_cheezer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/3 "2019-07-28T03:34:37Z")
The tree looks amazing! During the stream, I noticed that some of the top branches needed to be dropped, and was wondering if he’d bring them all down, or leave the newer ones reaching up. So, if I heard right during the stream, now is the time to work on junipers as well? I have another month of 100°+ weather and want to be sure before killing a tree. ---
**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/4 "2019-07-28T17:10:01Z")
Sort of related question @Sam at the end of the latest Oak stream Ryan mentioned that we’d see some final footage during the cryptomeria stream. Did that happen? I didn’t see it in the archive of the cryptomeria stream. ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/sam/32/3186_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/5 "2019-07-29T16:56:46Z")
Hey Nick! It did happen near the end of the live stream - it needed some more editing so it hasn’t been added to the live stream in the library yet. I will update everyone when it’s there! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wabisan1336](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wabisan1336](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/wabisan1336)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/6 "2019-08-02T18:38:15Z")
Nice job for this Criptomeria upright form. Such amazing talent to transform a nursery stock to a beautiful bonsaï in development. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![LeonardB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@LeonardB](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/LeonardB)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/7 "2019-08-25T11:18:51Z")
Way past cool. Sometimes for me its a bolt of lightning to see what Ryan can do with ordinary nursery stock. Gives the rest of us wannabee’s something to shoot for! ---
**Author:** ![Keith-in-UK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f04885/32.png) [@Keith-in-UK](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Keith-in-UK)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/8 "2019-08-25T20:44:41Z")
WOW! It shows what can be done with lowly nursery stock. I wouldn’t have looked twice at it, let alone buy it. I’ll look a lot closer from now on! ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/9 "2020-02-13T21:18:11Z")
I’ve been trying to get my hands on one of these and this week my wife finally found a Black Dragon crypto for me. 😍 She’s an amazing woman. I’m just about done cleaning it out and I found the nebari. I’m gonna need to protect it a bit, but in the spring I’m gonna set structure and put it in the ground for a year. Here’s a pre-cleaning pic. ![IMG_20200212_081626](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/d/d93acff29ce882deef973622462a3eaaa0594ff3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/10 "2020-02-16T02:24:35Z")
Man alive, this thing had a ton of interior growth. Definitely back buds like crazy. It took three one hour sessions to clean and find the nebari. Going for a formal upright with this one. In the spring it’s gonna go into the ground for a year to thicken it up a bit. For now I’ll keep it in the nursery pot so I can move it into the garage of a freeze comes through. ![IMG-20200212-WA0000](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/4/4d724bcd98348ed5306f2f68222999eec4e4d597.jpeg) ![IMG_20200214_161331](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/b/bab2738db71f3e6333e7d9d1960747782bbd029d.jpeg) ![IMG_20200215_114306](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/8/8ddafca02a0e614ec24ce673725edd678a014282.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LeonardB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@LeonardB](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/LeonardB)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/finished-tree-from-the-cryptomeria-design-refinement-stream/3772/11 "2020-02-27T15:12:11Z")
Amazing, I’d call her Wonder woman!