# Youthful Tree Design

**URL:** https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/youthful-tree-design/11596
**Category:** Design
**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/youthful-tree-design/11596 "2024-04-08T15:23:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Andres21](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/andres21/32/44507_2.png) [@Andres21](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Andres21)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/youthful-tree-design/11596/1 "2024-04-08T15:23:38Z")

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Species: Dwarf Alberta Spruce  
Time in Training: Not long  
Last scope of work: Repot late March  
Location: PNW  
Questions/Critique requested:

Hello Mirai Community,  
This may not be worth some of your time, but anyone who wants to work on their critique muscles please feel free. This was a 10$ tree and I worked on it just for the practice. I did very little work on the roots, and it has responded quite well since the repot in March. Thank you for taking the time!

Photo Descriptions:  
1- Front  
2- Debating whether or not to keep the elongated apexes. I didn’t think the young age of the material was able to hold the asymmetry.  
3- Pre working

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### Author: ![Robert](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/robert/32/27800_2.png) [@Robert](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Robert)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/youthful-tree-design/11596/2 "2024-04-08T18:37:56Z")

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I like your styling, aging later is “easy”. The only thing I would have done differently would have been to do a more severe repot (shallower) but that will be for later now.

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### Author: ![NEBeech](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nebeech/32/37888_2.png) [@NEBeech](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/NEBeech)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/youthful-tree-design/11596/3 "2024-04-09T00:22:56Z")

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I think you crushed it! Refining your skills on young nursery stock is not easy (or maybe I was just foolishly assuming so when I started). So I respect the commitment to the skills/techniques and it’s the best way to get lots of reps and still have money for food! Great styling and you turned it into something that’s worthy

The way I said it made it sound like I am beyond this point, which is not the case at all, that’s why I can relate…most of my stuff I wonder…is this stick in a pot worth asking about.