Upright picea bonsai

During this awfully warm summer, I placed the tree in half shade to protect it from the sun because everytime I touched it to see how I could wire it it lost old needles. That scared me quite a bit and during wiring even more needles fell of. I guess that would also have happend with strong winds so I try not to worry too much. Want to care well for this tree, but it’s a real challenge. As soon as I get the impression I’m overwhelmed I’ll consult the nursery owner. He’ll know what to do.

But for now I guess that is natural behaviour and maybe a bit of not watering enough in the full sun. Since it’s sitting in half shade it also sparked new growth so it can’t be that bad. This second flush I’ll leave alone entirely.

As the nursery owner told me I pinched the new shoots to half and cut everything out that was growing either straight up or down. I placed it in full sun, since it mirrors the light condition of the nursery where I bought it from. My plan now is to simply maintain, I’d like to wire but I’m not really sure currently.

This is a real treat of a tree. I really like it since it resembles an actual large specimen in the woods. The nursery owner I bought it from, told me to pinch the new growth back to half and wire the branches down, and I’ll do that soon.