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Sep 12, 2015 8:13 AM CST
Name: Rick
Vancouver Island, Canada (Zone 8a)
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Looks great, Kadie. Looks like she is going to walk right out of that pot.
Like the way you have the trees branches flattened out like a 'Table top' similar to a wind blown tree here on the oceans edge.
My friend from South Africa commented on my Bonsai Adenium and mentioned to redo any wiring frequently as the impressions from the growing/thickening of the branch will remain, even after removing wire.
Mine, I think I may have used too thick of a wire, but with these Adenium. Their skin is a lot softer than per say a heavy barked tree type.
I am using the string pulled down method with mine now.

With mine, when first starting it. I snipped all the leaves in half and repeated this another time.
Something that people where doing called "Ballooning". I hopes to promote a larger caudex.
What I did like about doing this is that the leaves grew back only half the size and in doing so, made the branches more visible.
Probably will do again to mine, as they are growing back larger now.
Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Rick
"Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I received"

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