to see pictures

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Here is a link that might be useful: click here

Dead is dead - it doesn't matter when you do it. BTW betula - that link doesn't work.

sorry for the bad link here is a picture of two weeks growth.

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and this is a picture of the deadwood on the on the left and the right. the center is the live trunk
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Leave a stub, and carve it into a tapered look, so it doesn't just look 'cut off', but is more graceful.

thanks i'll try that, also do you know if i can do the same with the deadwood on the branches of the canopy?

Why not? Well, you can do it, but you may or may not want to. Carving is more traditionally used on conifers (pine, larch, fir), so if that matters to you (being traditional about bonsai) then you may not choose to do it, but others have and if they do a good job it doesn't look terrible at all, though possibly a little strange. However, why not just cut the unwanted parts off flush with the trunk (or branches) with a concave cutter? Why not Google 'bonsai' with 'jin' and 'shari' (the terms for carving) and learn more about them?

i'll deffinately look up on the carving. thnx for the advice, ill keep posted on the pics.