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Growing Bonsai

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Manuals

Although this whole site consists of short instructions on how to get the best out of your trees, the articles in this section are particularly focussed on the ‘how to’.

Yew thinned for wiring
Featured / Manuals / Wiring

Developing Taxus bonsai

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Taxus is one of the best species for bonsai. It is however a species with a few special tricks. So how to start on a yew bonsai?

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Bonsai material: Digging from a garden

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

For many people finding suitable bonsai material is dificult. One source is often overlooking: Digging from backyards. A guide to doing this successfully.

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Air layer site
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Bonsai layering – Step by step explanation

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Air layering is a god technique to improve the nebari or to propagate plants. A step by step manual.

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Malus expose root prepre bonsai
Featured / Growing / Manuals / Seed

Growing bonsai from Seed

January 10, 2020December 31, 2019 - by - 1 Comment

There are several ways to grow a bonsai. The slow version but in the end also one of the most rewarding is growing bonsai from seed.

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What is a bonsai?

February 17, 2018April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Understanding what bonsai are about is crucial to startig off on the right foot with this hobby. In this post I try to explain what sets bonsai apart from other plants in pots.

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Growing bonsai yourself: Selecting Nursery stock for bonsai

January 5, 2018April 1, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

So.. you want to start growing bonsai. And in garden centres you have no idea what to look for? Look no further. Read this article on how to select nursery plants for growing bonsai.

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Creating bonsai from Nursery stock: Olive Bonsai

July 23, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Getting an olive shrub from a garden centre and training it for bonsai requires putting it in a different substrate and reducing the plant. Here an explanation of the first steps towards training as bonsai for olive trees.

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branches / Defoliating / Manuals / Wiring

Developing bonsai maple branches – spring work

May 7, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

With spring in full swing in Texas, USA, Scott Barboza has worked on one of his maple bonsai in development again. On one of the well known bonsai forums (bonsainut) …

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Featured / Manuals / Pots

Build instructions for a bonsai growbox

January 15, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - 5 Comments.

A basic instruction to create a wooden growbox for bonsai It really is very easy to build a basic growbox for your trees. Besides some bits of wood, all you …

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Carved trunk
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Taking pictures of bonsai

May 15, 2016April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Taking a good picture of your bonsai can be very usefull. Think of situations like submitting your tree for an exhibition. Submitting a very good, clear picture of your tree …

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Manuals

Yew thinned for wiring

Developing Taxus bonsai

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

Bonsai material: Digging from a garden

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020

Air layer site

Bonsai layering – Step by step explanation

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

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