Bonsai material: Digging from a garden
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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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’.
Bonsai layering – Step by step explanation
Air layering is a god technique to improve the nebari or to propagate plants. A step by step manual.
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What is a bonsai?
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
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
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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Developing bonsai maple branches – spring work
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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Build instructions for a bonsai growbox
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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Taking pictures of bonsai
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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