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Roots

Nebari creation with seedlings.

April 23, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Preparing seedlings to create bonsai with a great nebari
. Yes. Already very young plants can be prepared to create a top nebari on a bonsai. How?

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Roots

Nebari creation with young plants

April 19, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

Creating great nebari for Bonsai using young plants
. When working with you plants you do not always have full control over the nebari. You can however dor some simple things to improve the nebari.

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Trunks

Grown and bend

April 11, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

Bending and growing, a way to grow thick trunks
So how do you go about creating thick trunks on bonsai using bending of branches?

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Crateagus with sacrifice branch
Trunks

Sacrifice branches.

March 31, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

Thickening trunks using sacrifice branches
is a good way to develop thick trunks on bonsai. How d you use this technique?

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Trimming / Trunks

Cut and grow and cut

March 26, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Getting a nice taper is dificult.
Unless you know the power of cutting and growing, in repeated fashion.

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Roots

The perfect root flare

March 23, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 1 Comment

The basis of bonsai is a good rootflare.
So wat is a good root system?

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Birch trunk
Styles / Trunks

How big should my bonsai be

March 22, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 1 Comment

How tall should a bonsai be?
It is actually fairly easy to answer this question. If you know how big the trunk is in any case..

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Trunks

grow and cut

March 21, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 19 Comments.

Getting good taper in bonsai is a matter of cutting
after letting a trunk grow big, you cit it back. And there you have it. Taper.

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Carved trunk
Fysiology / General / Trunks

Why trunks grow thick

February 23, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 1 Comment

Why bonsai trunks grow thick
. It is good to understand how trunks grow if you want to grow them yourself.

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Acacia seedlings
Seed

Sowing plants

February 23, 2013April 1, 2018 - by - 1 Comment

Growing bonsai from seed br> is maybe the most rewarding ways to grown bonsai. It does however require a lot of patience!

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