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Growing Bonsai

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Roots

The roots are the lifelines of your tree. Without roots, there is no water, there are no nutrients and the tree cannot grow. Without the anchoring in the soil, even the lightest of breezes will blow the tree over. So the roots are core to a tree. After some tutorials and seeing an exposition or two, some people realize that there is more to bonsai than just a stick in a pot. Quickly the question comes up: How do I get my cutting, seedling or sapling to grow a bonsai trunk and nebari? Below the general ideas behind the root flare or nebari and how you can also develop a bonsai with a killer-Nebari.

Planting root over rock bonsai
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Starting a root over rock bonsai

April 2, 2021March 28, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Seedling meets rock. And becomes a root over rock. A step by step manual of the work I did.

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Ebihara nebari technique on trident maple bonsai
Blog / Featured / Growing / Manuals / mytrees / progressions / Repotting / Roots

Nebari development: Ebihara technique

March 5, 2021December 3, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

The nebari is core to developing good bonsai. This is one method to enhance the nebari of your trees.

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Blog / Euonymus_europaeus_1 / Repotting / Roots

Spindle repotting time

May 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Repotting trees is core to developing a good nebari. This time, this eonymous shows what is below the surface.

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Growing Bonsai from Seed: Summer repotting of seedlings

August 1, 2017April 1, 2018 - by - 3 Comments.

When you are growing bonsai from seed, it is possible to create a great Nebari. To do this, you need to repot & work on the roots in the early years after propagation.

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Blog / olea_europea_02 / Repotting / Roots

Olive pre-bonsai repotting

December 4, 2016April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Winter was coming and this olive needed a repot into proper bonsai substrate.

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Roots

Growing aerial roots on bonsai

April 14, 2016April 1, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

Why do trees in nature grow an abundance of aerial roots? Why do they often fail to do this as a bonsai?

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Roots

Nebari development and shallow roots for bonsai

June 18, 2015April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

How to develop great nebari for Bonsai
Just by making small adjustments in your potting strategy you can improve your tree dramatically

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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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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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Manuals

Creating a Juniper bonsai rock planting

March 11, 2022January 13, 2022

Grafting Juniper Bonsai

February 25, 2022February 24, 2022

Larch bonsai side branch growing inwards

How to trim and wire larix bonsai

February 25, 2022January 13, 2022

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