Trunks
When first growing bonsai trees, most people start with a sapling which is placed in a pot, and they call it a bonsai. After some tutorials and seeing an exposition or two, some 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 bonsai trunks and how you can also grow killer-trunks.
About taper in bonsai
Taper in bonsai is important. But how does it relate to true taper in trees you see outside?
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Removing moss from bonsai bark
Moss on your bonsai is nice for display purposes. But when moss grows at other times it can damage the bark. So what to do?
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Why bonsai loose taper
Understanding how growth affects taper in bonsai is important. Especially in early stages when growing out your seedlings to become bassive trunks for bonsai, this is important.
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Sacrifice branches for trunk development
Taking a look at sacrifice branches!
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Grown and bend
Bending and growing, a way to grow thick trunks
So how do you go about creating thick trunks on bonsai using bending of branches?
Sacrifice branches.
Thickening trunks using sacrifice branches
is a good way to develop thick trunks on bonsai. How d you use this technique?
Cut and grow and cut
Getting a nice taper is dificult.
Unless you know the power of cutting and growing, in repeated fashion.
How big should my bonsai be
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..
grow and cut
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.