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Bonsai Growing: Caring for Bonsai Trees

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Dave Pinkney from Gardening Info Zone

Bonsai plants and trees are not just another kind of indoor or balcony plant. They demand constant and repeated attention – which is the price you pay to maintain these magnificent collector’s plants. If you are unable to look after … Continue reading →

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Wiring Bonsai and Bonsai Shaping

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave Pinkney from Gardening Info Zone

This is perhaps the most characteristic aspect of the art of bonsai, at least to the beginner. The necessity is born out of the need to modify the natural arrangement of branches to encourage them to grow to one of … Continue reading →

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Bonsai Shaping: Maintenance Pruning

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dave Pinkney from Gardening Info Zone

Maintaining the shape of your bonsai with maintenance pruning is at least as important as formative pruning, since it also makes a day-to-day contribution to the effort of producing a bonsai of a particular style. Maintenance pruning will vary, since … Continue reading →

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Training Bonsai: Pruning and Bonsai Equipment

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Dave Pinkney from Gardening Info Zone

By definition, the perfect bonsai should have an aged-looking trunk and a vigorous growth of branches and leaves. The proportions of the tree should be similar to those of natural growing trees in the country or in forests but in … Continue reading →

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How to Make Bonsai Trees: Grafting

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dave Pinkney from Gardening Info Zone

This method of propagation is based on joining the living tissue of two growing plants, which may be different, yet closely related, compatible species. The method allies the aerial part, or scion, to the stock growing in the ground. The … Continue reading →

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How to Make a Bonsai Plant: Air Layering

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Dave Pinkney from Gardening Info Zone

This is a completely artificial way of propagating, which oilers a number of advantages for bonsai creation. Well-formed plants can be obtained quickly but. Most important, the girth of its trunk is that of a much older established tree. The … Continue reading →

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How to Make a Bonsai Tree: Layering

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Dave Pinkney from Gardening Info Zone

The layering technique is similar to the technique of taking cuttings, in that it is based on the principle of producing spontaneous root growth from an existing shoot. However, in layering, rooting takes place without the cutting being separated from … Continue reading →

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