Pruning your bonsai.
June 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Featured Bonsai Articles
The roots
This short article from Bonsai pictures is all about how to cut and prune your roots and branches effectivly.
The function of the roots are to retain the Bonsai tree in the substrate, store nutrients during the rest period and to absorb water and nutrients during the growing season. After 2-3 years in the same [...]
Pruning.
Doesn’t it hurt the tree? No more than pruning hurts your roses or that dusty old privet hedge that you unceremoniously hack back too many times a year. In fact, pruning an established bonsai helps keep the foliage mass in equilibrium with the roots, thus balancing the tree’s needs with its ability to supply them.
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