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Thursday, October 11th, 2007 by Vance Wood

Root Pruning And Why – Part Two

The two worst scenarios you are likely to encounter in dealing with nursery trees are the mud ball core and layered concentric roots. Both conditions are caused by the way trees are handled in the nursery trade. The first, the mud ball core, is the result of a tree being marketed as a balled in burlap ...

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007 by Vance Wood

Root Pruning and Why

Probably the most misunderstood practice in bonsai is the art of Root Pruning. When I first started growing bonsai, root pruning was not a subject often breached by gardeners as a common practice for growing anything. It was kind of a magic bullet used in bonsai culture to keep a tree small. When someone’s association ...

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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 by Hans Van Meer

Two Needle Pine Care Basics

This article is about the maintenance of the Pinus sylvestris and the Pinus mugo, but the techniques I will describe here can, with some small adjustments, also be used for, Pinus nigra, Pinus uncinata or Pinus ponderosa. Some Notes about Climate First, before I start:: I know that what I’m going to explain in this article works ...

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Thursday, July 27th, 2006 by Jim Smith

Basic Bonsai Refinement

First defoliate the entire tree, then wire all branches that need to be moved, after they have been repositioned shorten them as needed. Make sure you remove all wires before they start to cut into the bark. Remove all terminal buds except those that you want to grow longer. After new buds start to develop, it ...

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