Tag Archives: Grafting knife

Trunks & Trunk Chopping Techniques

wayne | 05/15/2011

I borrowed this mesmerizing ancient black pine trunk from Andy Rutledge’s ‘the bonsai journal.’ Trunk chopping 101 for deciduous trees There’s an excellent article on trunk chopping at Andy Rutledge’s bonsai journal. Andy bills it as trunk chopping for beginners, but I suspect there are experienced bonsai people out there who might also benefit (like [...]

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A Simple (& Clever) Grafting Technique

wayne | 01/03/2010

All you need to get started is a good sharp grafting knife and willingness to experiment. An easy way to add a branch The simple technique shown here allows you to keep the roots of the scion until it takes; an obvious advantage. The scion, aka the branch to be, will remain in its pot [...]

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Some Serious New Bonsai Tools

wayne | 10/05/2009

Here’s some of our new tools (there are more) by Bonsai Aesthetics. From left to right: Rook hook, Extra large branch jack, Extra large branch bender, branch lever, and Large branch jack. Good tools and the price is right A few months ago we introduced some of Robert Steven‘s new line of bonsai tools. Robert [...]

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