This post is a continuation of In Search of the Perfect Nebari - part four. From the bottom…. …and the top. After combing out and pruning the roots, there are still a few things to do before potting. Share
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Tag Archives: Root pruning
An Ingenious Technique: part 2
Artist’s rendition of what a nebari might look like using this technique. If you are a very quick study or an old bonsai maven (or both) you probably figured out how to use this technique using just the three images in the previous post. However, if you need more detail (can’t hurt), here’s a big [...]
Posted in Growing Season | Also tagged bonsai today, Growing on tile, Nebari, Surface roots | 2 Comments
Field Growing 3: Spreading Roots & More
Digging a field grown Japanese Black Pine. From Bonsai Today, issue 75. In Field Growing 2 I said I just dug a hole and planted. Actually, that isn’t the whole story; when you field grow bonsai stock, you need to cut off the downward growing roots and spread the lateral roots. This encourages lateral top [...]
Posted in Growing Season | Also tagged Bonsai Today magazine, Field growing, Native soil, Nebari, Spreading roots | 3 Comments
