Tag Archives: Spreading roots

Field Growing 4: Native Soil

wayne | 03/13/2009

This Satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum) was originally field grown (it’s from  Bonsai Today issue 40). Field growing is common for azaleas; some start as landscape plants and are later dug up for bonsai, while others are grown as bonsai stock from the beginning. In our last field growing post we mention planting directly into native [...]

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Field Growing 3: Spreading Roots & More

wayne | 02/15/2009

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 [...]

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