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130 Creating your own bonsai

Prepare the new pot

Bend the ends of the wire out
to hold the mesh in place

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Cut a piece of plastic mesh that will Bend a piece of wire into a U-shape. Feed the staple through the mesh and
completely cover the drainage hole. Make the flat top section about the same pull through. Bend the legs back until
This is to prevent soil mix from being size as the drainage hole so that the legs they are flat and smooth under the pot
washed away when watering. will fit tightly against the hole walls. and the mesh is fixed securely in place.

Remove the old soil

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Cut the wires holding the tree in the pot. Use a root saw to cut through the soil in Take the tree out of the pot. Don’t use
Always use at least two wires to secure contact with the pot walls. The aim is force: if the tree is stuck, cut around
the tree. If the tree is able to move in the not to cut through any large roots, but a little more. With pines, try to avoid
pot, root development will be slowed. to separate the root ball from the pot. holding the flaky bark on the trunk.