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136 Creating your own bonsai

Position and plant the trees

5 Plan your arrangement.
Test the trees in various
positions and angles to find
the best fit in terms of trunk
movement, major branches,
and roots. Over time you
want the roots of the two
trees to fuse together to
create one large nebari from
which both trees grow. To
achieve this, make sure their
fine roots overlap, and do not
place the trees so far apart
that they remain separate.

6 Choose the best design.
Here, the mother tree grows
straight up and the daughter
tree grows up and out at an
angle. Their roots will soon
mesh together to form one
big conjoined system.
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7 Position the mother tree
to one side of the pot, leaving
slightly more room for the
daughter. Spread out the roots
to ensure they will grow in
all directions, particularly
those on the opposite side
from the second trunk.

8 Cover with soil and tamp
down a little to hold it in
place. Make sure you leave
enough space for the second
trunk. The soil mix includes
peaty medium ideal for low
maintenance and for root
development in young plants.

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