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146 Creating your own bonsai

Create the group

Aluminum wires
secure the tree
to the frame

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Position the largest main tree. Place it Tie the tree in place. Pass wire beneath Take the next largest tree and repeat
just off-center, to one side and slightly the chopsticks and around the trunk so the process. For a more natural effect,
toward the rear of the pot. Spread out that it holds the tree securely. It is liable arrange the trees so that there is more
the roots over the chopsticks, feeding to move until soil is poured around it. negative space in the foreground and
thicker roots under the frame if possible. Be careful not to let it fall over. to one side of the pot.

The main trunk
is leaning at a
precarious angle,
so will need
some support

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Stand back and view the arrangement Use keto soil to change the position Prune back branches close to the base
from all sides, checking the position and of the trunks if you need to. Build of each trunk to reflect the relatively
angle of the trunks. Make adjustments the soil up around the bases of the bare lower trunks found in a natural
if necessary. It will be difficult to do this individual trees to nudge their trunks forest habitat. Take care not to disturb
once the roots have grown together. in a certain direction. the trunk positions.