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188 Creating your own bonsai

Treat the wounded area

Top cut is sharply defined

Use spherical
knob cutters
to gnaw away
at the trunk

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Peel off the bark. Remove any sections Remove a small section of heartwood— Apply root hormone in liberal amounts
that remain and then tidy up the top not so much that it will affect the to the upper cut: use gel, or make a paste
cut, making sure that the top line is structural integrity of the trunk, but of powder with a tiny amount of water
clean and well defined. enough to damage the surface and keep to ensure it is not washed or brushed off
the wound from forming a callus. over the next few steps.

Two months later: reveal the roots

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When you can see that plenty of new Carefully unwrap the plastic and look Remove the top section. Cut through
roots have formed throughout the to see whether delicate new roots have the trunk with a saw, but be very
layer, and the package feels slightly formed all around the trunk. They are careful not to damage either the roots,
compacted to the touch, it is time extremely fragile, so be very careful the lower branch, or your hand.
to remove the plastic. as you separate the two trees.