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190 Creating your own bonsai

Finish the two trees

Two months after their
separation, both trees are
thriving and ready to drop
their leaves in the fall.
• The layered tree Avoid
moving or disturbing it
until the following summer
to give the roots time to
develop, but provide winter
protection: it is essential
the roots never freeze.
• The lower trunk tree
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will be on healing the wound
Prepare a training pot, and pour small- The tree must be kept still to establish, caused by the air layering, and
particle soil mixture around the roots. but the roots are too delicate for fixing thickening up the trunk by
The roots are easily damaged, so do not wires to be effective. Here, a wooden pruning after leaf fall.
work the soil into them too much. brace is made to hold the tree in place.

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Water well. When the water runs clear, Do not forget the base of your original
cover the soil with chopped sphagnum tree. Trim the area below the separation
moss to retain moisture, and carefully and make a plan for the new base of
move to a sheltered location. the trunk.

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TIdy the wound until the line flows Apply wound sealant, then leave it alone
smoothly from the trunk into the new until next year: the more foliage it has,
leader. Take care to get the right line the better the wound will heal. Do not
even if it means making a larger wound. prune until after the leaves have fallen.