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Bonsai care, design, growing methods and fundamentals. Articles from practice.
17 practical articles
Growing methods
When we want our bonsai to grow as optimally as possible, we use techniques such as lapping and drill grafting. These methods can be used to compensate for undesirable natural developments such as an inharmonious root base or missing trunk branches.
Josef Rauscher
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Growing methods
Bonsai trees can not only be bought, but also grown from a seed or a cutting. You can also buy raw material from a tree nursery or "simply" collect them in the wild. Of course, only with the consent of the landowner.
Josef Rauscher
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Growing methods
This method can be used for almost all evergreen trees and shrubs, with very good chances of growth; important: the rootstock and scion must be young and vigorous. The method works with all evergreen species such as pine, fir, spruce, juniper, Chamaecyparis etc..
Josef Burschl
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Growing methods
In 2010, we were helping friends to redesign their garden and discovered this yew tree. Unfortunately, it was growing in a very unfavorable place and therefore had to go. It was too good to throw away and it wasn't particularly good as bonsai starting material either, but we took it anyway because a Taxus baccata "Summergold" is very rare as a bonsai.
Josef Rauscher
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Growing methods
Why is this done? Tanuki is not necessarily a style, but rather a technique to make a bonsai appear older. It involves combining a living plant with a piece of dead wood. The original style is called Sharimiki.
Josef Rauscher
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Growing methods
Yamadori (Yama = mountain / Dori = gathering) Small, compact or extremely shaped trees grow in natural habitats with poor living conditions for plants, or on forest edges and small meadows where wild animals can bite the plant back again and again. These unusual shapes are ideally suited as bonsai starting material.
Josef Rauscher
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Bonsai Kreativ / Knowledge
The articles cover tree analysis, deadwood, repotting and pine grafting, connecting observation and technique with the long-term development of a bonsai.