Tuesday, July 31, 2007

About bonsai tree pruning

Bonsai pruning is one of the most important things in bonsai
care. By doing the pruning you'll give to the bonsai tree the
shape that you want, you can shorten it and get the bonsai tree
stem thickening too.

First of all, we want to point out that you
have to: * name it for a better contact with the bonsai tree,
which is good too for its health and vigor * water bonsai plant
once a day or two, but don't over water it * keep it in high
humidity places * do not expose the bonsai in direct sun and hot
temperature * make the pruning in spring (there are some
particular species of bonsai tree that are admitting the summer
cuttings) * prune the bonsai crown so that it takes the triangle
shape * cover the cut sector or branches lesion with diameter
over 0.5 cm with lute, for helping the bonsai healing. * use
only clean and sharp gardening and cutting instruments * the
above part of the bonsai tree is growing faster than the
inferior part of it, so cut mostly the edge of bonsai treetop


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