Shaping Your Tree

Written By Toronto BonsaiSociety

TOPICS COVERED

PRUNING

  • Purpose of Pruning

  • Timing

  • Consider the Health of the Tree

  • Structural Pruning vs. Silhouette Pruning

  • Conifers vs. Deciduous vs. Succulents/Tropicals

  • Using the Right Tools

  • Sacrificial Branch

  • Other Pruning Techniques (Pinching, Decandling, Defoliation)

  • Sealing Wounds

  • Aftercare

WIRING

  • Purpose of Wiring

  • Directional Pruning (Clip n' Grow) vs. Wiring

  • Structural Wiring (Trunk Line and Primary Branches)

  • Detail Wiring (Secondary and Tertiary Branches)

  • Types of Wire

  • How to Wire

  • Protecting Branches and Bark

  • Removing Wire

  • Timing and Duration

OTHER STYLING TECHNIQUES

  • Extreme Branch Bending

  • Guy Wires

  • Trunk Splitting

  • Jin and Shari Creation

 

TOPIC RESOURCES

Toronto BonsaiSociety https://torontobonsai.org
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