BONSAI BASICS

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BONSAI BASICS STUDENT HANDBOOK Objective Introduction History What makes good BONSAI Rules of BONSAI Sunlight Fertilizer Watering Insects & Disease Moss BASICS BONSAI Soil Trees 101 Growth Principles The Front Care of your tree (Before) Care of your tree (After) Wiring Basic Proportions Basic Design Pots Tools Glossary of terms 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 14 15 20 22 26 29 31 34 35 36 48 49 50 53 54 Table of Contents 1 This workbook was designed to aid the aspiring BONSAI artist by providing an overview of the many topics associated with BONSAI BASICS .

trees, but rather depends on growing small trees from regular stock and seeds. Bonsai uses cultivation techniques like pruning, root reduction, potting, defoliation, and grafting to produce small trees that mimic the shape and style of mature, full-size trees. INTRODUCTION

  Tree, Pruning, Mature