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Hey guys, sorry for the late post, this week is spring break and I've been super busy. But better now than never, right? So for this post I trimmed a Chinese Elm Bonsai that I got as a gift a couple years ago. Sadly, I got uninterested in Bonsai, and didn't pay enough attention to the ones I had, so many perished. But this
Elm was a fighter. It was not doing too bad, besides needing a trim,and some tlc.
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The first thing I did was get rid of any dead branches, which besides the giant one (pictured left) there were not many of.
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The second step was getting rid of branches that crossed each other (just get rid of one) and branches that went straight up. If there were any that went straight down, you would want to get rid of those ones as well, though on this tree I didn't see any. then you just want to trim any new growth back, especially in parts that you don't want to see growth in (duh). So if you didn't want the tree getting taller, than you would trim the top branches.
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| Leftovers |
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It may not look that much different, but this "little" trimming not only makes the bonsai look neater and more aesthetic, but also redirects where all the plants energies are going. This in turn lets the tree focus on things it has, and not focus on things like dead growth (which would be counter-productive), and new growth (which would make it bigger). All in all, this makes the tree healthier.
Thanks for reading, come back next week for a new post, please share this with a friend, or anyone who might be interested, and Plant on!
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