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Bonsai Styling Step-Up Course
An intermediate course to advance your bonsai styling, covering advanced wiring, air-layering, and pinching/defoliation.
1
Advanced Wiring
20 minBending trunks and thick branches, double-wiring, and removing wire before it bites in.
2
Creating Material by Air-Layering
15 minTiming and ring-barking steps for air-layering, healing until roots form, and post-separation care.
3
Pinching & Defoliation
15 minTiming pinching to ramify branches, and using defoliation to reduce and even out leaf size.
4
Nebari & Repotting
15 minArranging roots to spread evenly (nebari), revising soil mixes, and moving toward shallow pots.
5
Finishing for Display
15 minApplying and managing moss, matching pots, and composing a display with accent plants.