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When I saw the young maples growing in Kazuo Onuma's garden, I immediately wanted to give his techniques a try (see "Onuma's mini-bonsai growing techniques" for details). I picked up some bare-root liners - young trees created for the nursery …
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Earlier this summer, I pruned and defoliated two field grown trident maples. I reduced all of the branches on one of the trees, and left a sacrifice branch on the other. Both trees have grown vigorously since they were pruned, but they produced …
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