TOPICS COVERED
PRUNING
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Purpose of Pruning
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Timing
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Consider the Health of the Tree
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Structural Pruning vs. Silhouette Pruning
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Conifers vs. Deciduous vs. Succulents/Tropicals
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Using the Right Tools
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Sacrificial Branch
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Other Pruning Techniques (Pinching, Decandling, Defoliation)
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Sealing Wounds
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Aftercare
WIRING
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Purpose of Wiring
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Directional Pruning (Clip n’ Grow) vs. Wiring
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Structural Wiring (Trunk Line and Primary Branches)
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Detail Wiring (Secondary and Tertiary Branches)
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Types of Wire
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How to Wire
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Protecting Branches and Bark
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Removing Wire
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Timing and Duration
OTHER STYLING TECHNIQUES
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Extreme Branch Bending
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Guy Wires
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Trunk Splitting
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Jin and Shari Creation
TOPIC RESOURCES
PRUNING
Branch Selection and Pruning
Bonsai Empire – Luis Vila Gonzalez
Making a Maple Bonsai Tree
Bonsai Empire
How To Create a Bonsai Tree
Bonsai Empire
Shohin Juniper Bonsai from Cuttings, Part 1
Bonsai-U
Shohin Juniper Bonsai from Cuttings, Part 2
Bonsai-U
Bonsai Beginner Series – Cleaning Conifers
Bonsai Mirai
Bonsai Beginner Series – Cleaning Deciduous
Bonsai Mirai
Keeping a Bonsai Tree Small
The Bonsai Zone
Clip and Grow Technique for Bonsai
Bonsai Empire – Tony Tickle
Ficus Retusa
Toronto Bonsai Society
Nursery Stock Holiday Bonsai Creation
Bonsai Mirai
Bonsai Secrets
Heron’s Bonsai
Bonsai from ‘No Hopers’
Heron’s Bonsai
Bonsai Scots Pine First Styling
Kisetsu-en Morten Albek
Bonsai Beginner Series – Cleaning Conifers
Bonsai Mirai
Bonsai Beginner Series – Cleaning Deciduous
Bonsai Mirai
A Detailed Pruning of My Schefflera Arboricola Bonsai
The Bonsai Zone
Keeping a Bonsai Tree Small
The Bonsai Zone
Improving your Ficus Bonsai
Bonsai Empire – Peter Chan
How To Bonsai Quick Results Part 1
Graham Potter on @mikbonsai
How To Bonsai Quick Results Part 2
Graham Potter on @mikbonsai
Deciduous vs. Coniferous Bonsai Styling
Bonsai Empire – Harry Harrington
Thickening the Trunk of your Bonsai
Bonsai Empire – Walter Pall
WIRING
Wiring Essentials
Colin Lewis
How Much Bite is Too Much?
Bonsai-U
Bonsai Beginner Series – Structural Wiring
Bonsai Mirai
Bonsai Detail Wiring
Bonsai Mirai
Bonsai Wiring
Morten Albek
OTHER TECHNIQUES
Deadwood Part 1
Bonsai Mirai
Deadwood Part 2
Bonsai Mirai
Deadwood Part 3
Bonsai Mirai
Bending ‘Thick’ or Brittle Bonsai Branches
Bonsai4Me
How to Split a Bonsai Trunk
Herons Bonsai
Thick Trunk Bonsai? Split Trunk Literati Style
Herons Bonsai
Bonsai Advanced Techniques: Bending of the Big Trunk of a Pinus Mugo by Nicola Crivelli
Evoluzione Bonsai
