Bonsai Ramification
Stage 1 in the first stage of development the trunk is developed using field growing techniques a subject which you can read more about in a previous post of mine.
Bonsai ramification. Having started bonsai over a year ago i am still just a beginner and originally learned to cut branches and leaves for ramification purposes. We use that growth in many ways. We have the main branch and it splits and splits until we have a system of smaller and smaller twigs. The pruning practices of coppicing and pollarding induce ramification by removing most of a tree s mass above the root.
Ramification essentially means twiggyness and makes a bonsai look more like an older full sized tree. Building mass to make branches bigger to make entire parts of the tree bigger or to put the finishing touches in the form of ramification. Ramification is also essential to practitioners of the art of bonsai as it helps recreate the form and habit of a full size tree in a small tree grown in a container. This technique should only be used on deciduous trees healthy enough to withstand this demanding technique.
Leaf reduction techniques by bonsai iligan new 01 08 2016. The exquisite fine branching or ramification of a japanese zelkova in winter. Bonsai tutorials for beginners. This twigginess is evocative of a mature tree.
It is one of the many ways that bonsai are made to look like a full sized trees in miniature. Ramification bonsai forum bonsai empire. In doing so you force the tree to grow new leaves leading to a reduction in the size of leaves and an increase in ramification. Trees grow from the tips gaining mass behind them.
In bonsai the goal is to control how the tips grow shape and balance and manage how they gain the mass along the way. Taper and fine tips. Bonsai defoliation involves cutting all the leaves of a tree during the summer. These related features are critical when it comes to developing quality deciduous and other bonsai.
Ramification literally means branch development or how branches grow. Ramification is basically this. However when it comes to the art of bonsai it has come to mean branch development that displays a couple key features. This leads to my.
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