Esprit Bonsai International – August 2019

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••• This is the result obtained in a few hours.
One still needs to put in a few fine tension wires to
prepare the direction of the secondary branches,
and to shorten overlong, or unneeded branches.
The tree will now be pampered until next year
when it will be completely wired about 30 days
before the Fédération française de bonsaï (FFB,
French bonsai federation) convention due to be
held in May 2020.
And now it is over to you to enjoy making your
Once the branch is correctly positioned, a tension wire will own project and to try and guess what mine is! �
take the place of the straps, which can then be removed.


Preparation work
is finished. The
Scots pine will
be wired one
month before the
demonstration
at the French
bonsai federation
convention in
May 2020.
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