Thread: Bonsai pot myth?
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Old 1-Apr-2006   #2
hansvanmeer
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Originally Posted by 007
I have heard in the past that when buying or making a bonsai pot, the inside surfaces should NOT be glazed so as to allow the roots to grasp the pot. But yet yesterday, I saw a pot from a reputable potter that was glazed on the inside.

Can someone give me some more info here on this?

Grasping roots is actually the last thing you want to happen, the easy-er the tree comes out when re potting the better it is! I think the whole glazed pot story is one of those bonsai myths.
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