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Bonsai Master, in my mind
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Back Home in Northern California
Country: USA
Posts: 1,919
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I think that you need to differentiate between prunning and styling...
Styling generally includes pruning...but they are not the same thing.
When working on raw nursery material, I prune/trim superfluous dead wood, branches, etc. Styling doesn't start until after this preliminary pruning.
Then, styling will start and likely include some pruning.
Once styling is finished, guess what? Here comes maintenance pruning...forever more!
So, I ask, how can pruning and styling be the same thing?
Pat
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THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life.
Pat Patterson...Bonsai in the Greater Bay Area, Northern California
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