For the manual the article “Creating A Tanuki Bonsai ” was used (
http://www.bonsailearningcenter.com...nuki_bonsai.htm) and a photo of trees in tanuki technics in BonsaiTalk gallery. There was a useful advice to raise a snag in a pot (for example, using flat stones) in order to reduce contact with the damp environment and to slow down decay processes. I have gone further – as flat stones were not found I cut out the piece of a ceramic tile and a snag was pasted to it (epoxy glue was used as my friend chemist told me, that after polymerization allocation of harmful substances stops. I am not confident, but has believed). So for destiny of a snag I now worry less, but main purpose is not to kill the tree!
The holes have been drilled in a tile for fastening in a pot by a wire. As height of a tile obviously did not suffice to raise a construction in a pot on a necessary height, plastic fuses from drinked bottles of wine were used (wine was so-so, never buy wine with plastic corks (fuses), even French wine, though fuses were useful this time!) – photo 8,11. In addition more places for roots were saved.