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bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
Join Date: Oct-2002
Location: Melbourne
Country: Australia
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Drill A Hole In A Tile Technique
At last night's club meeting our President brought in a Japanese maple seedling that he'd grown through a hole in a ceramic tile. This is an old technique for creating the much desired nebari we all seek in bonsai.
The technique is quite simple in that a hole (1 inch thick or so) is drilled through the middle of a ceramic tile. The seedling is then pushed through the hole until its roots are at one end and the trunk is as the other end. Then plant this in the ground for a year and feed well. The seedling basically air layers itself as it thickens and fills the hole in the tile. Then you remove and cut the tap root off.
I guess the following photos from last night will explain things a lot better.
The first pic you can see the tile and the seedlings roots.
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