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Originally Posted by chrle
Don't believe its an obsession with the tap root in general, as much as I do have an obsession with the art of bonsai, I have read the article and others posted and did not see this mention, in my teaching I was told as far back as 1970 to remove the "central tap root" it was an essensial method of "bonsai', not only does this strengthen the lateral roots, but halts rapid growth.
As far as the power washing goes, as stated, yes on a personal level I never had to power wash, and was amazed at this, when I repotted my 40 year old maple, the root system did not deem nessasary such extrememes, again it was a "bonsai", a 200 year old pine I've seen repotted also did not, again it was a bonsai. Care and proper maintance, which I thought, and personally will continue to do to achieve the bonsai art form I enjoy, will always included the removal of the "elusive" tap root
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A tree that has been a bonsai for many years, if it has been cared for, does not need to be power washed, or it should not. But that was not what the article was about, of course you know that having read it. Neither of the two articles I wrote concerned themselves with already established bonsai, but with raw material that has been mistreated and neglected for many years. I too read about the tap root as early as 1957, but most of the time you almost never find a nursery tree that has what can be identified as a clearly defined tap root you see illustrated in the books. It has instead a series of large useless roots. What do the books say about these?
You still don't seem to grasp what I am saying. If you do the things I have written about you will remove the tap root. What part of that do you not understand?
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