{"id":75,"date":"2010-04-02T01:07:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T17:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/?p=75"},"modified":"2010-04-02T01:07:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T17:07:28","slug":"defoliating-picking-leaves-off-bonsai-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/02\/defoliating-picking-leaves-off-bonsai-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Defoliating – Picking Leaves off a Bonsai Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Defoliating<\/a>
Another defoliated bonsai tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few days ago, my bonsai teacher asked me to pick off all the leaves from a bonsai tree. This is called defoliating, a way to stimulate the tree to grow new branches and smaller leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"Defoliating<\/a>
The bonsai tree before defoliation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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\"Defoliating<\/a>
Defoliating the bonsai tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\"Defoliating<\/a>
The bonsai tree after defoliation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the bonsai tree which I have defoliated. Instead of shears, I used tweezers since this is the fastest way to pinch off all the leaves on the Elm (and still, it took me around 3 hours to strip off this little bonsai of ~20 cm tall).<\/p>\n

\"Defoliating<\/a>
The defoliated bonsai tree after a major branch pruning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Teacher Wong gave the tree a major branch pruning after defoliation. This Elm is actually an award-winning mini bonsai. By defoliation and branch pruning, Teacher Wong is attempting to bring youth back to this old tree.<\/p>\n

A truly A+ bonsai should look just as exquisite<\/span> when it is naked of leaves, as the times when it is blooming vigorously with leaves and flowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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