{"id":3093,"date":"2022-11-15T09:41:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2022-11-15T09:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:44:32","slug":"grafting-the-roots-of-a-bonsai-to-improve-its-nebari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/grafting-the-roots-of-a-bonsai-to-improve-its-nebari\/","title":{"rendered":"Grafting The Roots Of A Bonsai To Improve Its Nebari"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3093\" class=\"elementor elementor-3093\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-632a0a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"632a0a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-690a679\" data-id=\"690a679\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7610849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7610849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Bonsai%20080318%20009%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"beech bonsai\" width=\"662\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\">My Fagus sylvatica\/European Beech bonsai pictured in my garden in early March 2018. This tree will be familiar to those that have read my first book &#8220;Bonsai Inspirations\u00a01&#8221; as its initial development features heavily within the book.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Bonsai%20080318%20008%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"beech bonsai\" width=\"697\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\">Over the years, as the trunk and in particular the nebari (surface roots) had swelled with age, gaps in the nebari had become more prominent.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20001%20copyright%20500.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai nebari\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\">Although pleasing in appearance, the nebari could be improved by addressing these gaps (marked &#8220;A&#8221; and &#8220;B&#8221; in the image above).<br \/>In the same way that the branch structure of a deciduous bonsai can be slowly improved over the years, so can the rootsystem and nebari.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20007%20copyright%20500.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting\" width=\"729\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\">March 2018: Repotting the Beech.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20012%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting\" width=\"654\" height=\"550\" \/><br \/><br \/>After gently combing-out the old soil, it is possible to see how shallow the roots of this tree are after many years of cultivation.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20020%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting and grafting\" width=\"761\" height=\"550\" \/><br \/><br \/>The rootball as seen from the left-hand side. It is sometimes possible to find vigorous young roots that have emerged from below the level of the nebari. As they are, they are too low to be part of the nebari itself. However, they can be lifted upwards and pinned into position, effectively being grafted into place while still attached to the tree.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20026%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting and grafting\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" \/><br \/><br \/>This vigorous root was pinned into the nebari (at position &#8220;A&#8221;). A small wedge was cut into the bark and cambium of the tree, and the root held tightly against it with a pin (in this case, made from a length of copper wire).<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20029%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting and grafting\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" \/><br \/><br \/>The root was then bent downwards&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20031%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting and grafting\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" \/><br \/><br \/>&#8230;&#8230;.and anchored into position using a wooden stick. As the wedge-shaped channel in the tree heals around the pinned area of the root, they will naturally graft together over the coming years. (For further reading please see\u00a0Approach Grafting Roots for Better Nebari)<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20033%20copyright%20550.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting and grafting\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" \/><br \/><br \/>After returning the tree back into its pot for another couple of years. Three other roots were grafted into new positions (in area &#8220;B&#8221;). Although thinner, these roots will be allowed to grow freely until they thicken up to be of appropriate size.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AT%20Grafting%20Roots%20onto%20bonsai\/Beech%20repot%20260318%20039%20copyright%20500.jpg\" alt=\"bonsai repotting and grafting\" width=\"662\" height=\"490\" \/><br \/><br \/>The completed work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grafting roots onto a beech bonsai to improve the 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