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Japanese Bonsai Of course everyone wants bonsai inside, preferably on their coffee table, but bonsai is basically an outdoor activity. Bonsai Continue to refine your plant by pinching back the new foliage to force more growth closer to the trunk and to make it denser and more compact. Bonsai Soil Take this nursery plant and style the upper portion of the plant by pruning. Bonsai Plants One of the first things you will notice is that all of them have a definite trunk line. Bonsai Plants You will have to visually eliminate all the unnecessary trunks and branches to see the trunk line. Bonsai Tree It may die anyway, so be prepared for that. Bonsai Soil This is after at least a few years of training; the best and largest don't go into. Bonsai Seeds http://whitebonsai.net/Bonsai-Forest/ http://whitebonsai.net/Chinese-Bonsai/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:08:09 -0600 Chinese Bonsai Don't 'buy a bonsai'. 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