ground layer

Hello good people of BonsaiNut. I want to ground layer this Prunus at the point of inverse taper. The tree was bought during a fall sale last year, and I want to repot it into better soil this spring. Would attempting a ground layer at the same time be possible? Does anyone have any tips for...

Hi need advice if I had done the right method of ground layering. The tree in question, Deshojo Japanese maple. Currently it is end of spring in Sydney, Australia. I am hoping to start a new nebari journey. If anyone has advice for aftercare of ground layering I would be grateful for any tips on...

This one is getting promoted from my Threadless thread. Collected from the woods spring 2022. Collection post (chop, root cutback, etc): https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/rjgiis-threadless-projects.49075/post-949576 Update 1 (2022/07/12)...

Hello all, first post here. I have a Blue Atlas Cedar that I got as cheap sickly nursery stock a year and a half ago. I got it to full health last year and now have it in a pond basket coiled into quite a lovely extreme shape with some 5mm wire (cant ground grow atm). The tree is fairly young...

I bought a pre-bonsai hinoki cypress with a thick, almost bulb at the top of the nebari. I'm considering ground layering it above this ugly area and starting over. I'm wondering when is the best time of year to actually cut into the cambian and begin the process? If I do this to the tree, I'm...