healing scars

Hello everyone, thank you for reading! I bought a japaneese maple in 2025 spring for a really good price. The nebari is a beast, about 40 cm in diameter... The reason it was soo cheap is half the tree is dead... I Do not think a wound this severe is healable... If I were to carve the trunk...

I got this trident a few months ago. The wound due to the big chop on the trunk was already covered with cut paste when I got it. The cut paste started to crack and fall a few days ago. How should I proceed for healing the wound successfully? Should I remove the remaining cut paste, then...

Hi all! This is my first post about my first bonsai on a forum that has already been very helpful and inspirational. I got this ficus benjamina pretty much as is 8 months ago. I liked it because it has a nice 2 inch trunk. I am planning on changing its shape for an umbrella & make it grow...

Hi! Would like some advice on best ways to remove pine branches relating to healing scars. For example, I am aware of two approaches 1 cut and leave a small stub - then take it off 2 cut to flesh to the main trunk - let it heal how can I avoid ugly healing scars? For example see the...

I just got this Tiger Bark Ficus from Wigert Bonsai nursery recently. I went in to do a little pruning and wiring. While I was working on it I noticed the large trunk chop wound at the top of the trunk. Upon closer inspection I started noticing the bark around the wound is kind of dark and...

This is another one of the twelve bonsai’s I inherited from my father in law two years ago. Its a reliable, lovely colored maple of unknown origin, maybe a Deshojo (?) he picked up along the way of his 30 year voyage through the world of bonsai. Like some inherited pieces, it has some great...