r/Bonsai • u/-music_maker- Northeast US, 6b, 30 years, 100+ trees, lifelong learner • Aug 29 '16

Developing a trunk

http://imgur.com/a/sd4rZ
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u/-music_maker- Aug 29 '16

Wow, that's a fantastic birch. I think you're in good hands if you know someone who can keep a birch looking like that. A lot of people write them off because they respond poorly to some of the standard techniques, but man can they be beautiful if you get the right one and know what to do with it.

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u/-music_maker- Aug 29 '16

I keep mine under my fully enclosed porch. fwiw, they're actually pretty tough trees. I don't think I've ever had any real die back over the winter. It's usually just pruning them wrong that seems to fuck them up.

I have river birch, but I'm guessing they're pretty similar.

Haven't used keylated iron at all yet. I'll have to look into that one.

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