If you want to make the bonsai more beautiful, pruning is an essential step. The bonsai pruning methods can be summarized into 6 methods: thinning, cutting, shrinking, picking, carving, and wounding. In terms of pruning period, winter pruning and summer pruning should be combined, and in terms of methods, winding and pruning should be combined, and various specific pruning methods should be applied comprehensively.
1. Thinning
2. Shortening
Short cutting is also a common method in pruning. Shortening is to cut off a section of the branch to make the branch grow stronger. When short-cutting, you can cut the cross branches and overlapping branches according to the needs of the shape to control their growth and promote flowering.
3. Retraction
4. Pinching
5. Carving: Carve the trunk of the old pile to form a dead peak or a relic trunk, which looks old and strange.
6. Injury: All methods of damaging the bark or wood of the trunk or branch by various methods belong to this category.