Nebari is THE hardest thing to “fix” on a bonsai.How would i fix this? Is there anything I can still do to manipulate the nebari?
Can you be be more specific? Trident? Japanese? Other? Some Japanese Maples layer easily, some don’t.It is a maple
Like @Adair M said, the best way is to ground layer a whole new set of roots. I'm doing that now with a yellow birch. It's a twin trunk, but the split is too high, so I'm layering roots up closer to the split so there will be less room between the ground and the split. There are plenty of tutorials on this forum.Is there any improvements to the tree you guys can think of without chopping it? Im really anxious about that idea.
Who said anything about chopping it?Is there any improvements to the tree you guys can think of without chopping it? Im really anxious about that idea.
So sorry!! I have another thread open on my bonsais potentials and what I could make of it. The most mentioned tip was chopping it, but I was honestly wondering if there was any other way to improve my bonsai than chopping it and restarting the growth.Who said anything about chopping it?
A layer is a technique where the bark and cambium are stripped from a section of a tree, and a growing medium is placed up against the ringed area, and the tree sends out new roots into that medium.
If the ring is cut close to the surface of the soil, and soil is placed around the ringed area, the technique is called “ground layering”. It’s the easiest to do, and what I would recommend for your tree.
If the ring is cut higher so that contact with the ground isn’t feasible, what!/ often done is a mass of wet spaghnum moss is placed in contact with the ring, and either a plastic pot is fashioned to hold the spaghnum in place, or more commonly, plastic is wrapped around the spaghnum moss to hold it in place until the tree sends out roots. This technique is called “air layering”.
Both techniques have high success rates with maples.
Here’s a video that shows how it’s done:
You could airlayer the top, but given it is a straight, taperless trunk too, then you'd have two trees with similar problems, i.e., you'd have to chop the second tree too at some point.Would you suggest chopping the tree right above the curly branch on the left? Couldnt I also air layer so everything I have grown won't go to total waste when I am done?