Nurture your bonsais carefully
STAND-OUT PERFORMANCE: It is imperative to provide the right slant for a bonsai plant.
How should a bonsai look? It entirely is your decision on how you wish to shape and have it develop, but then there are certain basic rules that guide the effort.
From how the trunk line should appear to the slant that a bonsai should have, a grower should understand beforehand with a trainer. These are the things that can be addressed when the plant is in the growth pot itself.
Slant the bonsai in such a way that it leans about 45 degree on to a side and then choose the style. Shape it using a wire.
It is easy to do and once you perfect the art, it is just a matter of a couple of minutes. Twist the wire in circular movement around the trunk and ensure that the grip is neither very tight nor very loose. Twist the way you envisage the bonsai and also apply the wire to give a shape to the branches too.
While doing the same, remove vertical branches and have almost a clear trunk line.
Pluck away small tender leaves that spring along the trunk.
There are different styles. Apart from slanting, other popular basic ones are: formal upright and informal upright. While the first one has the trunk standing straight and tapering naturally, in the informal upright, the trunk bends down a bit to a side but not in the front.
Windswept is the one in which a bonsai is grown to give an appearance that it is getting swept by the wind.
LALITHA SHREE,
Bonsai expert and trainer
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