Tools for shaping outdoor and indoor bonsai trees
and plants
You don't need a lot of special bonsai
equipment to grow and maintain indoor bonsai trees or bonsai plants.
Plus the same bonsai tools can be used in trimming all outdoor bonsai.
Its very hard to shape a bonsai tree into an exact
miniature tree if you do not have the proper tools to do it with.
You can damage roots, branches and impair proper growth with out
them. There are proper tools for every hobby or craft and growing
bonsai trees is no exception.
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Cutters, trimmers, wire, root rake, moisture meter and tool case. View this
extensive selection of quality bonsai tools in both
beginner and professional grades.
If you own more than one bonsai or are thinking that this is a hobby
that you are going to take seriously the bonsai equipment
above is essential. If you are interested in making your own
bonsai tree, garden tools won't work you need bonsai tools made for
a particular purpose. In short the right tool for the right job.
This is a list of bonsai tools that you need to maintain and
shape these ornamental trees:
- angle cutters for trimming: the most useful of all the
bonsai tools you will need. They are used to shorten and remove
branches.
- a pair of japanese bonsai shears; great for trimming buds
and reaching deep with minimum disturbance to the surrounding
foliage.
- wire cutters
- bonsai wire for shaping tree trunks and branches
- a small turntable ( this just makes it easier to prune) not
really needed but fun to have
- sooner or later you will need to
buy bonsai pots an appropriate sized pot will help your tree
grow faster and healthier.
Angle cutters
Bonsai tree angle cutters are the most useful of all
the bonsai tools you will need. They are used to shorten and remove
branches. Large angle cutters are used for the heavier or thicker
branches. Concave cutters will keep its sharp edge indefinitely if
they are used and cared for properly.
Satsuki shears with its long narrow body is great for trimming
buds and reaching deep with minimum disturbance to the surrounding
foliage. The finger rings of this bonsai tool are also well suited
for smaller hands. This is one of the most basic tools you will need
when you are taking care of this type of plant. The main importance
of quality shears is the sharp edge, either wise you could tear the
cut and damage the tree. Wide handled shears are used for root and
general trimming, narrow ones for more delicate work. Long narrow
blades are spring loaded and used to make cuts in awkward places.
Bonsai Wire cutters
Whether or not you use copper or aluminum wire you
should not cut wire with anything else. These cutters come in two
sizes. Jinning pliers are used to flatten the bark slightly to
create jinns or dead branches, they are flatter and are also used to
twist wire when tying into a pot.
As your hobby progresses you may decide to add knob
cutters, branch benders, wire holders and different kinds of
scissors for doing different types of cuts. Professionals that really get
into this art form usually add angle grinders for carving, machines
for fine curving and clamps. This are not really needed but they do
special jobs very neatly, you will not use them all that often
either. Branch benders will be needed to slowly bend thicker
branches.
A highly recommended tool by growers, is the bonsai
tree root rake. Used to separate small and medium sized capillary
roots during transplanting and repotting. See this page for other
bonsai supplies and
equipment. Buy bonsai tools in a kit,
it really is the cheapest way to go, if you want to save money.
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