3 Steps to Turn a Sapling Into a Bonsai

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Today, I'll teach you how to turn this Chinese Zelkova sapling, grown in the ground, into a bonsai. I thickened the trunk by cutting it while it was growing in the ground. Now it's been in a growing pot and I'm ready to start shaping it into my ideal bonsai!

0:00 About Chinese Zelkova
0:29 How to turn a sapling into a bonsai
1:08 How to clean up tree roots
3:27 How I grew this tree
4:33 Cutting the apex
5:32 Cut off redundant branches
9:10 Visualizing the potential in bonsai
10:07 Before & after comparison
10:18 Summary
11:04 My tips for bonsai beginners