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During my school years, I noticed a poster advertising a local bonsai exhibition. That was the beginning of my bonsai journey. I was eager to make a few real bonsai of my own, so the next day I attended the exhibition, and I was fortunate enough to meet a learned teacher, who from then on became both my teacher and my friend. He showed me around the exhibition and invited me to see his collection the next day. His trees were dazzling to the eye; I was a complete beginner, but I received a great deal of encouragement.
The teacher generously gave me several small trees, and we have stayed in touch ever since. After graduation I lived very far away, so I only visited occasionally. Of course, there were chances to receive some cherished gifts. This is one of them.
His advice was to let this tree grow for a few years, so that the trunk would thicken. That is what I did, planting the tree into a larger pot every year and fertilizing it. That maple quickly began to thrive, and I resisted the strong temptation to plant it in a bonsai pot.
Three years later, after reading an article in a bonsai magazine about the benefits of growing in the garden, I replanted this tree into the ground in the garden, and it quickly reached 1.5 m tall. It was a very attractive feature of the garden, but it was too large and needed to be reduced in height.
Several weeks passed, and two smaller branches died, but the rest continued to grow, and soon I noticed roots growing in the moss-filled bag. When many roots became visible, I put all my new maples into separate pots. I was glad that I had not simply cut off these unwanted branches.
The maple stayed in the ground for another two years. After that period, it was lifted in late winter and given strict pruning. I decided to use a thick side branch that looked like a second trunk, and planted the tree in a rectangular bonsai pot. The surface roots were poor, and one large, ugly root was removed, slightly improving the nebari.
Buds opened all over the tree, and young shoots grew out. I began to let it grow freely, so the branches would not grow long and clumsy. The next year, the leaves were pruned for the first time, pulling up many developing branches. That autumn, the leaves turned a stunningfiery red, almost glowing。
After 3 years of growing in a bonsai pot, a more suitable deep blue oval pot was found; it was slightly larger and a little shallower, and better suited to this tree. Every spring, when I brushed the small roots outward from the trunk, they had already begun to improve greatly.
Every spring, the maple's roots are pruned and thinned heavily, so that when the leaves open, the crown is less dense and instead light and elegant like a maple.
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