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bougainvillea

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With bonsai, patience is virtue. Pot too small? Thoughts please.
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Chop it hard and take a lot of cuttings then watch it explode with growth and a hundred new trees cos they will take in anything
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Is that spag moss covering the soil ? I would remove it - I would be worried it will encourage rot. The pot is fine if you don't want the trunk to be any thicker. I feel it needs cutting back - it is too tall for my liking.
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