Season 8 Episode 20 - How to Handle Structural Issues, Setting a 'Mode' when working

Season 8 Episode 20 - How to Handle Structural Issues, Setting a 'Mode' when working

May 31, 2026 · 38 min · Season 8 · Episode 20

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Scott Martin discusses how to handle structural issues in bonsai during winter and the importance of working in a focused 'mode'.

Contact Scott from Bonsai Matsu Winter is a great time to see your deciduous bonsai in their naked glory. It is also a time where their structural issues are more apparent than ever. So what should you do? Remove it? Hide it? Live with it? Yes, yes and yes. I will talk through the various options you have and some considerations for you to answer this question. I like to work on my bonsai in a 'mode'. That is, if I'm doing maintenance work then that is all I'm doing. If I'm wiring, then I'm w...

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