How to Turn a 3-Year-Old Tree to 25-Year-Old Bonsai

Today, I'm going to show you the first steps to turning a 3-year-old Trident Maple tree into a 25-year-old bonsai with a thick trunk using the clip-and-grow method!

0:00 Introduction
0:38 Tools
2:06 Root work
3:48 Analyzing the tree
5:09 More root work
5:40 Orienting the tree
6:06 Two ways
6:30 Making drastic cuts
8:12 Wiring
8:50 More pruning
9:22 Comparison
10:15 Summary of techniques

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