In my last article I covered two fairly conventional methods of thickening up the lower trunk of a bonsai: the Growing Out method and the Sacrifice Branch method.
Here are a few more methods, some of which should be carried out with great caution:
It should be pointed out that the simplest way to make any bonsai or (a bonsai in training) bigger is to plant it in the ground or in a very large pot. The more space there is for the roots to develop, the
