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title: "Hey guys! This is my first time owning a bonsai and mine is starting…"
description: "Hey guys! This is my first time owning a bonsai and mine is starting to get a littleeee crazy🤣 Does anyone have any advice on pruning? Or should I just let it…"
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author: "Angellina"
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# Hey guys! This is my first time owning a bonsai and mine is starting…

_Posted by Angellina on 2023-06-20_

Hey guys! This is my first time owning a bonsai and mine is starting to get a littleeee crazy🤣 Does anyone have any advice on pruning? Or should I just let it get bushy? Lol any advice is very appreciated!🪴💕

## 4 comments

### Gigglzngreenz commented on 2023-06-21

What kind of bonsai? There’s many different species that are bonsai’d. Do you have a photo?

#### Angellina replied on 2023-06-21

Not the best picture but I took this about a week ago. It’s a ficus tea tree bonsai:)

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#### Gigglzngreenz replied on 2023-06-29

I have one of those. I'm trying to bonsai mine properly as well. I've been watching YouTube videos on how to do it and they've been very helpful. There is an art to it. They call a bonsai a "composition," so they do actually treat them like art pieces.

#### Gigglzngreenz replied on 2023-06-29

If you let it grow wild and bushy it's not a bonsai. It's just a bush.

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