In a message dated 8/26/2003 6:45:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
have read in a bonsai book that hitting the trunk of a pine with a hammer,
softly will cause cell damage and as the tree repairs this damage the diameter
of the trunk is increased. The book continued to say that one should only do
one side of a tree at a time.

I am interested in if the hitting the trunk with a hammer really works. I
have a Japanese Black Pine that I am growing in the ground. I have about 2 1/2
inch trunk maybe 3.
Toss the hammer; however, strategically introduced puncture wounds can swell
the trunk, but this must be carefully executed.

If you can post an image of the Pine, I can walk you through the exercise.
It has worked well for we and for a fellow named Kimura.

Cordially,

Michael Persiano
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