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The first structural styling of a deciduous tree sets the tone for its future as a bonsai; it’s the most pivotal operation in creating the tree’s bonsai shape. This week on Mirai Live, grow your understanding of the concepts and techniques behind deciduous structural styling. Build your skills in healing big wounds, disguising cuts, eliminating branches without dieback, and conceptualizing a tree’s final iteration in its initial styling. Understand the differences between structural styling of deciduous trees and conifers, and how you can apply techniques to both to create your very best trees. Tonight, 6pm PST, live.bonsaimirai.com. Start your free trial of Mirai Live to watch.