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by noworriesnate 24 days ago
This field is called Tree Shaping[1] and while it has been tried throughout history, I think there's still a lot of cool stuff that has never been tried.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_shaping

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The living bridges were new to me. I like the concept, would probably also work in more cold areas, but with more effort.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_root_bridge

One of my favourite examples is bonchi, or bonsai chili. It's exactly what the name implies. Unfortunately I've struggled to keep a regular pepper plant alive, let alone bonsai it:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Bonchi/top/

Holy cow this is so cool <3