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Bonsai Leaf Reduction: 20 Best Ways to Make Bonsai Tree Leaves Smaller Bonsai Leaf Reduction is the practice of encouraging a bonsai tree to grow smaller, more proportionate leaves that match the scale of its trunk and branches. Large, out-of-scale leaves are one of the most common things that make an otherwise well-shaped bonsai look “off.” The goal isn’t to make every leaf as tiny as physically possible. It’s to bring foliage size into balance with the rest of the tree, so the whole composition reads as a believable miniature. Leaf size depends on species, tree health, light, vigor, pruning…