alt Hacker NewsIsn't this just Pollarding and/or Coppicing, which have been practiced for at least 2000 years in Europe (and probably many other cultures as well), with a healthy dose of orientalism added on top?
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cwillu • today at 5:28 PM
From the twitter thread this was stolen from:
“It is a little different, more like pollarding, and it doesn't work with any other conifers than saplings from one specific mutant cedar in a shrine near Kyoto.”
stymaar • today at 5:44 PM
Are coppicing and pollarding used at all to produce timber? I had the impression that it was done only to make firewood, and was cut repeatedly without letting it grow like described in the article.
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broken-kebab • today at 5:27 PM
Yes, it's exactly it. But call it 'giant bonsai', and it sounds like a new discovery.
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physicalecon • today at 5:58 PM
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grey-area • today at 5:21 PM
Yes it is.
>with a healthy dose of orientalism added on top
Also known as 'Thing, Japan'. HN eats up articles like this every single week.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thing-japan