How does kimura use the roots as the apex?

[Jason]

Well I guess you do learn something everyday! I never would have thought you could stand a tree on its head and still expect it to survive

[Webos]

I believe that he splits the rootball away from the trunk, and splits the cambeum and a ribbon of wood off of the tree all the way up to the tip of the tree then flips all of the wood over and dunks it into the soil.

So the roots and foliage are all still connected to each other through a ribbon of bark that he's split away from the tree.

Adam

[PAUL2229]

so who is going to be the first one here to test this out?

[Olivecrazy]

I believe that he splits the rootball away from the trunk, and splits the cambeum and a ribbon of wood off of the tree all the way up to the tip of the tree then flips all of the wood over and dunks it into the soil.

So the roots and foliage are all still connected to each other through a ribbon of bark that he's split away from the tree.

Adam

this is the one that he did just that to im still looking for the other need to find my book

http://bonsaibark.com/wp-content/uploads/dragon.jpg

[MoGanic]

My bad is episode 4

Yes I was referring to the direction of sap flow and what ever else flows.
When you take a hard wood cutting you need to remember which end is the top
Or the cutting has no chance. Or so I think.

That's true, but consider a tree with a working root system, lets say you bend one branch down, remove some bark and bury the naked section. In time this would sprout roots and with proper care, the roots would be able to support below and above the original location where the bark was removed. Effectively this would change the direction of sap flow and carb flow as far as I understand.

With cuttings I think it wouldn't work as there is no root system already attached to support the cutting while the changes take place.

Having said that I doubt this is the method used by Kimura.