How do bonsai trees survive hundreds of years in such proportionately small pots?

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Every time i see a bonsai tree i’m left wondering how it survives hundreds of years, period, but more-so how the plant takes decades to get ‘root bound’ as in there’s not enough room for the roots and the soil becomes hard, which happens more often for usual houseplants.

How do people get around that issue that is prevalent with all other houseplants?

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It’s not in a small pot. I do bonsai and I manipulate the tree to the extent that the small pot is the right size. Regarding being root bound, we inspect the plant and cut the roots. You can do this with lots of plants. I occasionally do it with plants other than the ones I’m performing bonsai on.

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