Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Food and Entertaining: [header] How to make a japanese maple bonsai tree [title] Take a softwood cutting of your chosen cultivar of maple in early summer. [step] Maple trees are easy to grow from cuttings. Select a maple tree branch that is appealing in shape.

Ending1: Cut it down the middle or take it out according to your taste. [title] Cut off outer " branches " of the tree. Ending2: If it is going to be climbing, place it 1 to 2 inches below the ground. [title] Measure out 1/2 to 1 inch on each side of the tree. Ending3: Split it into two halves with a sharp pair of scissors. Plant the two halves in the ground around the trunk of the tree. Ending4: The size of the branch can be up to the diameter of your little finger. [substeps] There are many possible cultivars of japanese maple.

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