Japanese Black Pine Bonsai Seedlings: How To Develop And Thicken Trunks Faster!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2022
- This short film shows you how to tackle the enjoyable task of developing Pine seedlings or saplings into bonsai, and shows you how to fatten the trunks as quickly as possible.
Keeping lower branches in place while you fatten up the trunk is vital as is adding some movement. Not doing this work in the first years will result in straight trunks with no low down branches suitable for the tree as a bonsai.
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I’ve always totally rejected the idea of selling cheap imported trees. ‘S’ shaped Chinese Elms and similar growing in a soil that almost guarantees a very difficult time for the owner, unless they know to repot at the earliest opportunity into a better quality soil.
Selling bonsai destined to die to folks who don’t know better, just isn’t something I want to be involved in.
However, there is a need for beginners for cheap and healthy, vigorous trees. So I’ve recently discovered a nursery selling exactly that! Better still, the trees are very suitable projects for more experienced growers looking to develop smaller sized Shohin bonsai.
These trees are currently (August 2022) available within the UK on the Bonsai4me.com/shop - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Great tips as always, Harry, especially about how to thicken the trunks more quickly. I will have to keep my eyes open for a black pine! Thank you again for imparting more knowledge to the bonsai community.
Thank you man! Plenty of jbp on the Bonsai4me shop, including the two in the video
@@bonsai4me2 Thank you for the information, Harry. I have ordered two of your black pines before they are all snapped up. I imagine they will go very quickly!
This is the best, easiest to understand video ive seen about developing black pine. Under 8 mins too. You explain in 2 sentences what others would take 5 minutes
Thank you.
My family in Tokyo sent me a packet of black pine seeds. I now have a bunch of seedlings growing here in Seattle with similar weather to the UK. Thanks for the tips. I’m glad to see I have a chance at success.
Thanks for the information active video. Repotting here I come.
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Fantastic tutorial Harry. Thanks. Exactly what I was searching for. Thanks, keep growing
I’m enjoying these Saturday morning shorts Harry , thanks for a great informative video 🌲👍
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Fabulous stuff Harry, thank you for the information and tips!
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Very timely video - exactly what I need at this time as I just added a black pine seedling and a more developed pre-bonsai tree to my collection. 👍
I would kill for a tree like that one at the beginning. 😆
I have found that working to your species recommendations has always been succesful to me in the UK. Another great video. Thank you
Great to hear!
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Enjoyed harry cheers
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Very informative video Harry! You mentioned cuttings, how do you get JBP cuttings too root?
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Beatiful bonsai tree. Thanks for sharing, very useful with me. Subcribed from Vietnam. ❤
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Great and informative video, Harry. I might have missed it, but let’s I leave the wire on. Will the bark eventually grow over it, and hide the coil markings from the wire?
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Thank you Harry for the video .Leaving the wire in the tree to thicken faster the tree, is it called the Nejikan technique?
Thanks for the tips. My black pine is about 2 years old and the trunk has been bent. It does not have any branches the top. Would you recommend cutting the candles to introduce back budding and create some lower branches ?
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Thank you for this brief video. Most other experts say best re-potting season is around late Feb- early March. Why do you prefer mid August- October?
Most experts have moved over to late summer repotting for pines. Root growth is at its strongest at this time, there’s no risk of cold damp conditions that inhibit recovery and transpiration through the needles is not an issue (as it is with deciduous/broadleaf trees). Added to this, the strength of the tree is in the foliage at this time of year.
February/March is much much too early to repot a pine in Northern Europe and beyond.
@@bonsai4me2 Thank you for your clear and succinct answer to my question. Your explanation certainly seems to make sense.
@@bonsai4me2 Is late summer the best time to repot junipers too, as with pines?
@@alexverdigris9939 yes, that’s when I do all my juniper and spruce and pine
Does this mean that the August-October timeframe is also the best time for collecting pines from the wild ?
Hi Harry, I live in South Carolina, USA, where the climate is sub-tropical. Our first frost is, on average, not until November. Should I do my repotting, wiring, pruning in September- October instead? August is still quite hot and humid here. Thank you!
Wow. Much appreciated fella. My first Black Pine seedlings(looks like a mini helicopter) have germinated ...1 inch tall. Help! What next? What compost? Do I transplant it? Gulp! Any ideas? Thnx a million.
Cheers Harry - really useful stuff here. Can the same trunk thickening with wire technique be applied to larches? Btw, recently bought your Inspirations 2 book which I've found a terrific guide for larches - should have got it years ago!
Thank you Craig! Appreciated, glad you like the book.
Yes, this can be applied to Larch although I haven’t seen many do it with them
@@bonsai4me2 cheers! Will give it a go!!
Repotting pines in August also means that I can cut their roots?
Yes, if it’s really needed
I’ve got 2 seeds that just started sprouting in the same tiny ceramic pot. They’re about 1.5 inch tall now. When do I separate them without harming them??
Wait u til they’re a little more mature, give them another couple of weeks. There are techniques where seedlings have their roots removed at just a few weeks of age to help produce a new better nebari. But it’s not something I’ve done before….however I’ll be publishing a new video from an expert on these things in the coming weeks ;)
@@bonsai4me2 thank you. I used black bonsai seeds I got in Kyoto and instructions had me bury 5 seeds equidistant in a very small pot a pinky’s knuckle deep. One sprung up 4-5 weeks ago and then another about 5 days ago. They’re very close and I don’t want them to bind together at the roots before I can put them in separate pots.
Amazing information as always harry ! Totally unrelated to this video but I’ve heard you say before that a newly collected tree can push leafs and branches from energy storage in the tree how long will this happen before I know it’s ok and growing normally? ( using the black bag trick I learn from you in the mean time ) thanks so much leant so much from you.
Hawthorn are by far the worst for doing this. If they survive the first high temps in May (in the uk) then they will have some new roots. If they make it through August still staying green then they’re producing a decent amount of new roots and are viable.
@@bonsai4me2 great harry thanks for the reply it’s a hornbeam I’m working with and from what’s you’ve told me there it must be rooting so that’s amazing thanks again and love your videos ! 👍
@@clydewhy343 thank you mate, appreciated.
Yep, if still carrying green leaves I’d say it’s recovered ;)
Can you leave the wire on a larch bonsai I wonder?? I rapped my leggy larch bonsai in raffia and wired it up in a loose knot type design and now wondering if the pine Approach is able to fatten up my larch.. I know for a fact that larch are pretty tenacious tree's and will bounce back from all kinds of abuse. After I put the knot in it I swear it started growing even better lol..
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Interesting. I'd always heard that pines will not grow from cuttings.
what are the average day and night temps there when you feel it's a good time to start repotting pines?
25-30 day, 15 night (centigrade). But a pine tells you it’s ready when the current years growth has new buds in it
@@bonsai4me2 i think that 60°F night time temp is important. where im at, September is when it hits. i got amazing results airlayering an elaeagnus pungens in Sept' last year.
@@DarthMasiah fair enough but that’s chalk and cheese when it comes to Pine repotting
I can't hear you Harry
Japanese black pine,, i do not have it
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🧐All that good microbes I was drooling a bit 🤤