Congratulations good for the educational videos. I recently opened a bonsai channel and I know how much work there is on those videos. greetings from Spain
I would like to say that your videos have been the most helpful I have seen. you go over so much detail and that's what others just won't do. I am really looking forward to seeing more videos. I would love to see some on working with and on dead wood and what one would need to do so. I would also like to see maybe some on maples and maybe oaks as well. thank you for these great videos and I wish you the best.
By far the most helpful advice I have seen on this ‘king of bonsais’. I have studied with several people, one of whom was a Japanese master here in Australia who specialised in black pine, and this is still the best tutorial I have received. Thanks for making it so simple Jason. Looking forward to now trawling your site to find other seasonal care of black pine. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the subtitle option, it make me more easy to understand because English is not my first language. And very helping video , thanks a lot :)
I have watched tons of vids on black pine pruning and this vid is bar far the best. Would love to hear about what to do with the leader when you have multiple candles at the apex
Wow. Thank you so much for this informative video. I have a Japanese black pine that’s about 13 years old, and I was stressing about how and when to trim the candles. You’re awesome, sir. Would you think these dates are the same in Florida?
I get that you remove all the candles in summer for a JBP and select two to keep in the fall. What do you do with the new candles that have grown long from the spot of the summer cut that you decided to keep in the fall? Do you cut those back again leaving some needles at the base of the candle in the fall?
Subscribed! Hi Jason. Echoing other comments, you've detailed and demonstrated with quality videography what I've had such a hard time wrapping my head around the "Bonsai Today Master Series" book. You made it easier to understand and I like your 10 day 3 stage (10/3) interval too. This video gives me more confidence in my BP care. read on... I would be very grateful if you would duplicate this video, especially for White Pine but also one for Mugho pine which pots up in Summer months, but need confidence in styling and pruning my Mugho. I have no confidence with my WP and am losing style with a beautiful one. I have 3 very nice sized WP and need such guidance as you demonstrated with this wonderful Black Pine bonsai video. Thank you!
This explaination was very clear & understandable. Thank you I have 2 Qs further... 1) the branches or needles or candles v cut. Can v put them in soil & grow new trees? 2) when u cut candles then u removed the extra needles below. So will these needles grow back or not?
BEST BONSAI VIDEO EVER!!!!!! It's almost November, are you going to show the next branch selection cuttings you make on that "Y" branch? That would be really helpful.
Hey there Jason, love your work, it's really awesome. Got a little confused with energy distribution. The material I've been reading says to cut the strong candles at the apex 1st so the energy goes downs to the weaker ones developing them and then the middle section and botton. Help me out plz! Greatings from Brazil.👏👏👏🌱🌳
Hello Jason, thank you for your video sharing. Really enjoying watching them. However when I pruned my pine this summer it died. Don’t know what did I do wrongly and will them come back? Best regards, Helen
I red a technique where they only pinch the candles (cutting them for approx. 60%) before the needles come out. Can you explain the difference between "gap cutting" and "pinching" candles and the idea behind this. Thanx for the clear video!
Hello, this video was a before and after for me, now there are several doubts that I had about the meikiri, just to make it more clear to me, in what season of the year did you cut the candles?
As a complete bonsai beginner who brought a small, ~20 cm tall, pine from nursery to turn into bonsai, I didn't get why to decandle in the first place. Would be useful to explain at the very start why all that cutting is done.
Hi Jason, I live in Australia so the time frame for pruning is different. I have watched your video and it was really fantastic. I do though before I try let you know what has happened. If have had my bonsai pruned by a person that was a bonsai specialist and in the summer of last we had horrific bushfires and he lost his house along with all his bonsais of over 100 years. I do not know where he is at present, but I have this magnificent black pine very old and have been afraid to tackle this myself. It is two years now and the tree is very healthy but very bushy. What do I do in this instance when I have these years coming up to three without pruning? What do I take it back to? What do I leave and pick off? Need to do this properly and need all the help I can get. This tree means more than you know, just knowing he has lost all his trees and I have two very old ones that deserve the best.
Great vids, great work, you've clearly got the bug just two things,! could you please use seasonal references whenever you're talking about timing, early /mid/late spring for example .This would be a great help for people living in different parts of the world and would make your teaching more widespread and practical to those living out of US. Also whats your take on spring candle work?
New to Bonsai, but many years of landscaping. My question is wouldn't it be healthier for the tree to work from the top down, since light filters down, in order to keep strength in lowest branches? I know if pruning low branches thinned candles won't get light.
Thank you bro your video always helps!! Have you ever heard of BANSHOSHO Japanese black pine ??I just got one I can not find it on RU-vid ONLY if I google it, it’s about 25 to 30 years old and needs some tlc …
I bought a really nice pine from a nursery (pinus heldreichii), I bought it because it had a good size, shape and a fat trunk with old bark but the branches are quite bare with growth only at the ends, there is nothing going on close to the trunk. I know that pines don't back bud as easily as deciduous trees but will it back bud at all?
Hi, I picked up a pine today rescuing it from the sale section, it has great features so I want to bonsai it. Not sure of the cultivar as there was no label but looks very similar to this although there is no gap before the candles. I have clipped the bottom few branches as per this video. My plan is to continue clipping them through summer. Just wondering at what time of year you recommend pruning off whole branches, wiring and root pruning to expose the nebarie and move to a training pot?
