Pruning THE MOST stunning Katsura Maple Bonsai!

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Today I carry out essential pruning on my Japanese Maple Bonsai. How do I know whether to do a Partial or Full Defoliation and Why would I carry that out? Lots of 'up-close' video to help see 'exactly' what I am doing. I will be looking at two of my forest groups and an informal upright for this episode.
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-- TIMESTAMPS --
00:00 Why do we LOVE Japanese Maple Bonsai?
01:58 Pruning to Profile.
03:45 Understanding internodal distance when pruning.
05:47 When do I do my BIG cuts?
06:42 Halfway comparison.
07:57 Partial Defoliation of Maples.
10:30 What about the surface roots?
11:50 Before and After for Maple No 2.
13:53 Before and After for Maple Group.
15:43 Be SURE your Maple are Healthy First.
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Комментарии : 56

@ronnorton6590 Месяц назад

That split view is a big help. Gives me a good example of the limits I can go to when working on my plants.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I think it is the first time I have done that on a video. Thanks for the support :)

@acer_p_bonsai Месяц назад

Beautiful little maple collection Xav! Keep up the great work!! 🤩 🪴 🍁

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Now I just need to wait another 10 years for them to mature...like me :)

@BeckyBledsoe-qj1rn Месяц назад

I have been watching your channel for some time and I really enjoy it. Just have a few plants a couple of orchids which I haven't killed yet and some succulents. Airlayerings heel cuttings, try, fail, do over redo,go back and watch u tube again. Oh and here's the best part a big box store nearby has Japanese Maples marked down from $70 to$35 what a bargin. So excited my husband said I can actually go buy 2. These were very nice tall trees that I can hopefully chop down while leaving in the pot and begin to work with. I also have 2 Japanese Maple saplings that are in pond baskets. We're having a heat wave here in the Ozarks USA . My Pastor sharpened my tools for me that's a blessing so I don't have to buy anything else. I don't have a greenhouse my trees are outside and I have plenty of windows for my plants. Please forgive me as this is a bit lengthy but your videos are really hilarious.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

This is the sort of comment I love to get Becky. We are all just one big community trying to make sense of this ridiculous hobby called Bonsai. I look forward tos eeing pictures of the chops :)

@BeckyBledsoe-qj1rn 29 дней назад

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat now the pressure is on, so happy my tools are sharp. 95 degrees here. I will try to send a picture if I can. Thanks for responding 😀

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 29 дней назад

@@BeckyBledsoe-qj1rn send to expressionsbonsai@gmail.com :)

@oachkatzlsmum Месяц назад

Yeah, absolutely know what you are talking about by mentioning those parallel shoots 😅 Thanks for continuous advice and support in handling this lovely trees. Maples are awesome. Meanwhile I’m already awaiting the new growth after partial defoliation and pruning. 😄🙏 Absolutely enjoyed, Xavier. thanks. 👍😘 Cheers 🙋‍♀️ Martina

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks Martina - being in my 3rd year of viddeos I sometimes think people will start to get tired of seeing me do the same stuff? Mind - there are only so many ways you can video working on bonsai :)

@raymondplodzien7459 Месяц назад

Great group plantings. I am currently working on my maples. Your information couldn’t come at a better time.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I hope your trees work out for you and you end up producing works of beauty :)

@backbudbonsai Месяц назад

Katsura maples are amazing! They are definitely in my top 5 maples for bonsai. The early spring flush on a Katsura maple is stunning and IMO just as good, maybe even better than the early flush on a Deshojo maple. Great video, friend! I always appreciate watching pruning videos that are accompanied with the "reasoning or decision process" that goes into what gets pruned and what doesn't. Well done! My top five maples for bonsai, in no particular order: Katsura, Shishigashira, Arakawa, Deshojo and Sharp's Pygmy. Honorable mention and highly underrated is the standard green Acer Palmatum.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm not a fan of the Shishigashira but certainly want to get a few arakawa in the garden :)

@jeffhurst4744 Месяц назад

Good advise and observations on thinning and partial defoliation of maples. Early on I was hesitant to do it, especially groupings. Had people tell me I was killing or ruining the grouping. But in short order, they came back to see it made a better design, and healthy trees. Thanks for these easy to follow and understand videos. Keep them coming…I’m always learning something new or different from them. 😊

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I appreciate the support - I think we all struggle with getting the baalance right for defoliation and pruning sometimes. I know I do :)

@MeadowViewBonsai Месяц назад

Another quality production and very informative, top stuff mate🌳👍🏻

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Too kind to me Darren - thanks :)

@TheBonsaiGarden Месяц назад

What you have is a lot of “mountain maples” or “Yama-Momiji” indeterminate/unknown maple varieties. Though I also have you on my list for a Shishigashira when the air layers take and develop root. Love those two pale blue pots - the colours and finish on the glaze are great 👍

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I actually cut out a joke about the 'mountain maple' because I suggested that is what 'posh' people call their ordinary 'no name' maple. I wish I had kept it in now :)

@rtregear Месяц назад

Thanks Xavier. I've got a bunch of maples. Many are still in the bonsai waiting room, but a few air-layers are starting to look serious. I'm binge watching your maples playlist.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

No worries Roger I am still binge eating your cherry ripes :)

@DavesBonsai Месяц назад

Great video my friend. Nice little forest there in the canoe pot. 😜

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Cheers Dave - it has a lot of growing to do but I hopefully will be able to look back one day...and smile :)

@KennetDeBondt Месяц назад

Nice trees Xav. Keep up the good work.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thank you Kennet :)

@nerinat8371 Месяц назад

Finally sat down to finish after 3 tries 😢 love the JM.. thx Xavier

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Was it that hard to watch my video Nerina - my kids often tell me it is torture listening to me for too long :)

@nerinat8371 Месяц назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat haha absolutely not, l just had visitors in and out today ... l love your videos

@MyJapaneseGarden5 Месяц назад

Another great video interesting to see how far back you cut to the node and real nice selection of maples , again nice to see the limit of what each person see's fit . Shared

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

We all apply different variations to the same technique i think :)

@joegarland4885 Месяц назад

Hi Xav good advice for maples, some lovely maples my friend but I think it is a shame to lose all that gorgeous foliage which the trees spent all winter getting ready to push out, I know it’s the right thing to do but I can’t bring myself to take away so much foliage, as long as the branches are pruned to a position whereby there is light able to get to to all the leaves. I love that pot you have the first tree in, I need to bite the bullet and get on and prune all my maples which are looking a bit overgrown. Good luck with all those maples my friend.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

You are spot on with what you say Joe. Some years I am not as hard on the trees. I also tend to rotate the degree of defoliation each year. The problem with doing a channel is it is often easy to forget to tell people that some of my trees get rested from the pruning cycle :)

@AlexBraunton Месяц назад

Brilliant video Xavier. Very timely and informative 👍🌳

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks Alex - I look forward to a visit soon perhaps???

@briansmith9646 Месяц назад

Great advice xav the best ever on maples thanks.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks you for saying that - nothing too new but I thought I would show my approach :)

@malsrfun2956 Месяц назад

Y favorite bonsai topic. Great video! ❤❤❤❤

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I could live amongst those maples :)

@sueb1317 Месяц назад

So pretty! The leaf colour and pot combos are really looking their best. Hard to believe the trees can thrive on so few leaves, but your results are great. What kind of spraying regimen do you use to keep your leaves so healthy?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I try to spray every 3-4 weeks with my bug spray. They all seem to respond well to this amount of defoliation :)

@Bonsaicrazy Месяц назад

Great lesson xav 👊👊👊👊

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

Thanks Andy

@bennyhana3556 Месяц назад

This years shoots can be cut down to the core you dont need to leave 1-2cm stubb... that is only when it has become hardwood.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I know - just a habit I have had and I clean up all the stubs later in the year. Thanks for raising this as a point :)

@markjagger7139 Месяц назад

Thank you Xav I’ll have a go at mine next week, dose this all Maple verities?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

I can only truly comment on the Katsura and general palmatum varities I have BUT in principle this seems to apply to other green leaf varieties. I do this on my atropurpureum but never get a full second flush from it.

@markjagger7139 Месяц назад

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat thank you for the advice, I’ll see what happens

@shaneallen3502 Месяц назад

Excellent video Xavier. Cannot keep maples, every time I prune them (clean pruners), they seem to go black, loose leaves and die. Any ideas - ?? fungal infection?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

That sounds strange and nothing that I have heard of before. Do you purchase your maples from the same place or have difficult conditions?

@ScottTheExperimentalist Месяц назад

I’m getting started in bonsai and I’m using pond baskets, but is there actual evidence that they work for speeding up trunk thickness and growth?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Месяц назад

They area lot better for root ramification and circulation in general. I am in the process of completing my 2 year experiment so it is still too early to say for certain. I have a video coming out on this on Tuesday :)