Shimpaku Juniper Bonsai Sacrifice Branch Styling Options 

I like the first square pot best for the tree.

You always do magic with your material Jason. Thank you for sharing. I’m actually watching this with my morning coffee.

I like the last pot. i bought one of these around 15 yrs old and must have got real lucky cause u cant find these trees ANYWHERE online. Unless u want to drop ALOT of money. And grow slow ur not kidding would take forever for this tree to bulk up. Im about to style mine now and get it into a nice pot so i can enjoy it . Great video

Nice work Jason. I am about to try and "bonzai" a Shimpaku I just got and wanted to watch you first to get some ideas and I did get some. I am very much a beginner so fingers are crossed I don't mangle the tree too bad.

I like the second pot - oblong, it gives the bonsai artist the opportunity to define and highlight the front of the tree..... I love the jin as well..... Great job Jason!

Man your skills are impeccable

I liked your idea about bending the Jin , just thought your were going to cut it off. I liked the round pot , but either would look good.

Last pot for sure it gives more elegance better than the rest and the Jin is nice as well! overall beautiful tree! junipers are my favorite! 😉

Beautiful tree, great choice to do the gin, as always great styling and I would use the round pot. Love your videos and your teaching.

the way you bent the jin was awesome. i actually like it in the round pot personally

WOW!! You always do such wonderful trees! I learn so much from your videos. Thank you!

Love your videos Jason. Simple, clear, and informative. Thanks.

Like the Round one & of the choices, the long Jin you did was the way to go!

Looking at current design/shape, and looking forward in time a bit, definitely the square one you showed first.

Great video. I like the round pot the best.

Go for volume to give the tree a chance to fatten up- larger square pot might do

Agree with Ed. Hadn’t thought of using the jin like that. Really like that idea. Also on board with the round.

omg I wish I had half your skill/knowledge with Bonsai! I liked the 3rd pot best and such a great job on the sac branch/jin :)

Wonderful making... Super brother!

I can't wait to see more videos from you man I truly like the deciduous one's it seems like to put out a new video every month which is nice to see just wanted to know if this is ture thank you 🍁🍁

As usual, a well done, coherent explanation. However, there is another sacrifice branch option. I often bend/style them like stand-alone bonsai, and then air-layer them. When the air-layerings develop enough roots to be cut off and potted, they are practically ready-made trees. Besides the additional trees, this is a less drastic impact to the parent tree, since suddenly removing a large sacrifice branch can result in die-back all the way to the ground below the wound. Even so, I do like what you did with the sacrifice branch on this tree. Most people would not even think to keep it, as well as to thoroughly re-style and jin it.

I like the short and shallow pot

The slant style tree was beautiful and I preferred the round pot for this tree.

Just getting into Bonsai but I like what you did with jin and I like the 1st square pot the best. I'll be ordering something from y'all soon enough! ;) Ordered my first tree from another supplier, went with a Jaboticaba. My 2nd week probably be a shimpaku juniper from a local nursery if I can find it. Great vid!

Love the 3rd pot. Ornate

Love your work

Thanks for the video, great demonstration. Like

Love your work😍

Just beautiful nice work 👍👍🇵🇷

Bravo my friend ... nice tree

Wow the end result is very beautiful. Do you think thuja is a good bonsai material ?

awesome process. beautiful work

The second one is the best.

I like the 2nd pot

Excellent 👍👍

I like the square pot

Nice video

Hey Jason, is there a chance to see you style a japanese larch? I recnently bought some and i really want to see you styling one to figure out what i need to focus on.

that's awesome!

Thanks! That was intense!

Since you are going to sacrifice it, can you air-layer it ?

Is there maintenance monthly or annually in regards to the jin you made? It is beautiful. Thinking about trying it out myself.

I was liking the sacrificial branch as a literati and getting rid of the rest 😂

I prefer the third pot. First is to big and bulky

My two small Shimpaku, are not very compact. In fact, they are quite sparse in the foliage. I've been trying to get these two vigorous all season, but they resist. I cant tell if I am watering too much, ( some very small branches have browned out a died, ) or if the heat here ( About 2 months of straight 90+° heat.) is stressing them. They get about 5 hours of solid sun, then the 40% shade cloth shields them for the rest of the day. They do have alot of growth at the tips, but they are so sparse. My soil for these are fast draining, so I tend to water everyday when I get home, but perhaps its too much? Perhaps I need more organic soil in these.... I was hoping this year, they would have gotten far more dense then they are.

I like third pot.

Beautiful result! Will you still apply lime sulphur to the deadwood branch?

Round pot 2. The longer dead wood is more dramatic. Better option than a short a jin or cutting it flush.

Impressive results, I’d go first pot

First pot is the best fit I think

Hi Jason. I would like to ask for an advice on spidermites infestation in juniper shimpaku. How do u irradicate them? What insecticide u r using?? Tq so much.

Do juniper’s need to go dormant in the winter?

I have been trying to get a Jin scraper since you used one on a previous video. But eastern leaf does not ship to Hawaii. Still trying, any ideas?

Sir, can I get the barked branch now, will it rot over time?

Can I ask why you wouldn't air layer a branch off like that? I know shimpakus tend to be quite valuable...

how long does the wire stay on for?

I’m a sucker for that round pot, hey👌🏻

Round pot

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The round pot.

Hi Jason. You can repot juniper in July?

I think the third pot is more suitable

Great work. If I touched that tree in during summer I'd kill it, and it'd be completely dead in a few weeks.

First pot for now, the last one in a few years.

Round pot!

You should have made a shari

Round pot,

I dont hate junipers but they are my least favorite for sure

dont many talk

Round pot

round pot