It would be nice if we could create beautiful bonsai by starting trees from seed or cutting and simply waiting for them to mature. If you’ve tried this approach, you might have found that things don’t always go smoothly. Some care along the way, it turns out, is required to ensure young trees take the […]
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Wiring and repotting crabapple seedlings
Two years ago I started a number of crabapple from seed. They’re due for some wiring. Two year-old crabapple seedlings The variety, Malus sieboldii, or zumi, must like it cold because they have yet to lose more than a few leaves. Zumi leaf Before wiring, I removed the foliage. After removing the leaves One tip […]
Planting medium for shimpaku cuttings
A few months ago I started a number of shimpaku cuttings. Several different soils were scattered around the workshop so I tried some of each to see if it made much of a difference. I did a similar experiment several years back and found a huge difference between soils (see “Shimpaku cuttings” for details). This […]
Cutting back a Japanese maple
I’ve been working for the last few years on a Japanese maple my mother collected as a seedling. The last time I worked on the tree, I removed a couple of large branches. Since then, the tree has grown freely to help heal the scars. Japanese maple Now that some of the new sacrifice branches […]
Effect of hormone treatments on P. thunbergii cuttings for the production of surface roots on trees cultivated for bonsai
Abstract Pinus thunbergii is a popular species of conifer cultivated as bonsai. In an effort to produce superior surface roots on P. thunbergii, bonsai enthusiasts have developed a method of making cuttings from young seedlings to replace any taproots with radially distributed lateral roots. These lateral roots are developed to improve the look of the tree when […]