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A number of the Japanese black pines I've grown from seed have been developed in the exposed root style. It's a fun style to work with as roots offer possibilities that aren't always available for specimens whose roots are firmly secured in the …
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This summer I recorded the process of refining a black pine for Bonsai: Journal of the American Bonsai Society. The resulting article appeared in Volume 50, Number 3. The work was a lot of fun. I took a few more photos than usual and wrote …
Growing Japanese black pine from seed isn't the easiest way to make a beautiful bonsai. It requires a variety of skills and it takes a long time. That said, the process of starting bonsai from scratch can be very rewarding - whether or not you end up …
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Now that decandling season is coming to a close, I thought I'd share an overview of the process taken from previous posts. Let's begin with the obvious question: What is Decandling? There is a lot to say about decandling pine bonsai. There are as …
[Read more...] about Decandling black pine bonsai – an in-depth guide
If you have a lot of bonsai, you might feel like you're doing assembly line work at certain times of the year. Summer, for those with a number of black pines, is one of those times. When I have a lot of repetitive work, I often line up a group of …
