Bonsai Root Pruning Video
It looked like it was late winter early spring.
Bonsai root pruning video. I wanted to show how well that root has healed and how nicely the cambium closed up the cut. Taking a look at the growth of the two year old root system of the three coast redwoods in one bonsai container and pruning back the roots and trees. When severe root pruning is required to get a nursery plant into a bonsai pot i use tools such as an axe or sometimes even a chainsaw to remove the lower portion of the roots. Paul pikel thursday april 15th 2010.
Trimming the roots as a first step makes it easier to see the whole. A while back i had shortened a long surface root of my chinese elm. Bald cypress bonsai tree large bonsai potting pre bonsai root pruning. Severe root pruning should only be done during dormancy.
I just watch a video of a guy re potting and root pruning a japanese maple and a scotch pine. Tag archive for root pruning the healing power of trees. Nigel saunders the bonsai zone 149 511 views. Bonsai trees have a compact root system that keeps the structure in a dwarf shape.
No buds on maple as yet. These trees were 10 years old and in grow pots. To be on the safe side do not remove more than two thirds of the roots of a container plant if root pruning during the dormant season. When re potting he raked out the roots washed the roots so the plant was now.
The roots should be trimmed all around so that the root ball will fit into its new container.