Bonsai With Deadwood

There are patterns and a reason for the deadwood to be there. This is a technique i wish i had learned about 20 years ago. In driftwood style of bonsai a major part of the tree consists of deadwood.

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A jin is meant to show age or show that the tree has had a struggle to survive.

Bonsai with deadwood. In nature deadwood is created when a tree is hit by lightning exposed to sustained periods of drought or when branches snap due to ice stress wind or weight of snow. This unique product has been extensively tested on our own bonsai trees for more than 20 years. Deadwood on bonsai adds interest and curiosity to your tree. Creating deadwood on bonsai in the form of jin or shari can enhance the tree s character significantly.

When creating deadwood you have to remember that trees in nature don t just have random deadwood. Jins are created in nature when wind lightning or other adversity kills the leader or a branch further down the tree. In this video i show you the best way to preserve rotting wood on your bonsai as well as strengthening and protecting deadwood. It can really add to the character of a bonsai tree as in nature this process can only be caused by very traumatic events such as lightning.

Shari is the technique of creating areas of deadwood on the trunk of the bonsai tree. Preserve deadwood of deciduous broadleaf bonsai trees without the unnatural white colour associated with lime sulphur. A jin is that dead part of a branch including the tip or an entire branch. Fully preserves wood and stops fungal attack whilst retaining the natural colour once fully dry.

Jin 神 is a bonsai deadwood technique used on branches or the top of the trunk the leader. A jin is a bare stripped part of branch and a shari is a barkless part of trunk. Shari is found on the main trunk. Natural deadwood preserver is a complex product designed primarily for use with broad leaved species used for bonsai.

Interesting ones consist of continuous strips that somewhat twist around the trunk from base to upper part of the tree side by side with live bark. It s unique formulation penetrates deep into the wood killing fungi and bacteria as well as nourishing the wood with natural oils resins and acids. The deadwood will usually run up the trunk of the tree creating the most amazing appearance. Will not damage foliage.

So on a bonsai as an artist you have to stay with a pattern create that story of why.