Cutting A Bonsai Tree

To ensure you don t damage the tree too much or stunt its.

Cutting a bonsai tree. Without doubt the most important way to train a bonsai is to prune it on a regular basis. Before we start propagating trees from cuttings let s look at the stages of development of young trees first. Use a dibble stick stupid name a pencil or chop stick is just fine to create a hole. Only keep the cuttings that are at least 3 leaf nodes long or have at least 3 sets of leaves.

Place your cuttings into the medium. Using the cutting method is faster than growing the plant from seeds. Doing structural and stylistic pruning 1. From cutting to bonsai.

The temptation is just to poke the cuttings into the sand and in most cases this would be fine but it does damage the base of the cutting you have so lovingly prepared and pushes off most of the rooting hormone. Some hardwood cuttings can be prepared and planted after their growth season late summer. Some times seeds take time to grow or may even fail to grow completely. With rooting catalyzed and good care the bonsai tree cutting grows into a tree quickly and establishes itself faster than you may expect.

Thin out the. 1 trim your bonsai tree as you would normally placing the trimmings into a bowl of water as they fall. Prune for structure and style from november to february. Essentially there are two different techniques.

Large branches that protrude from the tree can be removed as can branches with unnatural. Read the bonsai tree species guide for timing. Cut back large branches. Generally spring and summer are the best times to cut off and plant cuttings.

Maintenance pruning to maintain and refine the existing shape of a bonsai and structural pruning which involves more rigorous pruning to give a tree its basic shape or style.