Japanese Maple Bonsai Training

How to shape and train japanese maples.

Japanese maple bonsai training. Japanese maples require slightly acidic environments which can be achieved by using rainwater instead of tap water if possible because tap water tends to be slightly alkaline. The plant was grown then cuttings were taken and trained for bonsai. Are you trying to train a bonsai. This tree can be defoliated in midsummer if the tree is healthy.

Wiring is another crucial training technique used to shape branches and trunks. This bonsai will require consistently moist soil at all times as maples do not tolerate drought. Japanese maples in bonsai pots can tolerate heat and cold temperatures to 27 degrees. The japanese maple is frost hardy even when trained as a bonsai but it should be protected from strong frost below 10 c 14 f.

Training is crucial to not only the appearance but also the health of the bonsai. If you haven t pruned it lately it may look like this bushy and green having lost it s shape. Training japanese maple bonsai leaf pruning is conducted throughout the growing season to scale back growth and balance the tree. Deciding ahead of time.

Japanese maple bonsai in particular need maintenance pruning as well as structural pruning. New shoots should be pinched back in areas of the tree that do not require new growth in order to force the tree to grow in other areas. Do you want to maintain the tree s natural crown shape. But there is no one way to train a japanese maple bonsai.

This is where you learn to reproduce what nature normally does to give the tree the look of a real tree. Or you can remove it from its pot and plant it in the ground in the shade in a shady spot. Turn japanese maple seedlings into a clump style bonsai. Decide on your shape.

Training japanese maples to grow properly. Creating a maple bonsai tree in 20 mins easy. A bonsai should be roughly triangular shaped. In the early 1980s he purchased a small rooted cutting from me and the rest is history.

Through the decades clive has mastered the propagation and training of maple bonsai specializing in the koto hime japanese maple. Prepare a weak roughly one part bleach to ten parts water solution. It s healthier for the tree. Learn to style the tree as it gets established.

Regular spraying with water is helpful for healthy growth. Figure 1 before pruning front of the tree. In colder climates there are several ways of storing your maple.