Pruning A Bonsai Juniper
Maintenance pruning maintenance pruning is all about keeping the design of your bonsai tree and distributing the foliage in a healthy way.
Pruning a bonsai juniper. Gently comb out the root system. It is a horticultural work of art achieved by years of consistent pruning shaping repotting and faithful care. The buds are held between the tips of the thumb and forefinger and twisted sharply to make a clean cut. Essentially there are two different techniques.
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. He shows how the same cuts were applied to another tree and how the bonsai design will develop due to the cuts. In this video we give a quick update on a juniper tree in a 5 gallon can. Because junipers grow mostly in late winter and early spring with another flush of growth in fall those are the best times to prune your bonsai.
Jason discusses the reason why cuts were made last year and the new growth that emerged during that time. Usually pruning is done after a month of growth which starts in spring. In this video we will teach you how to creat your own bonsai tree juniper tree the movie follows a five step approach to growing a bonsai tree. Cut away no more than one third of the root system.
Trim the roots of the juniper bonsai using sterile sharp scissors. Trees are naturally heavier in foliage at the top so keep the top of your tree cleanly pruned. The practice used for pruning juniper bonsai trees is known as finger pinching. Even in late winter early spring and fall.
Prune the root system of the juniper tree during the repotting process. Hosted by jason chan of eastern leaf. It also includes twig pruning leaf pruning and pinching. Remove the excess soil from around the roots of the juniper.
Without doubt the most important way to train a bonsai is to prune it on a regular basis.