Starting A Bonsai From A Cutting
But first six images of a criptomeria tree that was grown from seed into bonsai over the course of 15 years.
Starting a bonsai from a cutting. 2 remove the leaves from the bottom two leaf nodes of the cutting. I take my juniper cuttings early to mid autumn when the wood has firmed up just enough and the heat of summer has. Mike had grown it from a sapling. I acquired the tree from mike jones of bonsai passion a few years ago.
Read the bonsai styling section for detailed information about techniques including wiring and pruning. Growing bonsai from seed or from cuttings will be a test of your patience but it is a great way to style bonsai trees without the need to prune thick branches which is often inherent to styling yamadori or nursery stock. Don t make your cut too close to a notch in the bark or a leaf in the case of a mini jade. 3 dip the cuttings in some rooting hormone if.
First get some very sharp shears and make sure they are clean and disinfected. This video is about about taking cuttings from a 35 year old nagasaki crab apple tree. Next cut off a portion of branch about 4 to 5 inches long.