How to Prune Single-Flush Pine Bonsai | Bonsai-U

That's a good size Pinus Bjorn. You should be proud of yourself.

oh my goodness, the closed caption text is hilarious on this.

I’m very new to bonsai so I’m sorry for my ignorance, but why not just leave the tree grow so all the branches grow naturally and then cut when every they’ve grown?

That Start 😂😂😂

Lmao. That intro 💀

Ayo! For being that age, Your pinus looks pretty stubby. (You asked for it lol)

If there is such as thing as bonsai jokes you win the century!

Your what

What? Giant what???

Does anyone know if pinus mugo is a single or double flush pine?

Should I let the tree untouched if I repotted it 2 months ago? Or can I apply this technique without risk?

I snap the candles with my fingers, this eliminates the problem with snipping the new needles!

played this on the bus and the intro got everyone looking at me

Thanks mate I just found a 10 inch Scots pine I'm going to try to bonsai 👍🏻🇬🇧

What an amazing demonstration.
Thank you very much!

I can't rate this video high enough. Superbly explained in great detail in a very short time with no fuss. Love it, more of those please.

Are mugo pines considered double flush pines? I had in early spring some candles on my mugo what I pinched a bit back to balkende, and now there are lots of buds on each branch tip.

Straight to the point, good close ups and sound. Thank you!

Selecting 2 candles to prevent swolling at the base can you explain/show this further more. Did you pinch the tree al at once in one day or in sections with a time interfall? This is a final developed tree you work on, what about trees who need to be developed, you still apply these techniques?

Good one thanks!!!

Great video! can you do one on pruning and maintenance for the Buddhist pine?

Just in time, wonderful

Sometimes I think that I can't learn more from your videos, then I watch something like this and am shocked yet again. The things that you know always amaze me.

Is it okay to prune the candles and roots, then repot in early spring?

Beep *

Is australian pines is a single flush

I'm a pretty big defender of the idea that there fundamentally is no wrong way to pronounce botanical Latin, since it never was a spoken language in the first place, but this guy really needs to stop pronouncing Pinus like that

Textbook definition of "taxing". Incredible patience!

I've just bought a pre-bonsai white pine so this video is super-useful. I love the detail and clear explanations you give, Bjorn. Your content is always so engaging, useful, and well-produced. Nice one!

Does this kind of decandling actually cause budding far in the back of the tree? Is that what he is trying to do?

Dude I was watching this through the car at the gas station and you said that people started starring lol ...

Do you do this spring-pruning on jbp/double-flush too?

Seriously made me laugh that intro😅

What an AMAZING tree!

I nearly spat my breakfast out when I hard the intro 😂😂😂
I was like did he actually just say that.

what about Monterey pine? single or double flush

Bjorn, I have been following your channel for a few weeks and all I can say is thanks for all the information you share here. I recently acquired a 2-3 year old Japanese black pine thunderhead that I want to turn into a niwaki for our new home being built right now. Do you think in the near future you could do a video just like this one, but with a black pine? All the into I have found on most websites suggest to de-candle everything, but I have not seen one like yours that explain the best way to balance the tree.

Wouldn’t you usually have to work the lower weakest branches first, then th more vigorous branches a week later to further balance energy?

And here I thought "I'll watch a calm Bonsai-U video before I go to sleep".
Laughed for 5 minutes straight

Excellent video

Your style of Bonsai is very elegant.

Well done Bjorn on showing/explaining the technique so succinctly however, could you please also clarify: 1. What the main objective is using this technique 2. How did you prepare the tree for this procedure in terms of feeding routine and 3. How you will feed the tree after the procedure.
Many thanks.

This is a better presentation that Mirai Live

Yes yes and yes😻

You actually can completely remove candles on a two-needle pine, just not every year. Likely once every three years.

Thank you for making these videos Bjorn. I'm currently building up a scots pine that started as a whip a few years ago.
I was wondering how I should perform this procedure with regards to the sacrifice branch as well as the small branches that I'm maintaining to be the branches of the tree as it enters a more mature stage.
Can I prune the candles of those smaller branches while leaving the candles of the sacrifice branch untouched, or do I risk the tree shedding the small branches that I want to keep?

My main goal is to keep the small branches from getting leggy...

Can someone please explain: wouldn’t doing this cause the branches to grow longer and longer year after year?

BRAVO!!! Bonsai needs more joking.
Sidenote: this stay a home, has kinda help me get closer to being caught up with re-pots, wiring, etc, etc...But that is probably an unattainable goal, as I will always being chasing the next tree, next nebari, rock planting, carving, ewtc, etc, hahaha