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@@cookingwithsanjay that's not too far from us. Let's connect over email and we can take a look at those trees! Bonsai@asiapacificgarden.com

@@MsMama59 thank you!

@@andreahazen9013 we didn't really remove many big branches, so the "recovery" is minimal. We thinned out the tree by removing old dead branches and thinning out a lot of the long skinny new shoots. This tree sprouted new leaves in just two weeks and has now filled in nicely.

@@janetroberts2262 thank you!

Thank you! Maples are magnificent trees for sure.

@@ADNZ5442 if you want a thicker trunk for a tree, plant it in the ground, provided that you're in the right climate.

@@lyonesskim thank you!

@@ninjahutnik we use this soil for all our bonsai trees; tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate climate ones. Chinese elm, Ligustrum, ficus, carmona, juniper, ginkgo, larch, maple, pines, just to name a few.

@@AsiaPacificGarden thanks I appreciate it.

@@jamielandis4606 we get those comments as well and they're all over the comments in this video too.

But so rewarding!

@@haoend we are also in between Seattle and Tacoma, out of Kent, WA. You can prune anytime of the year here in the PNW. The only time you have to be mindful of is during heat waves where temperatures exceed 100 degrees fahrenheit.

@@AsiaPacificGardenthat’s awesome! I’m in Auburn :-)

@@haoend come visit our nursery down in Kent. We're just a couple minutes away from IKEA.

@@AsiaPacificGardenjust googled map it. Very close! Will definitely visit!

@@jennifermaire3330 thanks for watching our videos! Happy to have you come visit any time.

@@mrs.tweezers7546 thank you!

@@NoMindForNames for this tree, we are anticipating 6-8 months.

@@GrowTropicalMK thank you!

@@chadashley1434 thank you!

@@seiadias7547 it's definitely not an art style that appeals to everyone. For this tree, the branch wasn't adding any character or value, so Robert thought creating a jin style would be better than removing the branch entirely.

@@AsiaPacificGarden ok, yes for sure 😉

@@mikeswain9085 we are located in the Seattle area. The spruce ones Robert picked out will need to be worked on in late fall. For forest pieces, we need a shallow container, which would require some root trimming. Stay tuned!

Brilliant, look forward to the video. Thanks for the reply.

Arborists use different techniques than bonsai artists. We often get scolded by arborists and you can find them in these comments. We have been pruning big trees bonsai style (niwaki) for 40 years and we have damaged zero of them. We really don't remove a lot of the big branches. In fact, those are the ones we want to keep because it shows the structure. Defoliating a maple causes zero harm and we have removed up to 80% before.

@@AsiaPacificGarden that’s surprising to hear. We are taught to not remove more than 30% of the canopy at a time and return to prune the tree every 2 or 3 years to lessen the stress on the tree. And that’s based on a lot of research done since the 80’s up to now. Maybe ornamental trees can handle more but I know most trees react poorly to more than 30%. But arboriculture and tree sciences are almost a pseudoscience so I guess there will always be exceptions to rules. Also, I am from the tn. I am from Tennessee where we have harsh summers. If we remove too much of the outer canopy, the larger inner branches will not have protection from the sun and get scorched and permanently damaged. so there are many factors to consider when deciding how much to remove from a japanese maple

@@austinoliver7463 You're not wrong. It IS often taught to not remove more than 30%, but it's taught this way because 30% can be applied to EVERY tree. Would we apply the techniques shown in this video to a black pine or a red pine? Absolutely not. But for a maple? 100% safe. Certain trees can deviate outside of this 30% rule. We will continue to do updates on this tree to show that the tree is healthy and that our technique is safe. One of our more drastic pruning video where we trimmed back close to 80% of a maple has been done this way every year for 15 years now. Super healthy.

@@therealhellkitty5388 100%. We were just in Portland and yes, the trees there are incredible. They also trim their trees in a bonsai technique. When applying this technique to garden trees, it's called Niwaki.

@@robinmoore7202 yes, that is correct. But like Robert said in the video, clip back the three from further back and not a little bit at a time from the tip, because that'll take forever. Trimming a maple this big will take time. It took Robert and Nolan a total of 8 hours to finish this particular tree, so if it's just one person, 16 hours.

@@robinmoore7202 we also have several other maple trimming videos where we share different techniques. Putting all of that into one video would make the video too long with too much information to digest. You can find maple videos under the "out in the field" playlist on our channel.

@@AsiaPacificGarden Thank you so much!

It depends on your climate, but here in the PNW, we can remove quite a bit.

@@P-S-Kustoms we trim year round here in the Seattle area. It really depends on your climate though. We have mild and cooler summers so sun scalding isn't ever really an issue unless we get a massive heat wave.

@@roypublic3269 we didn't show those parts because we didn't want to put so much info into one video. In our most recent maple, we talked about removing all the dead growth.

@@jabodene1 thank you and happy to share! We want bonsai to be accessible to everyone.

@@givetanks thanks! We forgot step two though. 2. Turn on notifications.

@@AsiaPacificGarden so doing this on my channel lol

@@givetanks it's so much fun! All our videos has a pin with a subscribe mention of some sort. Not all are silly, but we try to make a pun of some sort.

@@hoplam9717 thank you!