Pruning A Bonsai Recovering From Stress
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2023
- How to prune a thorny shrub bonsai in recovery from stress. This Berberis bonsai didn't do so well in 2022 so was allowed to grow in 2023. Now it's time to reign it in, pruning back to the desired scale. Along the way we look at:
- Bud selection
- Dealing with thorns
- Pruning for fine ramification
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you look happier here, and that makes me happy. I hope you are doing well, keep up the good work
Feeling more and more like my old self. Hope you are also doing good mate
@@grobonsai we’ll see in a few months how many trees didn’t make it this year I suppose! Wind took my juniper cascade over the edge of the bench, I have a new training pot to put him in but haven’t gotten round to it yet. It was almost dead when I got it so it is the hardest tree I have got, it’ll be fine. Bruce Lee Juniper! Yeah, all well with me, had a crap year mentally and quit my job, start the new one on the 2nd of Jan.
Definitely love the idea of cutting that thick bit back and removing the knuckle, will be a beautiful name or even shohin again eventually!
I really love talking out what you're thinking as you prune. This was very satisfying and interesting. Thank you!
Thank you for watching and the comment!
Nice work Darin!! I think eventually the thick section will need to be removed, but it can be done in the future!
It's gonna have to be done isn't it!
One day Nigel will get your name right 😂
Darwin!@@danieldalton8125
Love this tree and it’s pot Darren 👍
Cheers J
Yes Darren!!! keeping up with the regular uploads, I love to see it!!
Nice little tree mate. I think you could get rid of the inverse taper branch, down to those two side branches.. maybe..
Regardless, it's coming along nicely!
Yeah I looks likely. I'm gonna get it ramified again, then when I'm bored of it give it a chop in 1-2 years.
Nice job, glad the tree has recovered! The pot also seems to fit its autumn color pretty well :) I'd personally cut off the section, non only because of the knob, but also since it's very straight and untapered
I agree
Leave the inverse taper. It suits the trees naturalistic form.
Thanks for another great video with digestible explanation. I'm really enjoying this channel!
Thanks Simon!
Got the Alan Partridge reference by the way. Lovely tree, lovely pot. Great styling. Cheers.
I didn't intentionally make a reference to alan partridge, what did I say? thanks!
@grobonsai "needles to say" I had the last laugh. Classic Partridge. Awesome if you didn't mean to lol.
oh haha yes the pun was intended, just didn't realise it was a partridge thing :D
Nice work, my friend!
Referencing the likelyhood of infection due to contact with their thorns, I worked with one I rescued from a landscaping redo.
Finally gave up. I couldn’t deal with the thorns, so gave it to a more experienced friend.
It ended up in his burn pile.
Great to see an update on this tree. I absolutely loved it when you first showed it. I already loved shohin, but you inspired me to look into different species and also to look into more advanced pots that compliment the tree in different times of the year. I have a bunch more good quality pots than trees now haha!
Glad to see your vids again, and I like this style better than the voice overs. You said its taxing for you to do them though, so just do whatever works for you. I watch and enjoy them either way!
PS. You really rockin' the goatee
Thanks, good to hear from someone who remembers the tree! Hahaha thanks, wife says it would look weird without it now
Coming on nicely Darren. Thanks.
Thanks Al!
Yes I agree the big thick section will need to go . Looks good , mine died after a bad winter.
Thanks, sorry to hear about yours
Beautiful barberry!
Thanks Jay! I'd prefer thick one like you guys found at that nursery though haha
@@grobonsai We'll have to measure and see whose is bigger.🤣
Merry Christmas and Thanks!
Merry Christmas, thank you so much!
Really great video Darren. Always fun to watch what an amazing transformation can happen with just a pair of clippers and a trim. Lovely looking tree, and a great pot to go with it. Merry Christmas 👌
Thanks 👍
That’s a fine looking little tree Gro Bro.
Nice work. Yes, those thorns are nasty little buggers. Thanks, keep growing
Thanks Matt!
Big branch will have to go. 19:04 would be a good new front with corner of pot as the front.
Yeah I thought there was potential round the back somewhere
Personally I like the current design and I think sometimes we are better to accept some of the faults these shrub like bonsai give us. I have no doubt cutting that large section off and creating a mame will work equally well though. All the best for Christmas and New Year :)
I love barberry too, but man those needles hurt!!! 😅
Right!!
Great work/content, but I’d prefer more zooming in whilst pruning
Honestly so do I, but some feedback recently was for more frequent uploads so thought I'd see how a bare-bones edit would go. Thank you for sharing your feedback
I have one for a a number of years has yours ever flowered the little yellow flower or the red berrys mine has never. I also think you should keep it the way you finished it in the video it looks amazing
Yea mine flowers in spring on new growth if I remember correctly. Maybe you are pruning the flower buds?
That thick inversely tapered bit looks like it's been stung by a bee )
It really does. And the first branch has done it too. It seems to thicken 3x faster at the nodes than in between!
👍👌
locust needles hurt. not fun tho i still love locust trees. nice tree D. ive got one or 2 streesed this yr too..
They are vicious! last summer and winter were pretty tough for bonsai so it's not surprising to hear of some stress. Doesn't help but you're deffo not the only one!
Change the angle more upward when you repot the tree and make it a wind swept...do not remove anything
That’s a strong option
Foisting 😂
lets go! :D
Unfortunately it's all wrong and we have all been there you need to remove the hole larger side .and start a hole new smaller tree . More compact and better tapper. Good luck. Unfortunately the bonsai world has in a way made it so however trees are left alone and can grow how they want. So unless it's competition not to worry .
I don't see it as a right/wrong thing, but I agree it is definitely a better tree without that section, and restyled. thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts