How to Propagate Bonsai Cuttings in 5 Minutes! *EASY*

After you prune your trees, don't let the cuttings go to waste! Today, I'm going to teach you how to propagate cuttings from my Trident Maple bonsai to grow many more trees. With each cutting, you can grow around three new plants. Keep the cycle going and you will be able to grow infinite bonsai for free!
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Shorten cuttings
2:32 Scar the cuttings
3:33 Plant in soil mix
4:20 Conclusion
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[@amithus9912]

Thank you for all your great videos and information. You are greatly appreciated. Big thanks from Minnesota.

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Thanks for your support!

[@jeffhurst4744]

You make it look like a very easy and successful process on rooting cuttings. 😃

[@bonsaiheirloom]

It is very easy! Give it a try and let me know how it goes :)

[@frenchfries2148]

Thank you, can’t wait to see an update to this one. Also that tree has great genetics, beautiful leaf shape

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Thank you so much! I'm excited to update you :)

[@floor1man]

Awesome info , thank you

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Happy to help! :)

[@ancientoak]

Great tutorial.
PS: I love Trident maple!

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Thanks for your support! Trident Maple is great!

[@HaiHuynh2023]

I will try tomorrow.

[@Mike-126]

Excellent information.

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Thanks, Mike! I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@mariapilarme]

Thanks beautiful! I will try

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Great! Feel free to comment if you have any questions about the process!

[@rodschroeder1048]

Thanks for the video it’s great. I’m trying your method and hoping I get the same results with my tridents. Thanks, more videos please, do you have any forests to do videos on ?

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Hi Rod! I have a video coming out soon about propagating a trident maple forest. Please stay tuned for that!

[@rodschroeder1048]

@@bonsaiheirloom sounds great!! I’ll definitely watch that one. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

[@briankavanagh7191]

Milton, any chance of a garden walk around to see your Bonsai trees and farm?

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Eager to learn is a good thing! Have you been to the National Bonsai Museum in DC? Wow! The best bonsai in America. I am at this time a director of the National Bonsai Foundation which oversees the museum.
I am posting a quick garden tour video soon. I also plan to do progress updates of my trees and you'll see my garden that way!

[@dsknives310]

Thank you Sir…new to the channel but always informative and a pleasure to watch. Working on my first live oak and jade plant Bonsai’s. 🪴👍🏼

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Best of luck! Please keep me updated on your progress!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌👌

[@johnvandegrift5164]

Do you have much success with air layers on Tridents? I tried a couple last season but only got a bunch of callousing but never any roots. I do pretty well with most other types of trees that I try.

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Yes I have…although I prefer cutting since they are almost 100% and grow quickly. I have to admit this is a quick way to get another Shohin.
Your Trident is probably not wet enough or you are too anxious. Close it and add more water or even add more rooting hormone. Have fun experimenting!

[@t3dwards13]

Will woody/larger cuttings work as well?

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Yes it will! Hardwood maple cuttings are usually planted in late fall, sometimes by applying bottom heat to encourage rooting. Usually less than pencil size that could be 8-12 inches long. I prefer semi-softwood cuttings because the success rate is close to 100% if you use equal parts of perlite and vermiculite and do not let them out. They grow quickly to catch up with bigger cuttings.
It's also interesting to note they stick willow posts with no root along river banks to control erosion. They grow into big trees.

[@dracokaiser]

So is it a Taiwan trident maple? Or trident maple from Taiwan? Cause Taiwan trident maple is actually a tropical maple species

[@bonsaiheirloom]

There are several Trident maples from Formosa (Formosanum). For example: mrmaple.com/products/buy-acer-buergerianum-ssp-formosanum-taiwanese-trident-maple Mine is not this one, it is very similar to what you buy from most nurseries, but with thicker and more glossy leaves. I am not sure we need to be “technical” here. For sure, it is a cold tolerant variety. It grows very well in the West US.

[@michaelchang6451]

very fast!