Peter discusses and shows the options for different styles with this mugo pine
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37 Comments
You and Josh are a good team. I remember when it was you and Jack.
I was happy to see the title of this video. Amazes me the transformations you create from obtainable material. I want every one of them.
lots of the plant media sold here in the Us these days is a paper "peat" substitute. it works well
Always interesting!
Thanks a lot Peter and Josh for share your talent.
thx master nice tree
Greetings and well wishes from Queensland Australia
Thank you Peter and Josh always interesting and informative ,best wishes from New Zealand
thanks for the lesson and your views on turning a nursery bought bush pine into a Bonsai
As usual, you are a great teacher. And I could the trunk being split. Thanks.
I could see the trunk being split.
What a lovely outcome, love how the especially the Mugo turned out.
Wonderful work Peter and best wishes from Romania. Keep on filming as we crave for your know-how gained from so many years of experimenting. I am not sure if you already made a video about this topic but it would be intetesting to find out how you got into the hobby and perhaps your first trees.
If you use cling wrap instead of raffia, will the branch be able to breathe ?
Thank you Peter and Josh – a fine tree and the lines of a cascade style are very appealing. Every video of yours educates me in the bonsai technique.
Great looking tree. The pot looks wonderful. Not too large.
Another amazing video Peter and Josh, thank you for sharing..
I have an unknown pine, bought as seed from a poundshop. Its 2 years old now, and tiny still. This has given me inspiration
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I allways like when peter says `I hate wen do people cut the pots because its unusabl` I get it for him but most of us dont have a million trees and cuttings
If I were the tree I would have been very relieved to get the "oversized " pot! Thank you for your sensitive approach.
I think Peter, we read from left to right, so maybe that is why we like our trees to swoop right, who knows but I have the same preference and love making our native Hemlocks as semi cascade, since I see so many growing from cliffs here in the PNW. I always tell my beginner bonsai students to pull the tree out of the nursery pot, then find your nebari, put the left over soil back in the pot and replace the tree. This way they don't cut the pot and can reuse/recycle it.
Thanks for another nice video Peter, looking forward to spring and more progress on my trees.
Great work Peter, it was a joy to watch.
The plastic and duct tape tip makes no sense at all. rafia breathes and let the moisture dry out. plastics don't and will grow mold and bacteria on the bark.
Thanks Peter! The tree looks great.
Always inspiring. What do you do with it in the Winter?
I think it looks great in that pot size and it will do good in it
Great work Peter Happy New Year 🌳
I love a good semi cascade style
Hi Peter, I really like your videos and instruction. What happened with the pine cuttings from last year?
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A lovely final shape, although in your finishing shots, I could imagine a finer looking tree if the leader had been cut back to the cascade branch. The smaller left branch could then be brought up to form a smaller leader, thus making the cascade more pronounced. When you use the branch splitter, do you create a continuous split, or is it a series of splits like a dashed line? Thank you.
Lovely tree Peter
I received a Mugo pine for Christmas and your video was helpful! Nw I have an idea as to what to do with it this spring. ❤
Hello Peter! I’ve only been seriously bonsai-ing for a few years and I notice you’re chopping and splitting in winter.
Am I being overly cautious relying on specific guides for each tree species when you can repot and work the tree?
I have a Mugo I’d like to work on now but was going to wait til spring.
I love those square pots Peter.
Thank you Peter for a great lesson on a tree that I would have found quite difficult. Your decision making during the process is very valuable to me.