In this Bonsai video I share with you some Pruning and Shaping Ideas on an Itoigawa Juniper Bonsai that I have been working on over the past two years!
When working with Juniper Bonsai, it’s essential to have a clear goal for each specific tree. In this video, I explore various pruning techniques tailored to enhance the beauty and health of your Bonsai. I discuss methods such as removing problem branches, creating pads, and thinning foliage to promote inner growth and light penetration.
Throughout the video, I also delve into the tools required, the appropriate wire thickness for different branches, the extent of pruning, and the best times of the year to prune. I address challenges such as competing trunk lines and handlebar branches, providing effective pruning solutions for each scenario.
I also demonstrate how to wire and shape the tree while being mindful not to stress it too much. These techniques, though careful, can significantly improve the aesthetics and health of your Juniper Bonsai, taking it one step closer to becoming an exceptional tree!
My hope with this video is to provide you with valuable Bonsai information that you can use when pruning your own Juniper Bonsai! If you have any suggestions for how I can improve my technique or if there are alternative methods you would recommend, please share them with me in the comments below. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and it will help me continue to refine and enhance my Bonsai practices!
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00:00 – Intro.
00:31 – About The Itoigawa Juniper Bonsai.
01:33 – The Bonsai Tools Used.
02:26 – Removing a Problem Branch.
04:14 – How To Prune Juniper Foliage (Foliage Thinning).
06:10 – When Not To Prune Junipers.
06:51 – Creating Pads & Design Options.
08:35 – How Much Should You Prune?
09:52 – When To Prune Juniper Bonsai.
10:21 – Branch Selection in Juniper Bonsai.
11:58 – Dealing With A Competing Trunkline.
14:23 – Dealing With Handlebar Branches.
16:51 – Removing A Major Branch.
17:58 – Wiring & Shaping.
22:08 – NPK Fertiliser Value (12:6:6).
22:58 – Watering / Beauty Shots.
24:10 – Outro.
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49 Comments
Great presentation, Adam
Fantastic video. Full of great tips 👌 you really covered alot of ground!
Sorry I missed it Adam
Got busy 👊👊 watch in a bit 👊🤮
So nice and informative.❤
Lovely tree Adam was hoping for a spring or summer update on this tree glad to see it in good health
Do you mind me asking what part of Ireland you are from? I can’t recall if you ever mentioned it before
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Hi adam. Great video as always. I have a small juniper that has not put much growth on. I think the higher nitrogen is the way to go.
As a side note, i didn't find the green perspex helped to outline the branches. I find that cream or light beige shows up better on camera. Bright white can also create a glare under certain lighting conditions.
Keep up the great work 👍
Hi Adam,
Just wanted to make you a compliment! I am following you now for the last 2 months and have so much learned to improve my ficus & junipers bonsai! I hope you will have a great weekend 💚
With love from the Netherlands
Great beginning to a beautiful tree 👩🏻🌾🪴
Embrace the wabi sabi of the tree.
I'm curious, how old would this tree be roughly? I'm glad you mentioned the "shoot" I was wondering why you left that.
Hi Adam, thanks for another great video, very informative and interesting. Great looking bonsai. 👍👍
Hi Adam, my name is Kate and I am a native of the Shetland Isles. I have decided this is the year for me to study the art of bonsai. I have subscribed to your channel because I find it very easy to follow your directions and instructions. It will probably be next year before any of my little trees will be ready to bonsai but until then I will be buying trees that I have learned are good for bonsai. So thank you SO much for your great videos and all love from Shetland to Ireland!!
Any significant cuttings can be rooted in soil. In my experience Chinese juniper roots easily from cuttings but grows very slowly.
Hi Adam. I don't have any plants at present. I am just learning and watching a lot of videos. I enjoy yours and have learned a great deal. As you were displaying the "pads" you used a green piece of plastic to show the potential pads better. I have noticed in some other videos they used a piece of white cardboard or white clothe instead. I don't know if you have tried that or not. Personally, I like the white better, but that's just me. Thanks so much for your videos. They are very encouraging and instructional. Blessings, Steve
Loving your videos ❤
Could you show how to root the juniper trimmings please
Great video Adam, im shadowing you on your itoigawa juniper journey. I finally got one and have it potted and wired in a pond basket like yourself. Mine is a lot smaller though, I may have neglected fertalising during the spring period.
Mine has a twin trunk, its difficult to find inspiration for twin trunks i think since they dont have the standard S shape.
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Loving the weekly uploads👌🏻
Hey, that's looking good.
Mine dried up ☹️
I love that tree. It's NOT a problem tree.
I find that the imperfections are what make this tree most attractive. I am new to this art and am learning as I go. I am working on an olive tree that I have had for 6 years now. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
I enjoy that you don't move too fast in explaining things and give a good view of what you are doing. Also, many aren't very good at giving information, because they know what they are doing talk to people as if they know what are doing as well. I had to subscribe.
Thanks, Adam! We just purchased a pre-bonsai Shimpaku Juniper and you video couldn't have been more timely and informative.
It looks awesome Adam!
Eggcellent
Brother Adam,
I have watched so many of your videos. You have helped with my hobby oh so very much. Thank you for everything. But just curious, Is there any chance you could do a video with you & your fertilizing regime for a good amount of your trees? I’d greatly appreciate it because every time we see updates on your trees they are so much more lush & healthier than before. It’d be so awesome if you could do such a thing. Thanks again for all the help bruddah.
Logan
Hey Adam. When you repot a plant (juniper, spruce, etc) into your bonsai mix, how often do you find you have to water it?
I just repotted a dwarf Alberta spruce in your soil mix with your video’s help. Two days later it already feels like it could potentially use some water. I have sphagnum moss on the top of the soil.
Nice, keren👍, salam🙏🇮🇩
Hi, thank you for all these information. I do have a 5 years old Juniper bonsai, but I’m not sure where should I keep it? Inside or outside?
awesome video as always! i have been following the progress on this little tree and wondering how the itoigawa was progression and this was very timely… could you provide more details as to how to replant the cuttings? i have an itoigawa as well, but was unsuccessful at raising the cuttings and getting them to root despite a clean cut and rooting hormone – they ended up withering a few months after showing some slight promise. any tips to save cuttings for propagation would be great, thank you!
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Beautiful!! I have never heard of this variety, but I hope it is available here in the states. It's just beautiful. I love the bright green delicate nature of the greens.
I watch lots of videos on bonsai. This dude explains and shares his knowledge well.
Good one bro. Solid fundamentals. Though personally I'd have to say its way too young and thin still to be going into the refinement stage work like that and I'd have to put it in the ground or slip-pot it and let it grow out and elongate heavily for least another 5-10 years or so. As itll never get any thicker or better scaled like that.
But i guess if youre a beginner and just want to get something into a pot to show people and get abit of practice or whatever, and you can't afford or access more advanced material then why not? I mean its your tree so.. 🙂
Du bist einfach der sympatischste und beste der jungen Bonsaigeneration, welchen ich hier gesehen habe. Bitte weiter so und liebe Grüße aus dem Schwarzwald.
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Thank you 🙏 i got good tips ❤ love how you explain the process ❤
your explanation is superb!
Best tutorial I've seen so far. It was so helpful to see the entire process and to hear your thoughts articulated.
This Juniper has only just begun to restore vigour. This is mainly due to me feeding fortnightly with Naruko for approx 2 months. As you can see, a lot of the decent foliage pads have been lost due to die back. My thinking is that I should hold off any pruning until next year and just allow the tree to put out an abundance of growth this year. What do you recommend? The tree is approx 30 years old and is 25 cm high.
You doing great JOB mate ❤
Love your video from MIZORAM🎉🎉
Great tutorials, very clear with your explanations……….such a fan!🙂
I was just gifted one of these bonsai trees today. I didn't know what type of juniper bonsai it was but it has same needles like yours. It's beautiful. Thank you for teaching me how to trim her.
Have watched this video a few times now. Ive got a few junipers, i always just struggle styling the apex. Im in the uk so same season as you over there. Do you hard prune juniper in autumn as ive got a sargentii that need a fordt styling or would you wait for spring?
Just want to get the most outnof the next growing season.