How to prune & wire a Japanese White Pine Bonsai? | |
Pruning your bonsai is important not only to maintain or create an aesthetic style but to also ensure light and airflow can reach inner foliage. Japanese white pines grow quickly upwards, at the expense of lower branches and inner shoots. You can pinch back the growing tips during summer to thin out its growth and encourage lower branching and a more balanced structure. When new buds appear (candles), let them grow to around 3cm in length, and then cut them back down with sharp scissors to about halfway. If there are more than two candles on one branch or twig, remove the surplus but be sure to leave two. Do not remove all the candles at one time as this can result in death of the pine. Training your Japanese white pine is possible as the branches are supple and can be bent easily, even into older age. Wire them from early autumn to early spring and leave the wires on for a long while, the white pine grows very slowly and is likely to bend back to its original shape if taken off too early. We recommend using wires with a thickness that matches the thickness of the branch: if the wire you choose is too thick you will damage the bark. If it is too thin, it won’t be effective. For more information, visit our website for our full blog on a Japanese White Pine Bonsai: https://miyagibonsai.co.uk/japanese-white-pine-bonsai-care-guide/ See our range of Japanese White Pine's: https://miyagibonsai.co.uk/outdoor-bonsai-trees/japanese-white-pine-bonsai-tree/ | |
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