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The Japanese bonsai tree dates back many centuries. Bonsai, literally translated as tree in a tray, is an art involving miniaturizing tiny woody plants that are fashioned into tree form. The art of bonsai comprises of cutting, trimming, shaping, watering, and re-potting in different types of bons, or tray-type pots.

The Japanese bonsai tree is mainly used as a decorative plant in many peoples houses. Cultivating bonsai trees is a very involved and complex hobby, and it requires much patience. However, it is not too hard for a beginner to learn different techniques of cultivating the Japanese bonsai tree.

Japanese Bonsai Tree Techniques

There are a variety of techniques used in growing and maintaining the Japanese bonsai tree. Most of the techniques are unique to the art of bonsai, whereas some others are just a spin on common plant-growing techniques.

Leaf Trimming: cutting back either the leaves or the needles of the plant, depending on the type.

Pruning: removing bark and branches in certain spots, while still retaining the bonsai look and feel of the tree.

Wiring: wrapping wire, usually aluminum or copper, around different parts of the tree, to shape it out as it grows.

Clamping: a more heavy-duty approach to shaping thicker and larger parts of the tree that cannot be accomplished with wiring alone.

Grafting: adding branches/roots to expand upon the design of the Japanese bonsai tree.

Defoliation: clipping off the leaves so that they grow back smaller, to add to the dwarfing nature of the art of bonsai.

Deadwood: removing the bark from a branch to emulate maturity in the Japanese bonsai tree.

Japanese Bonsai Tree Care

Watering: As the bonsai tree pots are relatively small, the bonsai cultivator must be very careful when watering.

Too little water may dry out certain species of bonsai, whereas too much water may contribute to fungal infections and rotting in the root.

Re-potting: Bonsai plants are re-potted usually after the specific species dormancy period (typically around springtime). This is to ensure that the growth of the roots is not inhibited by the small pot that the plant is in. Much like a growing hermit crab must move to larger shells, growing bonsai plants must be re-potted.

Tools

There are a group of special tools that one must use when cultivating a Japanese bonsai tree. The most universal tool is known as the concave cutter, as it cuts pieces of the tree flush with the bark, so that no stubs remain after cutting. Some examples of other tools are wire pliers, branch bending jacks, and different-sized shears for trimming and pruning.

The Japanese bonsai tree comes in many different shapes, sizes, species, containers, soils, etc. Some are indoor, and some are strictly outdoor plants. Through proper care, practice, maintenance, and patience, anybody can cultivate a Japanese bonsai tree into a beautiful visual piece for home or garden.

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Japanese Black Pine 25 Seed/Seeds – Bonsai

Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergii) is an excellent, small, irregularly shaped, pine tree. The plant tolerates dry soil and salt. The dark green, twisted needles are 5 to 7 inches long. It grows approximately 12 to 18 inches per year. It is hardy in zones 5-8. It’s mature height is 30 feet with a spread of 20 feet. It is also an excellent choice for a bonsai tree.

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Mexican Weeping Pine 20 Seeds – Pinus patula – Bonsai

• This desirable Mexican pine is hardy to Z.8
• Slow growing to 50′
• It is enhanced by long drooping leaves, with 4 12″ leaflets (needles)
• Makes an excellent bonsai!
• Seeds stay viable in cold storage for many years

* This desirable Mexican pine is hardy to Z.8. With age will produce 2-3 main stems. It is enhanced by long drooping leaves, with 4 12″ leaflets (needles). Slow growing to 50′. Seeds stay viable in cold storage for many years. Makes an excellent bonsai!

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Bonsai pruning is one of the most important things in bonsai care. By doing the pruning youll give to the bonsai tree the shape that you want, you can shorten it and get the bonsai tree stem thickening too.
First of all, we want to point out that you have to:

name it for a better contact with the bonsai tree, which is good too for its health and vigor
water bonsai plant once a day or two, but dont over water it
keep it in high humidity places
do not expose the bonsai in direct sun and hot temperature
make the pruning in spring (there are some particular species of bonsai tree that are admitting the summer cuttings)
prune the bonsai crown so that it takes the triangle shape

cover the cut sector or branches lesion with diameter over 0.5 cm with lute, for helping the bonsai healing.
use only clean and sharp gardening and cutting instruments
the above part of the bonsai tree is growing faster than the inferior part of it, so cut mostly the edge of bonsai treetop

Conifer bonsai pruning

There are no pruning for conifer bonsai, but pinching. If the conifer bonsai branch remains without needles, it will die. This thing never happens to the other bonsai tree species, deciduous ones, which are increasing the ramification after the cutting, but in case of conifers, the cutting is favoring apparition of the new buds behind.

Flowering bonsai tree pruning

Dont prune the flowering bonsai plant in the same way as the green bonsai, because there is the risk of loosing the bonsai flowers. So make the pruning in summer, after the flowering period, when you can distinguish the floral buds and the new sprigs.

Enjoy your bonsai tree!