Making an Old Japanese Black Pine Into a Cascade Bonsai

Japanese black pine is a highly desirable and beautiful species for bonsai, but it can be hard to maintain the needle growth. In today's video, I'll share some tips and tricks on how your can prune and manage your pines so you can create exceptional bonsai designs.

0:00 Introduction
0:15 About Japanese Black Pine
1:14 How to design your bonsai
5:10 The difficulties of working with pine trees
5:42 Cut off redundant branches
12:40 How to make jins (deadwood)
14:10 How to create bonsai apex
16:52 How to wire bonsai branches
18:06 Orienting your bonsai in a pot
19:36 How to prune black pine candles
24:57 Before & after comparison

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