Is there a part 2? Great video and very much appreciate your explanations while working. I’ve been doing bonsai for a few years and recently started working for a company which does landscape maintenance. We are responsible for a few Niwaki trees and it seems nobody really knows how to properly maintain them. We have a large Scott that I got to work with recently and this helps me a lot to see how bonsai techniques can transition over. Will help me at work for sure! Thanks!
Do you have any other recommendations for cold hardy pines suitable for niwaki? I’m in the northern US, “4B.” In addition to Scots pine, we can grow Mugo, Austrian/Nigra, etc. Love the videos and your book!
Very good question! There was always meant to be a part two, but looks like I never quite got round to it. It would have been midoritsumi, pinching out new growth some time in May (in the UK). Give me seven years and I’ll get round to it…😬
I have a young p. sylvestris that I would like to prune in a Japanese aesthetic. Is it possible to do this without bending the branches downward? Is the other option to keep cutting out the larger branches that want to grow upward?
That’s probably a variety that never grows more than a few feet. Some trees get cut early in their life and turn bushy, but yours sounds like a variety. You should get 12-18” of new growth on a tree form, and it’s easy to form a single trunk. Do send a pic for confirmation if you’d like.
Is it possible to stop the growth at about 4 meters by pruning? I'd love a nawaki style pine in my backyard but need to be sure its hight can be kept at no higher than 4M indefinitely. I know i can slow it with pruning but I'm not sure if it will still get taller or not.
Absolutely. If you cut out the leader at a whorl (set of branches) and then cut each of the top side branches back to shorter side branches you can then keep the tree to that height indefinitely.
Hi Jake great video,recently buy your book and in pine chapter you explain how to pinch candles to develope structure of branch now i wonder is it the same rule with pinus sylvestris because pinus sylvestris is sngle flush per year pine?Sorry for bad english.
Thinning lets light in and encourages new growth from within the branch not just at the tips. It creates a style, that then becomes a look, etc. Some areas and styles don’t thin so much.
@@jakehobson904 great, thanks. You're a busy man, but if you ever get a chance more Niwaki instruction videos would be great! Suggestions: Tree varieties, the pro's and con's A tour of your field/niwaki nursery A beginners guide to pine pruning (its complicated!) 😁
Good to see you're uploading again. Please keep it up!
Is there a part 2?
Great video and very much appreciate your explanations while working. I’ve been doing bonsai for a few years and recently started working for a company which does landscape maintenance. We are responsible for a few Niwaki trees and it seems nobody really knows how to properly maintain them. We have a large Scott that I got to work with recently and this helps me a lot to see how bonsai techniques can transition over. Will help me at work for sure! Thanks!
Not sure if I ever got round to part 2!!
Basically, don’t let anyone shear your pines, please…
In the UK, when is the besttime for this sort of work?
Autumn is best but over winter is ok
What about Midwest United States? What would be the best time to trim?
Good tutorial video. Thanks.
Do you have any other recommendations for cold hardy pines suitable for niwaki? I’m in the northern US, “4B.” In addition to Scots pine, we can grow Mugo, Austrian/Nigra, etc. Love the videos and your book!
I’m not sure about your climate, but look at your native pines and see how you can adapt those. They may have different qualities but will grow well!
I'm subscribed to this channel and cannot find part 2. Are sure there is a part 2?
Very good question! There was always meant to be a part two, but looks like I never quite got round to it. It would have been midoritsumi, pinching out new growth some time in May (in the UK). Give me seven years and I’ll get round to it…😬
@@jakehobson904 Are there any other cloud pruning videos?
Great channel, subbed! Many thanks!
I have a young p. sylvestris that I would like to prune in a Japanese aesthetic. Is it possible to do this without bending the branches downward? Is the other option to keep cutting out the larger branches that want to grow upward?
Brilliant awesome. Thanks very much.
Great info!
I have a question. I have this tree, but it’s a bush. It’s three feet tall and poodled. Is there anyway to grow it out to a tree?
That’s probably a variety that never grows more than a few feet. Some trees get cut early in their life and turn bushy, but yours sounds like a variety. You should get 12-18” of new growth on a tree form, and it’s easy to form a single trunk. Do send a pic for confirmation if you’d like.
Hi Jake, Thank you for uploading such a wonderful video, FYI I'm living in Canada, when do you think it is the best time to prune a Scots Pine?
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Is it possible to stop the growth at about 4 meters by pruning? I'd love a nawaki style pine in my backyard but need to be sure its hight can be kept at no higher than 4M indefinitely. I know i can slow it with pruning but I'm not sure if it will still get taller or not.
Absolutely. If you cut out the leader at a whorl (set of branches) and then cut each of the top side branches back to shorter side branches you can then keep the tree to that height indefinitely.
Hi Jake great video,recently buy your book and in pine chapter you explain how to pinch candles to develope structure of branch now i wonder is it the same rule with pinus sylvestris because pinus sylvestris is sngle flush per year pine?Sorry for bad english.
Why do you need to thin it out so it is less dense, is it bad for the tree? Or is it a style/look thing?
Thinning lets light in and encourages new growth from within the branch not just at the tips. It creates a style, that then becomes a look, etc. Some areas and styles don’t thin so much.
@@jakehobson904 great, thanks. You're a busy man, but if you ever get a chance more Niwaki instruction videos would be great!
Suggestions:
Tree varieties, the pro's and con's
A tour of your field/niwaki nursery
A beginners guide to pine pruning (its complicated!)
😁
@@rootsandvulture one day!
@@jakehobson904 I await patiently 😆
Great video! Is it possible to have a good looking niwaki pinus sylvestris ‘hillside creeper’ variety?