Styling a Cherry Bonsai (Prunus)

In this lecture Michael walks us through his decision making process in styling a contorted cherry. To keep the tree healthy and strong, he decides only to make a few cuts and let the tree grow for at least a year. In doing so, he keeps the momentum of the tree going, speeding up the progress made. If he were to style the entire tree now, pruning and detail wiring the branches, it would slow down and need at least a year to recover. Michael also explains how he seals a big wound and discusses the next steps for this tree. This video is a free preview lecture from our Bonsai Intermediate Course 2.
About the "Bonsai Intermediate Course 2"
In this course we take a deep dive in the topic of Pruning - breaking it down by tree species as well as developmental stages of the tree. Plus, we investigate Flowering Bonsai, Bunjin, and Winter care. Your teachers are Bjorn Bjorholm and Michael Hagedorn.
To watch free previews or enroll, please go to:
www.bonsaiempire.com/courses/...

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Nice work Michael!!

[@bonsaiempire]

Glad you liked it Nigel :)

[@timbaake1986]

Great writer and great teacher! It's calming to see Michael reason through it. Thanks for the video.

[@bonsaiempire]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheMrjoehughes]

Surely great work 😊

[@bonsaiempire]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@Orientalbackyardgarden]

Hi, I immediately saw the beauty when the first branch had come off 🍃
Very nice👏💫✨

[@bonsaiempire]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ricokrisnawanofficial9354]

Cherry bonsai looks more natural... Thank you sir for sharing how to make a good bonsai 👍

[@bonsaiempire]

You are most welcome

[@rickkearn7100]

Excellent advice sir. I like this channel, just discovered it, so I subscribed. Cheers.

[@bonsaiempire]

Welcome aboard!

[@NoenkGalleryBonsai]

Good job 😍

[@bonsaiempire]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Honestly i would have air layered the curved trunk to the left and made 2 trees. Nice draw me in demo.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Foist!

[@bonsaiempire]

Haha you were waiting for this video?

[@SultonBonsai]

Bonsai cherry 👍👍

[@bonsaiempire]

Cherries are great!!

[@bonsa1guy]

Isn't Silver Leaf a problem where you are? Looks like Kojo No Mai.

[@jiijino_bonsai_ch]

👍👍👍💞

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@yung_bonsai]

If anyone has any idea on where I could get that specific brand of cut paste, I'd be very interested in buying some. I've heard multiple bonsai professionals swear by it.

[@bonsaiempire]

Ask Michael from Crataegus bonsai, he will be able to help you out!

[@JimmyM.McGill]

he said kirikuchi in the video, not sure where in the world you are but i found multiple places to buy it from searching "kirikuchi cut paste"

[@CornellD.Cavendish]

Bonsai tonight store

[@janmosselaar1797]

Kan de onder titels ook in Nederland

[@selcukdanyildiz]

nothing changed.

[@bonsaiempire]

Not sure I agree - but I do agree the styling was mild. Michael explains that by spreading out work you keep momentum going much stronger, helping to transform the tree in less time.

[@tcsadt]

You’re not ready to bonsai.

[@jc-wx3sm]

gibberellic acid sounds like a fake word that he pranking us with

[@stanhill3980]

Your playing stupid music not needed,