An Amazing Underused Bonsai Technique - Grafting Different Foliage on a Juniper

If you are like me, grafting seems like some superpower that only the masters can summon. But with some practice, I have learned that is it fairly easy and the changes you can make to a tree are truly incredible. I love this tree's structure, but don't like the foliage type, and it is growing too far out from the trunk. I did some grafting on this 3 years ago, but only had one take, I'm now going to re-graft with the same foliage through out the tree. I only need 2-3 to take, so I have did 10 graphs to improve my chances. This is a great technique, it not only let's you decide what kind of foliage to have, but also gives you the ability to branches to key places. I highly recommend learning how to do this if you don't already know.

[@tacobonsai]

I have never seen that grafting tape before it looks really nice to work with, but probably with loads of practice. Thanks for sharing!

[@bonsaitimelapse]

This is the tape I use to secure the graft: store.bonsaitonight.com/collections/supplies/products/grafting-tape
This is what I wrap the foliage in: store.bonsaitonight.com/products/buddy-tape-for-grafting

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

I was searching for grafting ideas and just came across your channel. Fantastic demonstration, I will certainly give this a try.

[@bonsaitimelapse]

Thanks Not Another Bonsai Channel! Good luck, it is a great skill to learn!

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

@@bonsaitimelapse Thanks! Do you know if this will work on Maples?

[@bonsaitimelapse]

Nope, don't try on maples, you want to do thread or approach graphs, which are really easy and very reliable. I don't have any videos yet of these methods yet, but there are a few examples on RUclips of them.

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

Thanks for the heads up on this. I'll do a bit more research and give it go.

[@nillysbonsai9636]

This Is a great video, Thank you For sharing! This year I got my first jwp graft to successfully take🤞🏼 Valuable tool in the inventory.

[@bonsaitimelapse]

Awesome! Thanks Nillys Bonsai!

[@gregoryh4601]

Thanks so much for the grafting lesson ,do you ever make it to House of Bonsai in California?

[@bonsaitimelapse]

Thanks Greg! No never been there, next time I'm in L.A. I'll check it out.