Bonsai for Beginners: How to Prune a Japanese Pine (Pulling Pine Needles) || Wazakura Japan

How do you prune a Japanese Pine? What is the best way to pull or pluck the pone needles? What time of the year is best for pruning a Japanese pine bonsai?
These and more questions get answered in this video, in which Wazakura Japan's resident bonsai artist Yusuke Ogawa explains and show the proper way to clean and pull pine needles for your bonsai.
Yusuke Ogawa is a Japanese bonsai artist (Rebonsai) and in-house collaborator of Wazakura Japan. In this video series he gives practical demonstrations of basic techniques and advices, like today, where he tells us all there is to know how to ensure your Japanese Pine bonsai looks great and stays in the best shape possible.
Sections:
0:00 Introduction/Preparation
0:46 What you need to learn before starting
1:48 General Pruning
2:57 Starting from the top
5:04 The 3-5-7 rule
7:21 Taking care of the buds and branches
9:16 Wiring to keep shape? Or better scissors?
9:50 Pruning to create balance
13:41 Cutting buds in pairs
14:51 Using tweezers to pull bonsai pine needles
16:22 Final touches
Arigatou!
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LEAVE A COMMENT if you still have questions! We'll do our best to answer them :)

[@sakygen]

Thank you for the video!

[@hogita]

like video. Thank

[@WazakuraJapan]

Arigatou gozaimasu!

[@BONSAIenCORTO]

Gracias por compartir. Un saludo.

[@WazakuraJapan]

Arigatou 左手bonsai en corto!

[@cx.m.d]

This is for Japanese Black Pine (pinus thunbergii), right? Do you have a video on Japanese White Pine (single flush pine)? Thanks for video upload!

[@alexhintenaus6]

I would of liked to hear you speaking Japanese while demonstrating in conjunction with the subtitles. Still a good demonstration, thank you.

[@WazakuraJapan]

Each video is different, but we will certainly take this into account for the next ones :)