Unlock the Secrets to Thriving Japanese Black Pine Bonsai Trees

[@BonsaiEn]

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[@vuxnguyen]

can a young Japanese black pine have 3 needles per sheath?

[@chrisbiebaut167]

Hello very nice movie about Japanese Black pines ! Do you have also movie about Japanese white pines ?

[@k8marlowe]

I was given 5 Japanese Black Pine seedlings, about a year old now, and have been furiously researching their needs all week. I cannot tell you how helpful this has been. You’ve essentially given me all the information -that I otherwise would have been gathering piecemeal from various other sources (that sometimes actually contradict each other) -and, you’ve done so in such an organized, thorough and thoughtful manner. Finally, I have clarity about how to care for these babies and help them thrive! Thank you so much. I will definitely be heading over to your website.

[@MaTtEoS-pj8pb]

Nice. Good luck brother. And thanks for the nifty new word for me. Piecemeal. I like it. :)

[@deepgravity]

Thank Christ! Every other tutorial I’ve watched explains it as months for their time of year instead of seasons. Very confusing when you live in the Southern Hemisphere. Explaining it in seasons makes better sense, thanks so much for the great explanation!

[@BonsaiEn]

Months never works because even people who are 2 hours apart may have to do the same technique a month apart, this is especially true when it comes to re potting. We try to teach in a way that people don't rely on the fact we said " do this in july", we want them to be able to look at their trees and be able to tell.if something needs doing or not and at white time.

[@themichaellerner]

I have watched many videos on JBP care and this one was the clearest and most straight forward explanation I have seen. Thank you!

[@patrickschlieker3770]

I really like how you give a comprehensive and informative lesson in front of a white board, well structured and focussed on the subject, instead of cutting between bits and pieces of information and glamour shots of 100 year old trees. Well done and thank you for sharing!

[@BonsaiEn]

Hi Patrick, we have a beginners course now available in this format over at www.thebonsaidojo.com if you are interested

[@fowo-k8g]

What I learned from Josh was that I met him for the first time on 9/01/24 at his home and his knowledge of Bonsai was amazing, and the Japanese black pine video was amazing.

[@stevesbonesai]

Great lesson for someone who has been into Bonsai for a number of years but only just got their first black pine! Thanks!

[@russd6691]

Thanks! Very helpful. I revived a 17 year old JBP for Christmas. I left it by the window indoors for 2 weeks while on vacation. It got watered only 2 times and was indoors. After watching the video, I realized I almost killed it! Putting outside in the morning. Wish me luck.

[@MaTtEoS-pj8pb]

Eeeeekkkk! (That's me cringing reading that. 😬) So how'd you go? Have you got a happy, cringe free update for me to get the smile back on my dial? 😉

[@BrendonVS80]

The best and most comprehensive info on black pine care I've ever seen. Thanks so much Josh 😀

[@MartinBBB]

The finest and most accessible information video on JBPs on KZbin by a country mile.

[@greenmachinesweden]

Nice vid, lots of good info. I keep my jbp outside all year rounf in coastal sweden. We had constant below -10c for 6 weeks in a row last winter. They are still alive and helthy.

[@dermo1981]

Yeah I raised a brow when josh said they were only tolerant to 0 degrees Celsius as well!

[@alexanderrobertson5013]

Excellent! You should do a crash course on cedar, and deciduous trees. Thanks

[@k8marlowe]

I would definitely second that notion. Crash course on Japanese Maples would be awesome.

[@matshagstrom9839]

Well worth sitting through to the end. Thank you for an excellent presentation. I learned a lot. Far more than I anticipated. Just goes to show when you think you have something figured out is the time you realize you have just begun to scratch the surface. No doubt this is accumulated information from generations. So thanks to all!

[@alaingarbaccio7990]

This has to be the BEST video on black pines that I have seen .You describe each stage very well and it is easy to understand -Keep it up. I live in South Africa and I am experimenting on Pinus Radiata. Any tips on how to make a severe bend ( nearly 180 turn around) and useful info. Thank You

[@dereks4498]

I've watched this twice and I picked up more info after watching it again. I'll probably come back again and again. Great video, thank you!!

[@-ChrisD]

Group information. Very extensive especially for those who may be new to it all. Great job Josh!

[@benoitcolas8510]

Very useful ! Very interesting ! And clear. Thanks for your video

[@annspicer1262]

Thank you! 👏👏👏👏 I have been searching for just this tutorial for SO long. Kept stopping & starting you so I could take notes. You explained it all so clearly.

[@christymartin6281]

KZbin has a feature to open the transcript. Click the 3 dots under the right side of the video to open. I create a Word doc, copy the title of the video, add the channel name and date, then paste. Then go to the transcript, click at the top, and drag down below the transcript until you get to the bottom, copy and paste into your Word doc. Choose your font, then from the bottom, highlight and take out each of the time stamps. From there you can edit and polish as much as you want ,or print as is. Not every word will be 100% accurate, so I highlight those, and relisten to the video. I now have a whole library of transcripts. Yes, it's time consuming, but better than hand written. Sometimes I add screenshots of critical photos.

[@thepaperstaggering]

This was one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen. I love your teaching style. You don’t take for granted that specifics are already understood. Great work. Here’s a question… it’s the beginning of summer here in Atlanta Georgia USA. The akadama in this juniper is not perculating well at all. Is it too late to repot it in an akadama/ lava rock 1to1 mix? It’s starting to get coarse growth instead of the fine growth that I would like to see. It’s about five years in my care from nursery stock and repotted once two years ago. Shohin size, by the way.

[@DuctTapePwnz]

Great video and great overall content, Josh! Your channel is one of my favorites for all things bonsai. Really great breakdown of rules and tenets of cultivating JBP. I also greatly enjoy your tree critique and suggestions segments!

[@bayareaspearoshorediver7535]

Underrated channel! Good stuff very succinct.

[@BonsaiEn]

Much appreciated!

[@ardenyambao1383]

I'm new to bonsai and have been searching for info for JBP for a while now... came across this two year old video and is still the best comprehensive video about JBP! The video structure and the whiteboard illustrations make it very easy to understand. Thanks! 🎄

[@joanfeliz2358]

This is one of the, if not thee,best video explaining how to take care of a bonsai, especially JBP. Quickly learned many errors I have done and would have done if it wasn’t fit this video. Most important the needle work for development vs refinements of JBP. Thank you so much for this

[@CarlosSanchez-tn2gb]

This is such a clear course on JBP!!! I realized how many things I have been doing wrong or rushing through. Great work!

[@BonsaiEn]

hopefully you will start to see some improvements to your material moving forward.

[@MarieHamilton-f8s]

Thanks Josh! This was so informative for a beginner. I’m also enjoying your podcast.

[@tomm9264]

Thank-you for taking the time to put this together. Really love your channel you make excellent, easy to understand in-depth videos. I bought your juniper PDF book to show my support. I look forward to the next one!

[@swimminwitdafishes8059]

The best explanation of how and why of the candling process.

[@erickvarela2777]

You are soooo knowledgeable OMG!!!! I learned soooo much from you!! Thank you!!!!!

[@SteveSBSSams]

This is one of the best bonsai vids I have watched and thats been a lot. Well done and very informative.

[@williamgoodwin9667]

Efing great vid guys very informative. Keep up the great work. Need more vids like this for ausy native bonsai more needs to be done with the old silky oak one of our native pines.

[@invertevision4757]

Oh man, wind is one of the biggest killers of bonsai than people realize, especially after a repot! Super glad ya touched on wind. Haven't finished the video yet but had to say that!

[@juliestarcic4158]

I'm relatively new to bonsai and have a few JBP in the development stage. I found your lesson invaluable and now have the confidence to work on my trees without the fear of doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. Thank you.

[@frazerskinner1714]

Love your style of relaying information keep up the good work

[@mercamg9312]

Wow. Such detail. Thanks josh. This will help me enormously. Had no idea Black Pine was so intricate and specialized. Cheers from melb.

[@littlefangel9243]

You are an amazing teacher indeed! Thank you.

[@annspicer1262]

Amen. I whole heartedly agree. 👍

[@BonsaiEn]

PLEASE NOTE: When talking about needle plucking in this video the amount of needles i drew on the tree is not the amount of needles your tree should have. this was just for illustration purposes and i only drew what i could fit on the branches. When it comes to black pine try to aim for no less then 10 pairs on any branch to keep it strong. i should have mentioned that in the video at the time but it didn't come to mind.

[@isidroalbertgarcia2396]

Very nice and well structured lesson, thanks 🙏

[@bernardoferreira9255]

Amazing. Very complete. Thank you very much

[@FranciscoSilva-ip5zo]

Excellent comprehensive tutorial. I learned a great deal. Your talent is not just about Bonsai knowledge, you happen to be a good teacher as well. It's the nice way you have to decode and then transmit useful info, congrats! Out here it's hot all year long. We have two seasons, dry and rainy lol and they are both hot as hell. Greetings from Managua, Nicaragua.

[@gymnosophist7471]

That was very comprehensive, thank you very much!

[@thevaluehorse]

I love this thorough explanation

[@scotthogbin613]

Great lesson Josh, inspired me to start a JBP bonsai.

[@johnbradley3598]

Great info!!!!!!. It's good to see an Aussie talking about JBP ." Usually they are from foreign countries and talking in "months" not" seasons". I've watched dozens of videos on JBP and have just got more confused to the point of it's"just too difficult" give up. I have been inspired. Thanks.

[@GNSNETWORK]

excellent delivery of the subject!

[@LindaGlisson-ns9cz]

Wonderful info!!!! Just got 3 trees and I hope this info will help me wirh my care of these thees!!

[@bingo90210]

Excellent video most informative video I've seen yet thank you for taking the time to do that

[@MarkBaileyGuitars]

Great video packed with useful info - Thanks!

[@MinhPhongBonsai]

I like japanese bonsai style too. Thanks for your sharing. ❤

[@carolficorilli9768]

I live in Frankfort, KY and just got a Japanese black Pine one year old. I am a newbie and this is good info. I already have a few Dawn Redwood trees seedlings that are growing good. I hope to work with the Black pine as well, it is a bit confusing about the candle work..

[@tuhinpodder9399]

Thanks the video. I just got my first pine. This helps

[@dabbinraweight31]

Seen many videos on JBP and this is by farrr is the best1 💯🙌🏻

[@63savan]

Estoy empezando en el cultivo del bonsái y más concretamente en el Pino Negro y agradezco tus explicaciones, están muy claras, a pesar del idioma. Muchas gracias por tus consejos

[@gaffchiefe]

I was going to sleep early tonight but these educational videos are too good

[@adambaumgarden7501]

Awesome instructional video!

[@Jakub_Andrzejewski]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Greetings from Poland.

[@dennissells]

Thanks very much for an informative video. I live in Thailand so hope l can apply all what you have said. Thanks Dennis sells

[@deborahvarnay6630]

Loved this video. Always learn something new.

[@gelenethompson5840]

Excellent video! Great information. Thanks!

[@kbxiong67]

Very informative. Thanks Joshua.

[@aflatminor]

Wow!, Brilliant video!, I've been doing Bonsai for over twenty years but have always been lost with lost with Pines, I have a Pine that I won in the club auction in 2005, It was sold as a JBP, I'm afraid i've neglected it for all these years simply because I had no idea how to care for it!, I really don't know how it's still alive as I can't recall ever repotting it! 😬 It's around 30" tall with no branches until near the top and those are stupidly long!, Last year I decandled taking most from the strongest ones and removing them down to two candles, I was surprised when a second but weaker set of candles appeared in late summer/early autumn! I'm in the UK where it seems to get milder through winters now, I think i'll repot it and give it protection for a couple of weeks in a greenghouse that I have partially shaded under a large Oak tree and in a few weeks, Start feeding it (It's only been fed very occasionally!), I'm hoping to get some budding further back on the branches to get rid of the leggy overly long branches, BTW, The needles are between 4" and 5" long so hopefully they will help the roots to get over the root prune.. it's going to be a Literati (The only style that I think it could be!), If it does come on some then it may give me the confidence to do the same with two Scots Pines that I have that also have been neglected and have massively long needle less branches (Except at the tips!) Many thanks for your insight to these fabulous species of trees, I've learned so much from your video, Can't begin to thank you 👍😬

[@spencerw2201]

Great comprehensive video. Kudos.

[@4dtooling316]

Enjoy watching your videos. You are basically a scientist! Cheers!🍻

[@ericaporteous5075]

Excellent teaching

[@tommurray3974]

I've only just stumbled across your website and what a superb find. Your explanations and presentation are great. Thanks very much! I live in a rural part of central Scotland and have struggled for years with a couple of Japanese Black Pines, grown from seed. I've read endless books but few give much useful info on black pines, or conifers for that matter, and much on the web is confusing - your website is well and truly bookmarked. One problem I have is what to do with my pines in winter. I do not have access to a glasshouse and normally I've just moved my trees to a sheltered corner of the garden and covered them with gardeners fleece but with temperatures often getting down to -7.0 centigrade or lower not to mention the odd covering of snow, I do get some needle loss. I was interested to hear you say that the trees could be put in a garage which made me wonder how much light they need over the winter period. I do have access to a shed with a small window but it is still quite dark in there. Would it be O.K. to put my trees in there, maybe taking them out on the warmer winter days?

[@BonsaiEn]

Hi Tom, a garage will be fine over winter. The trees are dormant and are hardly photosynthetic during this period so even if they are outside they aren't very active. If you are getting Down to -7c I would recommend you get them protected otherwise you will end up with yellowing needles and even some needle loss as you have pointed out. During autumn remember to keep up with your fertiliser and make sure it has a good amount of potassium in it.

[@martinkinley8989]

Hi, I just watched your video and it's just amazing, thanks for sharing all that information. Greetings from Uruguay.

[@clarel6252]

This is fabulous information.

[@harrietb2141]

Thank you so much for this informativ lesson👍🌺

[@BushidoPhoto]

Try growing a black pine in a strainer. The added air around the root ball will make them increase the trunk size a lot in a short period of time.

[@BrendonVS80]

Brilliant info Josh, thanks mate! 😀 Quick question; when is the best season/time to do major bends on a JBP that is in refinement? I'm building pads at the moment. So I decadled last summer, bud-selected in autumn, looking at decadling again this coming summer. It's in a large training pot in pumice/akadama. Growing healthily Regards from South Africa

[@Robson6742]

Excellent video, congrats from Brazil.

[@Sulaiman.galant]

Great lesson

[@cblankenship3018]

Thanks. GREAT video!

[@shauno812]

This was an awesome lesson, thanks!

[@michaelcowart6100]

One of the best videos I've seen on JBP. My developing JBP is in the ground. It has developed some cones on some of the tips. Would you suggest that i leave these to develop?

[@mszura1898]

All in one great thanks 👍

[@heddapike8271]

Thank you, very helpful.

[@joehop3191]

Excellent video!!

[@helland11]

Heya! Thanks for the video! I really like the format of your video blog. I have a question, do I understand you correctly that black pines should be fertilized during all seasons? E.g. if it's winter, would not it kill the tree if it would try to develop more needles due to the high nitrogen in the soil?

[@jeffwatts4264]

Really informative video , thanks ,on the subject of the soil and water retention, i keep my bonsais on a large tray of gravel which i water and have watering wicks going into the bottom of the bonsai pots , what is your opinion on this , as i came up with the idea after struggling with watering when away at work thanks

[@lionmansinghtiwari2361]

Butiful way of teaching 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@leesmith4605]

Love your content. I watch you a lot. Can you give me any advice about growing black pine in the uk. I can't seem to keep them alive. Thankyou

[@Ashe_Fenrir]

Thanks for the video - do you have a preferred way of dealing with root aphids if you notice them when you're repotting?

[@vickiauth682]

Great information!

[@NaserHekmat]

Well I have two Black Japanese pine and I have kept them inside during winter because in Canada garage get frozen. They are doing well.

[@andrewd5148]

Excellent video

[@Blaydrnnnr]

Great info, but a bit overwhelming for a first time Pine owner like myself. Mine is young, only about 10" tall, has been trunk chopped by the nursery it came from, has quite a few short branches, has LOTS of buds now, ( very early spring here in the eastern US ) and am confused on whether or not to cut the candles in early summer, as you would, or skip it, in trying to let it develop longer branches and thicken the trunk.

[@wgmbonsai]

Muito obrigado pelo seus ensinamentos

[@mikedan297]

Very informative teaching indeed! I like to know your opinion about growing the tree in basket or growbag.

[@jaybolinger2865]

How long after transplanting your jbp do you wait to fertilize? All the information I find online says to wait at least a year, and I don't want to lose a year or so of feeding my jbp unless I have to. I appreciate your wisdom. Also what is your opinion on using Epsom salt to help trees recover from transplant shock?

[@akmlnst7434]

Thankyou!

[@ashley17601]

Have you done a Japanese white pine care video ? This was really good 👍

[@BonsaiEn]

Hi Ashley, i wouldn't be the best person to do a white pine video as i cant keep them in my climate, we don't have the dormancy requirements to keep them healthy here so much knowledge with them is basic at best.

[@HaydenDavies-x3s]

Hey Josh what brands of fertiliser do you use in development and refinement? I am struggling finding an 888 or close to it here in Australia for refinement and was wanting your help

[@mmqmdxbz]

This is the most comprehensive video I've seen on black pine cultivation so far, which is great! But I'm a bit confused, is it really necessary to water it three times a day（or its just a casual saying)? I understand that Australia is a very dry place. But still, Do they really need to be watered every day,not mentioning 3 times? I am currently living in beijing ,which is relatively northern ,dry place ,but I only water my black pine when the soil is dry ,which is about 1 week .

[@BonsaiEn]

Watering depends on a lot of things, once you start using a more open in organic mix that watering can definitely go up. For us here in the dead middle of summer when we are hitting 42c that can require up too 3 waterings in a day. But as I said it all comes down to a bunch of different variables on how often any given tree will need to be watered. Best method is watch and act. Check the tree and water if needed.

[@shaynabaecker4516]

I loved your video, but I’m wondering how your directions were doing things and seasons affects us people in Hawaii since our seasons are negligible. Also, I want to do your premium blogs, but I don’t quite figure out how to do that. Can you give me some directions.??thank you again for your wonderful video

[@monstrous_raccoon]

Great video thanks 👏👏😉👍

[@pedroreyes5158]

Thanks, excellent class.

[@BonsaiEn]

You're very welcome! thanks for watching.

[@charlotteruiloba5543]

Thanks!

[@ashrymanferris564]

Hey mate great info here. I have a question. I have five Kuromatsu seedlings. Around 1 to 2 years old. They were green all winter and 2 suddenly turned orange and died in spring. Only one is growing candles. The others seem healthy but are not growing at all. I don’t think it’s a water issue and they all got the same sunlight. I fertilized them all the same way but that might be the issue as I’m not familiar with fertilizer and if I was using the right one. One is half dead atm and I wanna save it. It’s turning brownish but has some green needles left. It’s getting enough water and light. But I think if I leave it as is it will die. Any help much appreciated.

[@supashadowmasta27]

Our temps in Northern Ontario get to -40. Will the JBP be ok in my unheated garage or green house?

[@BonsaiEn]

What are the temps like in the unheated garage? Black pine root stock won't survive that cold and will need protection. You are essentially trying to stop the roots from freezing. You can surround the pot with some mulch to help keep it insulated.

[@shishka1220]

Sorry for the dumb question, still very green. Does this still all apply to the Kotobuki JBP? This applies to JBP across the board?