Bonsaify | Decandling a Large Field Grown Black Pine Bonsai

Eric revisits a large field-grown Japanese Black pine with fantastic-looking spring growth.
00:00:59 Approach with bigger trees, to push more budding.
00:02:07 Two ways to drive budding out: node point or in-between pairs of needles.
00:03:01 Decandling behind the node is very beneficial for smaller trees.
00:03:45 Decandle strong buds behind; interior and smaller buds at the node to give them a "head start".
00:05:23 Close-up of a node after cut.
00:06:17 Tip for shohin JBP: find stock with good short needles on the candles.
00:06:31 Close-up of crown.
00:07:01 Tightening up top of tree, creating more ramification.
00:08:08 306 degree view after work is complete.
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[@scottpiatanesi8834]

I like thick trunks and I cannot lie...

[@BenBSeattle]

That's a helluva black pine

[@paolomh113]

I have been searching everywhere for somebody to cut back on previous year's needles, this is a first! would love to see the result.

[@Bonsaify]

OMG, this thing has exploded with new shoots. I'll do a follow up when we get to November. The hard cutback decandling behind the nodes for this tree has been transformative.

[@wardm4]

Wow. That trunk is crazy. 😍

[@Gang1955]

Thank you so freaking much for adding the summer temp gage on the bottom left. Please keep it!

[@Bonsaify]

It's very important to teaching that people understand what season the work is done. That's why I developed that graphic for the eCourse and now using it here. It was a PIA to make, but easy to use repeatedly!

[@mokdog666]

Wow! This JBP is amazing! Looking forward to the follow up video on this one 🤘😎

[@nwilliams1540]

Wow! What a great tree.

[@boxCatalogue]

I actually just watched Edward Scissorhands. Had me feeling a bit nostalgic about having the small plastic scissors in my shirt pocket.

[@aaronleslie1581]

Wow awesome video Eric!! Love this pine it’s so fat!!!

[@phillipwaterman5721]

Nice job Eric blackpine are my favourite pinethanks

[@wakuku3916]

wow great work

[@kliether33]

This tree looks like Gojira and it's awesome

[@kubbonsai]

🔥🔥🔥

[@DarthMasiah]

nice demonstration. your shohin pine course is going to be cutting edge

[@Bonsaify]

Is that some sort of scissor joke? 😂

[@DarthMasiah]

@@Bonsaify im always trying to sneak one in 🙂

[@albertmiranda1826]

Hi Eric!!! Thanks a million for this super illustrative and perfectly explained video. I have shohin Kuromatsu in development in a colander and doing great here in Puerto Rico, so this video is pure gold for the growing, maturing and care of my Japanese black pine and for my knowledge and fulfillment process in this beautiful art called BONSAI. I'm thinking to put with the colander in a substantially bigger pot or box to promote girth and grow and keep working it there. What you think? Take Care!!!

[@Bonsaify]

the bigger the pot the faster the growth! I would imagine in PR that you get some pretty fast growth indeed!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@blueridgebonsai9155]

Eric-are you saying that JBP will not backbud on bare wood, only between the pairs of needles? I have been led to believe that they will backbud but I have not seen it on mine. If they can then is there a way to “encourage” them? I just did the second decandling on my JBP a few minutes before this video aired so it is still not too late for me to chop back a little further.

[@DarthMasiah]

cutting past the stub into last years needles will sometimes stimulate buds down the branch into where the two year old and maybe even 3 year old needles are, or use to be. even though the needle is gone, there's still a possibility of stimulating the bud under the bark there to grow if it wasn't damaged already with wire. i was wondering if bud stimulating techniques are useless after the bark starts to plate up.

[@Bonsaify]

I don't think it can ever bud from where the candle neck is - e.g. after the needles fall off, it's still possible for it to bud where the needles were - at the base. But if there were no needles there ever, then it wont bud there. As for how long you can cut back - I think 3-5 years typically. But I've never specifically studied that question.

[@raynorris135]

Ihave tried this on strong pines and been very happy with results. What is your fertilizing regimen and any special fertilizer

[@Bonsaify]

Just fertilizer. I am using BioGold this year because of rodents. Otherwise just Dyna-Gro or Miracle-Gro.

[@raynorris135]

Thanks Eric👍

[@gregoryh4601]

What year will you do Long Branch structure and could it be Done this time? When will cut the stub off?

[@Bonsaify]

Not sure I understand your question - but I'll be doing an update on this tree this month (Nov 2023.)

[@arnival3694]

Tyty

[@UrMomsDadsGrannyII]

Hey do you have any tips or know any resources for developing ponderosa bonsai? I'm going to start experimenting, but there doesn't seem to be much info out there on ponderosas specifically. Most of the ponderosa bonsai I see tend to be yamadori.

[@Bonsaify]

Interesting question. My take is that nobody is doing this because they are VERY slow growers. I've started a few and 10 years later have a small tree still. Obviously they can grow more quickly because they get super large...but perhaps ground growing will be needed. With the needle length challenges, making small ones is not particularly compelling. But, if you find them interesting try it! I also think lodgepole and shore pine are under utilized.

[@user-df8kb7eu2z]

Are you going to cut the left lowest branch, it seems to me that it is a majeure bar branch? Mabey it just looks worse on camera. As always great video, and great job on that tree.

[@Bonsaify]

TBD. There are actually two branches on the left side at that same place. I'll definitely remove one of them and bend the other down. And it's likely that I'll remove both as the tree continues to mature. As with a lot of nursery-grown trunks, the branch placements are not ideal. So my other option would be to do some grafts. If I eliminate the left branch I can lean into it looking like Gojira.🙈

[@user-df8kb7eu2z]

@@Bonsaify cool!

[@DenzelJesus-wv5fn]

❤😂🎉🎉🎉

[@dudesjir74]

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[@9daywonda]

Its almost as large as you Eric.

[@yoteslaya7296]

Lol that taper. You should name this tree "fat pig"

[@Bonsaify]

Someone suggested Gojira, which I though was interesting. But I don't think the tree is impressive enough (yet) to name it. Thanks!