Deciduous Post-Flush Pruning

To understand deciduous bonsai cultivation, we have to understand the difference between pinching and pruning. Pinching is the act of removing the soft new growing tip to stimulate interior buds whereas pruning is the act of trimming the more mature, hardened-off foliage to guide length and direction.
Pinching typically occurs in the early spring when the buds are still light, soft green, and pruning can occur between late spring to early summer when the growth has darkened and fully pushed out.
By the influence of native North American forests, the beech forest was created. The symbiotic canopy of the deciduous beech trees rises from the uneven, coarse understory of the contorted landscape. Ryan Neil draws his inspiration from the Northeastern United States forests, capturing the grand feeling of a lush forest that is reborn into a green abundance each spring, to then transition gradually through the hues of fall color.
A deciduous tree is a broadleaf tree, the leaf has an expanded surface area and it loses its leaves over the winter catalyzed by a reduction in daylight and temperatures. A key aspect of deciduous bonsai cultivation is growth management as these trees boom with positive energy and thick new flush. We have to build solid scaffolding for secondary branching to then be able to build tertiary branching.
By pruning the hardened off growth, we can control the branch tips, length, and directional insinuation to guide the tree in its design. We can also actively pinch at this time any new soft growth that we want to compartmentalize by removing the auxin at the tip to encourage back budding. It is crucial to consider a tree’s overall design when enacting the pruning and pinching process.
Another key aspect of growth management is leaf trimming to reduce the overall photosynthetic surface area of a leaf. By cutting the leaves carefully at an angle, the aesthetic of the leaf is maintained while also encouraging finer interior growth.
Growth management is a fundamental aspect of deciduous bonsai practice. To learn more, visit live.bonsaimir... to grow your understanding of bonsai and build your skills with deciduous species cultivation techniques.
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[@99chuck99]

Luv the vids I’m 12 and have been doing bonsai since 8

[@jimjam6598]

Plant a bunch of seeds lol

[@hogdog567]

I wish I started when I was your age, great head start 👍🏻

[@feinemadd]

Same except I'm 14

[@jugado219]

Cool man. You going to have so much knowledge soon. Star planting cuttings and seeds man.

[@bradb.4570]

Keep at it! 👍🏻🔥

[@Gunzprobish]

Excellent as always. Its always such a large wealth of knowledge given that its hard to remember it all watching only once. Just means watch it again!

[@maylucriandesigns]

i miss mirai, it is hard for me to stay though because of my budget... Ryan Neil is very important to all of us bonsai growers/artists, i think we are very lucky to have him. i wish everything good for him and his family and friends, i mean he gave us all so much already. Thank you Mirai, and thankyou Ryan Neil P(^o^)p

[@iamaduckquack]

Where is mirai going?

[@maylucriandesigns]

@@iamaduckquack no where. i am just expressing my gratitude. so far as i know nothing has changed. i just miss being on their subscription because of my budget.

[@dragondb5]

I am continuously be impressed with the message that Bonsai Mirai and Ryan Put out. I am a beginner Bonsai enthusiast and will continue to study and learn more about this amazing world.

[@dalespringerwilson4233]

I thought I had a basic grasp of what I'm doing, wow ! I just watched this and realized how much I have to learn, and how valuable your knowledge and instruction is... Amazing ! Thank you so much.

[@TonyHigginsonVlog]

A stunning group that is already so much more than the standard bunch of similar trees. Given a few years, this is going to be a truly spectacular piece of art!

[@drohnenfabrik]

Great demonstration. This is the first time I've seen the beech forest in this video. What an inviting composition! It reminds me of the mountain woods in southern Maine❤

[@dracokaiser]

Why I love living in Bloomington Indiana. Early spring and fall is like Japan!!! Summer and winter is very hit and miss though. Winter can go from Kyoto to Shikoku to Hokkaido winter without warning

[@dracokaiser]

Love piece!!! It’s like a cross between traditional Japanese bonsai and traditional Chinese Penjing style!!!

[@ScottTice1971]

Keep em coming brother. Excellent presentation.

[@patraup7992]

Beech forest is a wow

[@DarthMasiah]

nice lesson 👍

[@HAJUBONSAI]

great job........

[@JAMES-dv5ns]

I simple man... I see Mirai... I click

[@julioramirez3944]

This is better than learning photosynthesis in biology lmaoo

[@iamaduckquack]

I wish i could look at a tree and immediately know what to do.

[@cherylandrews3195]

do you not find that cutting the leaves like that ends up with the edges turning yellow?

[@caseykja]

nice presentation; btw, what do you use to get the sap off your hands??

[@danielkosta3134]

This is what I do. Wet my hands with water and then apply some hand lotion. Rub until sap softens or dissolves. Apply hand soap and then rinse clean.

[@jimkocherful]

I've had good luck with Goop. It is marketed to mechanics for removing grease, so you might find it near auto parts at the store. Put it directly on dry hands, water will only dilute it. Then after massaging it in, rinse and wash with hand soap to remove the Goop.

[@CornellD.Cavendish]

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[@alexverdigris9939]

The composition and the way the trees are arranged is fantastic, but the base with the rocks on the pot is too complicated for me, it competes for attention with the trees so much that it distracted me continuously. Just my opinion though, no right or wrong here and ultimately the artist him/herself is the one who needs to be pleased first and foremost.