How to Prune Single-Flush Pine Bonsai | Bonsai-U

In this episode, Bjorn discusses the process of candle pruning single-flush pines in Spring. Featured in this tutorial is a large Scots Pine bonsai, originally grown by Bill Valavanis of International Bonsai.
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[@EiseienBonsai]

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[@browniesbear]

hey bjorn, could you help? how do i get rid of ants in my pines? like the best way possible. is it dangerous for me to let it be? looks like fire ants to me

[@Simon-bj3dz]

I nearly spat my breakfast out when I hard the intro 😂😂😂 I was like did he actually just say that.

[@LessTalkMoreDelicious]

Double flush JBP lessons too please 🙏

[@darkseas3846]

Hi so I’m in the uk and found this cool yamadori common juniper but I’m not sure on it because it’s a needle juniper do they still make good bonsai ?

[@arnoldmmbb]

Your giant what!?!?!?!? Hahaha

[@chris38383838]

Your giant European Pinus!! lmao. we're off to a great start!

[@mikekin5806]

I'm feeling some serious Pinus envy.

[@Kyle-qf5zc]

Bro I’m dead I had to click back to make sure I heard you right 💀💀🤣🤣

[@mommasond]

What? Giant what???

[@nicomigs]

played this on the bus and the intro got everyone looking at me

[@VibeWaveTrends_]

Dude I was watching this through the car at the gas station and you said that people started starring lol ...

[@coolpanda6471]

You know he had to do it to 'em...

[@Alex-ip1dn]

That's a good size Pinus Bjorn. You should be proud of yourself.

[@senseicourtney]

Finally someone explained this process properly for the first time, well done Bjorn awesome video🥋😎

[@alanburki8503]

Hi bjorn, can you do a video series about how to prune different types of pines? I mean, black pine, sylvestris, mugo, white, etc. Because all the types are different between them and how to prune them and how they grow then it's very interesting. Nice videos !!

[@Ben-lo7cy]

I suddenly feel inadequate 😐

[@giovannipassamonti6043]

Textbook definition of "taxing". Incredible patience!

[@sitedrm]

The bloke from Herons Bonsai just goes at it with the scissors!

[@Maxbeanbag]

That guy has marginally better technique than nigel saunders

[@jeffaldridge4051]

Maxbeanbag cruel but funny.....

[@jimjam6598]

That's why his trees aren't as good ;)

[@MuhammadNurdinnewspecies]

Thanks a lot.. Now i know why my pine branch going die.. 😂

[@invertevision4757]

If you have a long needle single flush pine though, preforming this at this time of year will cause the needles to get longer...like with jap white pine, limber pine and other 5 needle pines. On those, you wanna wait till the sheathes of the new candles on drying up and falling off.

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Full length ASMR version please

[@absurd9317]

And here I thought "I'll watch a calm Bonsai-U video before I go to sleep". Laughed for 5 minutes straight

[@alexisfaitdubonsai]

Very good details on a very good example (pinus sylvestris is my favorite pine, we have a lot of them in france), good job as usual 👍😉 In France, this is currently the good moment to practice this technic 👌 Personally, I only pinch candles with my fingers, it avoids cutting needles with scissors, I think it's cleaner.

[@ApachE_1337]

thanks for such usefull video!

[@arigosaki_corp]

Гигантский Европейский Пенис?😂 нормально так зашел чел.. про бонсай все забыли сразу..

[@qqqqqqqq1407]

I would really love to hear why you cut off that dominant main branch.

[@bonsaihigh]

petiyo101 I would like to put it like this... think of the letter W if you cut the middle piece, you would cause the others to grow better creating a V that’s how you get better ramification.

[@BenBSeattle]

Its too dominate. The remaining 2 is better for bifurcation

[@DarthMasiah]

one reason could be that it was growing on the inside of a curve in the trunk; the almost triangle shape of the foliage centered to the left of the trunk looks good now that that branch is gone. he had to have made a video about it since you see him do it for a second.

[@qqqqqqqq1407]

@@DarthMasiah Yea I couldn't find the video.

[@Ollieslife101]

Omg that really threw my immature mind for a loop haha ugh. Funny not funny my immature little boy 12yo was sitting here watching this with me because we just got a mugo to work on together, hahaha o lord...

[@murray821]

Are mugo pines considered double flush pines? I had in early spring some candles on my mugo what I pinched a bit back to balkende, and now there are lots of buds on each branch tip.

[@davidparry2301]

For a young tree in development can you leave a candle without pinching or cutting that will then elongate the existing branch ? Nice tree.

[@Emtbtoday]

Its the end of may here in UK 2024 my scots is just putting its longated candles out now

[@gaddkeltner]

Do you remove all candles on a branch if you don't want additional growth?

[@PremoTrapstar]

Should I let the tree untouched if I repotted it 2 months ago? Or can I apply this technique without risk?

[@albertog5684]

jajajajaja great intro

[@waynes3606]

Can explain this using season timing as I'm in Sydney Australia.

[@LarsDragonbeard]

Thank you for making these videos Bjorn. I'm currently building up a scots pine that started as a whip a few years ago. I was wondering how I should perform this procedure with regards to the sacrifice branch as well as the small branches that I'm maintaining to be the branches of the tree as it enters a more mature stage. Can I prune the candles of those smaller branches while leaving the candles of the sacrifice branch untouched, or do I risk the tree shedding the small branches that I want to keep? My main goal is to keep the small branches from getting leggy...

[@chrisgawkowski3908]

Well done Bjorn on showing/explaining the technique so succinctly however, could you please also clarify: 1. What the main objective is using this technique 2. How did you prepare the tree for this procedure in terms of feeding routine and 3. How you will feed the tree after the procedure. Many thanks.

[@Harrock]

How is it possible to achieve such a small amount of needles only at the tip ? Do you pull out all the needles from the lower section of the branch ?

[@bonsaihigh]

Your videos are amazing! Just waiting on some cash and I will definitely contribute to Bonsai U and get a T-shirt! 😊 In addition that lotus shaped pot from your previous video would work great with that pine or what do you think? 🤔

[@stulast]

I've just bought a pre-bonsai white pine so this video is super-useful. I love the detail and clear explanations you give, Bjorn. Your content is always so engaging, useful, and well-produced. Nice one!

[@alunjones2550]

Great video! Thanks. I'm just starting to get into the pines more and have both red, white and black pines. It's great to have videos like this that are clear, concise but also actually tells us when to do certain things to our trees. One of my biggest moans about bonsai videos is that they can show us all the things to do but not when we should do them. I've been a fan of your work on You Tube since the start.

[@bamabonkers]

Great video. Now to get to work on my white pines. Can I apply the same techniques to Japanese Black Pine?

[@Ow3nX1]

ok so is this technique on a yearly basis necessary even if i want my bonsai to thicken up, or is this technique for bonsai, which have the right trunk size and only need styling?

[@turnindropout]

Ist realy is for quite developed trees, if you wann to keep them in shape. If you want the tree to grow, get thicker trunks and buds in the Back, you should let it grow.

[@Maxbeanbag]

This is a better presentation that Mirai Live

[@jasonleejanke6944]

what about Monterey pine? single or double flush

[@brett5803]

How do I decandle a double flush pine like pinus pinea?

[@BenBSeattle]

So timely Bjorn just getting to perform this in Seattle. thank you

[@enjoywatches6717]

Ben B. Seattle Same for me. Lots of candle growth in the PNW!

[@Dromedarafa]

Does anyone know if pinus mugo is a single or double flush pine?

[@Homeboyvick]

0:21 omg I can't stop laughing this guy is so funny bro lmfao

[@900cubes]

So on double flush pines would you do this process twice with both cycles of candles? I have a few black pines and live in Phoenix... it just hit 100 today 😑

[@coolpanda6471]

Sometimes I think that I can't learn more from your videos, then I watch something like this and am shocked yet again. The things that you know always amaze me.

[@TheMrjoehughes]

That’s an embarrassing intro lol

[@michele73michele]

this video could not come at a better time. I have a small (near mame size) japanese white pine and I have been struggling to develop it/maintain it because I didn't know what to do with the candles. I have been studying what to do this past winter but a visual aid is always helpful. thanks!!

[@theShamrockShepherdWagon]

oh my goodness, the closed caption text is hilarious on this.

[@eeeealmo]

how the fuck did you keep a straight face during that intro lol

[@g405t]

Scot must be lucky to have a pinus...

[@catherinebrown8577]

Thanks Bjorn, very succinct explanation/demonstration- and always appreciate the Japanese bonsai vocabulary.

[@freak0ut]

The channel that has the simplest way of teaching, simple and effective. Congratulations!

[@jg00000]

In a tree under development would you balance for stronger / medium growth instead of weak to encourage thickening?

[@TheBrewersDroop]

Saruyama has done a really in depth stream on it

[@jg00000]

@@TheBrewersDroop Some great content. Thank you.

[@marcosaguero3942]

HELLO ... SUBTITLES IN SPANISH ... PLEASE ... THANK YOU

[@pinakiprasadray]

How you have grown it pls.

[@Ow3nX1]

perfect timing. i just bought my first pine 6 weeks ago and now it has a lot of huge candles :D lets see, what i can learn from this video :)

[@valcandilasa573]

Japanese black pine in Hawaiian weather does it require the same technique? Kinda got loss with the single and double flush category. Thanks

[@SyriusStarMultimedia]

Your style of Bonsai is very elegant.

[@fratermagno]

Thanks a lot for sharing this knowledge. Very easy to understand.

[@LarsDragonbeard]

Now that I've finally got more time to invest into this hobby again, this was exactly the video that I needed! Thanks Bjorn!

[@christophersheward9266]

great video. I have been doing this for years and have probably not let the candles grow long enough to determine the best length to reduce them too, so thanks for that Ryan

[@fergkilsby946]

This is really helpful, I just got two Scots pines and I didn't really know what to do with them. Also that tree reminds me of one near where I live

[@balotubso3281]

Is australian pines is a single flush

[@rolfhoffmeister4864]

Giant European Pinus :D:D

[@corywadedavis]

Very helpful and informative. Thank you.

[@doktorsteen]

Very nice! Thank you 🙂

[@carlosrojosalguero1018]

omg please go to automatic captions and solve the sentence GREAT EUROPEAN PINUS because there is a very funny situation right now!!!

[@navajoauckland6003]

I don't mind a bushy Pinus

[@bensahler9272]

So rolling through videos and just reading the captions and I read that statement at the beginning.... I’m dying 😂😂😂lmao! Good vid otherwise

[@l1nkd1]

How many hours this work took?

[@SeekoGT]

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the precise and detailed information and entertainment. 😂

[@martinmclean5985]

Thanks for this video. I wish I hadn't already pinched back the buds on my Pinus virginiana. I hope I didn't kill it.

[@lorenamartinez7834]

Wow... Buen trabajo.....Muchas gracias por ilustrarnos

[@momijibonsai]

Lmao. That intro 💀

[@cx.m.d]

Selecting 2 candles to prevent swolling at the base can you explain/show this further more. Did you pinch the tree al at once in one day or in sections with a time interfall? This is a final developed tree you work on, what about trees who need to be developed, you still apply these techniques?

[@s-t-u-n5488]

BRAVO!!! Bonsai needs more joking. Sidenote: this stay a home, has kinda help me get closer to being caught up with re-pots, wiring, etc, etc...But that is probably an unattainable goal, as I will always being chasing the next tree, next nebari, rock planting, carving, ewtc, etc, hahaha

[@pedrofernandez7282]

Thank you very much!, This video comes on perfect timing to apply this technique on your Inspira demo's pinus!... you've got pinuses all over the world!, hahaha. Happy B-day by the way!

[@StuartOliver83]

Thanks mate I just found a 10 inch Scots pine I'm going to try to bonsai 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@darae3936]

You could talk about any Pinus you want!

[@olinweaver8520]

What about flowers on the Scots Pine? All of my Scots, Black and Red pines produce flowers every year leaving me with a vary long space between the old needles and the new needles. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks I've been watching your videos for a long time, always learning something.

[@JonSteitzer]

This is an amazing video. Excellent precise information with great visual demonstration. Extremely educational and worthwhile.

[@YaroslavPronin]

Hi! Can you explain why the jin wasn't made from the stump of the cutted bottom branch? I see that it's covered with cut paste. Will you do a branch grafting?

[@rrocapu]

Great video Bjorn! Super didactic, as usual. Have two questions for you: 1. would this same technique (in terms of approach and timing) work for Goyomatsu? 2. Does the technique apply identically over the entire tree or rather some modification is done in lower vs upper brunches? Thanks!

[@chrisrigoni]

Thank You 🙏✌️

[@modtheblackmarvel]

Good one thanks!!!

[@franciscodelvalle1761]

Bjorn, I have been following your channel for a few weeks and all I can say is thanks for all the information you share here. I recently acquired a 2-3 year old Japanese black pine thunderhead that I want to turn into a niwaki for our new home being built right now. Do you think in the near future you could do a video just like this one, but with a black pine? All the into I have found on most websites suggest to de-candle everything, but I have not seen one like yours that explain the best way to balance the tree.

[@Lhorkillah]

With this power in the candels (more than 3cm), you can make mekiri in may/june like with thunbergii(but without a second flush, of course) without problem. If you made It soon, the tree will make big buds for next season. If you made it late(sometimes, if the tree is extremely powerfull, you can make it in late august or soon september), the tree will make little buds even in the inside of the branches. Anyway, the tree should be very good fertilized and powerfull for make MEKIRI. I'm sorry for my poor english skills.

[@michaels3860]

@Eisei-en Bonsai So if I understand this correctly: If We continue to do this candle pinching/cutting technique, this means that the branches will continue to grow and ramify all the time? What if I don't want something to continue to grow in one area of the branch? Do I cut the candle altogether ? Doesn't that kill the whole branch?

[@acbonsai]

Precious advices. Thanks

[@nautica825]

Excellent video

[@GillesPOMEROLsan]

If you did that before, you are not oblige to cut candles with scissors and make damages on them, you can break them with tweezers without damages

[@meurtri9312]

that's something I've heard a few times already. better not disappoint!

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

Thanks, I needed this one for future purposes. My pinus is only a small one and I don't know if I'm able to travel and collect it this spring, but hopefully next year the latest. It's only a young sapling of maybe 4-5 yrs, living at my parents' property up in Finnish Lapland, so I already have the permission to collect it. Long way ahead for that size!

[@nevits14]

Yes yes and yes😻

[@kurtkampmeier]

I can't rate this video high enough. Superbly explained in great detail in a very short time with no fuss. Love it, more of those please.

[@carlosrojosalguero1018]

By the way, great information on this video, I will apply the 4 or 5 candles to 2 technique right now. Congrats mister Bjorn!