How to create bonsai juniper foliage pads Step by step guide and close up on how to do it

[@mandyhernon2238]

Just when l was thinking of juniper, wow, very detailed maintenance needed. Great video.

[@265petsar]

One of the best videos explaining trimming juniper, thank you.

[@markn3586]

Thanks. Not just talk, but a good explanation with showing what you're doing. I just got into juniper and this definitely helps.

[@markwonder4246]

Very good explanation of trimming! Hope you enjoyed the rain! I’ll take it to heart.

[@mikevdb6386]

Very impressed with your step by step tutorial. Keep going on that way.

[@anthonysneyd7077]

Thank you, this was very helpful and I like the white background for the close up.

[@vantasticvanmail]

Excellent video. Ive watched hundreds of videos and this is one of my favorites. Subbed

[@ehRalph]

Good closeups and detail. I appreciate how hard it is to get clear camera angles, maybe some sort of thin pointer like a chopstick would help

[@MrYoumitube]

Nice video some of the simplest things can make a world of difference.

[@jimmywallace2687]

Great job on both the video and the shaping! Thank you

[@benhogan8393]

Great video, very detailed yet simple and easy to understand explanation. Found this very helpful! Thanks mate👌🏻

[@seniorscientist]

Thank you so very much for your nice video. Keep it up!

[@gustavfranklin]

This was really really informative. Yours is easily one of the most underrated bonsai channels on youtube. Could you do something similar with some different non-shimpaku trees? Other junipers (if you have any), pines, spruce, deciduous or whatever really.

[@Bonsaiworx]

gustavfranklin thank you. You can treat other juniper in the same way as shimpaku. I have done videos on black pines, maples and even some on spruce. There is more than 100 videos on my channel but could be hard to find. I just keep videoing trees I am working on and I hope people like it.

[@gustavfranklin]

@@Bonsaiworx oh, I'm a big time follower of your channel. I guess I just need to look further back! :)

[@Bonsaiworx]

gustavfranklin I’ll probably do similar ones soon anyway. It’s almost repeat the process when it’s the right season.

[@3232groundhog]

This is some of the best close-up video of bonsai pruning I’ve seen on YT. Excellent stuff. The video work wasn’t “perfect” but you seem pretty well aware of that and probably know where you can improve. Maybe a monitor hooked up to the live feed so you can check on the viewer angle more easily?

[@BenBSeattle]

great video on this topic. Forming pads can be difficult if you dont clean juniper properly.

[@adamsteyn6136]

Greetings from South Africa! Appreciate ure expertise! Stay safe Adam!

[@omietopi]

I definitely loved this video. What a pleasure to see all the details ! Informative and relaxing at the same time. 👍 Thank you. I subscribed to your channel.

[@mattbrennan647]

Great tutorial. Thanks

[@jonathanaristone2468]

Good tutorial very understandable. Thanks

[@pawelm5493]

I have to watch this carefully each time before I start working with juniper pads.

[@sarahbelmonte8888]

I’d love to see on a plant like this some before shots before you start detailing the process & maybe finish with a shot of it all wired up and see the tree in full. I’m just getting into bonsai & learning via KZbin... I think that would help greatly. I bought a young juniper so this video was great to make me feel confident to start. I’m thinking I’d like to try a cascade... we’ll see. Thanks for your work

[@Bonsaiworx]

I was hoping to get this tree fully wired and styled shortly. Will post it when done. Thanks

[@sarahbelmonte8888]

BonsaiDavid awesome! Look forward to it

[@jamesprice8220]

Great vid! Can you prune of just part of the needles if you want?

[@Bonsaiworx]

You need to find where the stem part of the foliage is and then can cut off from the stem. Avoid cutting across the foliage as in topiary or hedge pruning.

[@MeadowViewBonsai]

Great stuff mate

[@Bonsaiworx]

Thank you

[@MeadowViewBonsai]

Thank you for caring for your content from years ago, I’ve just subscribed purely on this and I’m looking forward to catching up everything from behind and going on to the future

[@Bonsaiworx]

Thank you. There are over 500 videos I’ve put up over a few years.

[@Blaydrnnnr]

My two, young ( 10 years old young??) Shimpaku just dont have the ramification like this. Great tutorial, but my trees are just no where near this developed, even after 10 years. Great info, thanks for sharing.

[@Bonsaiworx]

Send me photos if needed and I can have a look for you. [e-mail]

[@Blaydrnnnr]

@@Bonsaiworx Thanks.. will do.

[@sutatama2282]

Nice bonsai

[@mehranashkanian2747]

Very useful video. But I think you pruned too much of the leaves. Hope new leaves will grow later . 👍👍

[@Bonsaiworx]

Tree is very healthy and recovered very well.

[@Henryk-lx7mx]

Cool Video I leaved an Abo

[@OneChartguitarlessons]

Thanks - do the same trimming and plucking principals apply to squamatas?

[@Bonsaiworx]

Yes same techniques can be used.

[@OneChartguitarlessons]

@@Bonsaiworx thanks mate. I've always been told to pinch not prune but I am now understanding how to prune safely, I think. Appreciate the response, cheers.

[@reddragoon7981]

If your trees get aggressive new growth, do you trim back the green growth to keep the foliage the size you want?

[@Bonsaiworx]

On a refined tree that's in a bonsai pot, I don't normally get explosive growth. I usually wait til the growth has hardened off before trimming. Could usually mean twice during the growing season I would do this. If you are getting explosive growth then yes you can trim to keep the silhouette.

[@mynala110]

Thank you!

[@chandanumale5514]

Sir I know this is a juniper But so many species in Juniper I am from india i don't know wich species is this Tell me sir this species name

[@Bonsaiworx]

This one is juniper chinensis or Shimpaku Juniper. Best juniper to use is shimpaku.

[@damroyaltyxxii]

won't pinching the foliage or cutting it, turning yellow? genuinely curious

[@Bonsaiworx]

Pinching means taking off the foliage entirely and not twisting the tips off. Cutting is only done at the branch points on the wood section. I do not cut the foliage as in topiary style.

[@damroyaltyxxii]

@@Bonsaiworx ahh i see now, thank you for the feedback!

[@isidroalbertgarcia2396]

Excellent thanks!!

[@jeffhurst4744]

Very informative

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Excellent video.not many found on yt that describe how to prune these trees at all. I just bought one how do i promote alot of growth on this tree? Junipers to me seem to put out growth very slowly.

[@Bonsaiworx]

I find they love the sun and lots of it. Water and feed really well. Don’t touch their roots unless you are ready to repot into a bonsai pot.

[@Chris-oq6kn]

@@Bonsaiworx thank you for the quick reply. Its a young tree maybe 10 years. Alot sold on the internet are young so im guessing most of them should be potted in a 5 gal pot or so and waiting years before going in a bonsai pot ? What do you think?

[@Bonsaiworx]

Sometimes it depends on the size of tree you want. With shimpaku junipers I prefer them as minis or shohin size trees. I have created most of mine from taking air layers off a larger shimpaku juniper which is in a nursery pot. Just keep watering feeding and lots of sun until ready to style etc.

[@Chris-oq6kn]

@@Bonsaiworx thanks for the info really appreciate it im only a year in but learning everyday. Have u ever tried to thread graft on one of these and if so at what time was it best to do this

[@jugado219]

Thank. You. Sir.

[@adamkleinberg5374]

great video. how often do you prune these? my juniper has some vigorous spring growth and I'm unsure if I should be letting the long tips grow to get branch growth or thinning it back at this point of year to make pads....

[@Bonsaiworx]

I keep my established bonsai well trimmed in that I would do it regularly, maybe 2-4 times in the growing season depending on their vigor. If they are stock plants that are being grown on for size then I don't really touch them at all.

[@monkichiboi4003]

if kishu is the slowest growing juniper whats the rate of shimpaku n itoigawa

[@ahappyimago]

Hey David great video. Can you do one for procombens? It’s a little hard to get shimpaku to practice on

[@Bonsaiworx]

Here is a link to my only procumbens. The same principles apply that of Shimpaku. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2e3mZJvabiji6c

[@ahappyimago]

BonsaiDavid awesome man; thanks. Check out Fuji bonsai nursery if you’re in LA.

[@readman53]

Thank you!