How to Keep Your Bonsai in Shape: Pruning & Removing Branches

[@dennisrobinson4588]

The master of lemonade strikes again! You were absolutely correct in your decision. The trees look spectacular.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Thanks!...anything master is an accomplishment... By the way, I am a pretty decent cook too!

[@joewatkins1667]

Interesting to hear your thought process when you make cuts, expecially bigger cuts like this

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Just do what you feel is right!

[@sr20ser.]

Another excellent example of just doing the work. I have run into the issue of being afraid to cut an old branch, far too many times... You may want to look into a "veneer saw" for getting into tight places. The blades are very fine and typically cut on the back stroke.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Thanks for the suggestion. I do use a very skinny saw, which actually custs really well into hard to get into places/.

[@tigingrasta953]

Thank you Milton

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Love this composition Milton Really nice 10 brownie points 😂😂👊👊

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.;...10 times! Means a lot comeing from someone crazy about bonsai!@ 🙂

[@Bonsaicrazy]

@@MiltonChang-ee6rq 😂😂😂 thanks Milton 👊👊

[@jamessmith1574]

🎉

[@jeffhurst4744]

Yes, it looks an aggressive extremely trimming/reshaping. But you fully explain what you are going for, and what the future design will be in the future. I like it ! And I think your slab idea is perfect for it. Looking forward to followup videos on its progress. Thank you again for your encouragement to think ahead in this wonderful living art hobby we love.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Yes, I will give it a periodic update...Elm requires a good trimming frequently since it grows quickly.. Thanks!

[@nerinat8371]

Looks so much better with major cuts, good decision

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Thamnks!

[@Erik-wp4pi]

thank you very much for your help

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Welcome!

[@lisawagner6076]

I have been a quilter for 40 some-odd years now, and there is a saying "There are no mistakes in quilting, only new design possibilities". I think the same can be said about bonsai. Those pictures you shared of China were absolutely gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing!

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

OK...try again!

[@schandler726]

I researched the UNESCO site you mentioned, Huangshan. It looks beautiful, and it reminded me that I first admired Chinese art and design when I was a child. The depiction of trees growing from the side of mountains has always been inspiring. It gives me a familiar feeling of the ancient world. Of history. Of wisdom. Of beauty. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and thoughts as you bring us through your process during each video.

[@bonsaiheirloom]

I agree! Thank you for taking the time to learn about it!

[@tanarehbein7768]

Just wanted to say whoever is filming and editing for you has really improved since you started, and so have you. You are so much more conversational and spontaneous but you don't wander. Everything you share has a point. Thanks for keeping us challenged and not wasting our time. I like the 20min or so format. Then I have time for my own bonsai. 😊

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

You are keenly observant....and thank yo for the compliments. "Your own bonsai"; you must be good. Please also provide feedback to improve my technique...I started from traditiona bonsai masters...and then wondered off to larn by trial and error...still learning and improving. The secret for anything is continuous improvment. Nothing is diffgicutl!

[@schandler726]

I took screenshots of the Huangshan photos on the UNESCO website to save for inspiration.

[@bonsaiheirloom]

Excellent! Those are magnificient.

[@johnberry1107]

Yes, many possibilities. Thank you for reminding to check the series.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

pleae stay tuned...Ii am getting more relaxed...so have a lot of ideas to share...for you to select to become your own.

[@joegarland4885]

Wow that is a lovely rock planting, some really heavy cuts which really do bring the rock which is obviously a big part of the design which was hidden, that last cut was the right decision the tree looks much cleaner often the cut. I also have a rock planting which is about the same age, it was one of my first trees, the two trees are Lonicera nitida which grows like crazy the roots going right through the Tuffa rock into a shallow pot, it has only been taken out of the pot once in all those years, maybe next year I will take it off and check the roots etc, it’s not perfect but is my early rock planting which I love to just look at it. I have a saying that people look but don’t see, they just look at things as a whole instead of seeing the individual parts that make up the whole. Great video many thanks.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

We are all selective, Right? That's what makes us unique. You are good, I am good, we are all good is what I learned from, I think, Indian philosophy. Thanks for your comoments.

[@stevetippin]

I love that you are showing some advanced stuff here. You are showing what to do after the tree is established and now you need to adapt the design to make the scale make sense. I haven't seen many videos like that yet. Keep up the great videos.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

I am just being myself. thanks!

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

🥰🥰

[@jasonterry8883]

another great video! thank you!!

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

thank you!

[@walterkrueger326]

Great video, as always! I do have a suggestion though. Leave out the first three seconds. I know it has become a trend on KZbin, but I always find myself skipping past it to the content. Thanks for your bonsai inspirations.

[@sadowskijify]

This tree looks spectacular. A drastic cut, but the effect is great.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Thanks!

[@curtmudgeon8703]

i'm so in agreement to clip and thin the foilage to find my own version of the tree's beauty and trunk. sadly i was told that i "Thinned Out Too Much" and to leave the inner branches to help achieve the traditional full look. One day i will own my own to do what pleases me... i must be patient...

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Just do it!

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

People forget...healthy root contributes to thickening the trunk too!

[@jonathanzellner906]

Right when I started feeling comfortable with my garden trees I see this. That actually looks very intimidating to me based on my skills and my eye to detail

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Keep going! You will get there! Rome is not built in one day!

[@davidnewth924]

Thank you! 👏👏👏👏

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

You are welcome!

[@reynelflorentino9829]

no cut no glory,..

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Well sadi! Thank you!