How To perform spring pruning on a Japanese Larch Bonsai - Greenwood Bonsai

[@allanchurm]

still got the japanese larch corin sold to me for £6.00 when he was with his dad doing a demonstration at the garden centre on the derby/nottingham by pass first bonsai he ever sold. he asked his dad shall i take the money as harry was in the middle of the demonstration. the tree is over 46 years old now. have 7 diff types of bonsai still all bought from greenwood bonsai all between 43/46 years old ..im 72y old now so the trees and myself grow old together..lol subscribed... look forward to more like this.

[@JoFraser-fi4cc]

So useful, having just bought a larch forest from you! I’ve watched all the larch videos that you’ve done and I feel much more confident with the trees now! Can’t wait for my intro course in June ♥️

[@opabinnier]

Larches are my favourites to work on. Such pretty (handsome?) and friendly trees- made me start bonsai. Luvvem to bits.

[@108Lee]

Great to see that larch again after all this time! Nice work again Corin.

[@PNWBonsai]

Love the ramification that's been carefully created on this tree.!

[@bradb.4570]

I can’t get enough of Larch bonsai, thanks for the info!

[@margaretsims4344]

I got your dads book years ago. Lovely to see the larch.

[@2377shortie]

Great video Corin. Really enjoying what your posting. Also really loved seeing this tree. I bought your father's book (still have it) when I first started nearly 30 years ago. Great to see it is doing so well.

[@dnamol]

Still remember when I bought that book many many years ago

[@peterjohnson3654]

Nice to see how the larch has progressed and fattened up. Your dad‘s book was the first I ever owned is still a good reference after all these years.

[@creperanch8968]

So fascinating to now see the trees i had my earliest bonsai influences from, via the Pocket Encyclopedia by Harry Tomlinson being the first Bonsai book i had, more than a decade ago.

[@ikimonobonsai]

Thank you for you video! It shows well that we should not be afraid of straight (formal) styles. It would be interesting to see this larch this spring. Larches is one of my favorites trees, i have about 30 pcs of them.

[@malcolmmckenzie9704]

Great videos Corin Have really enjoyed them all Wish you started these last year would have been great to watch in lockdown Beard is magnificent but maybe you might need to give it a little spring trim with the bonsai scissors

[@davidhaughan]

I still have this book by your Father I bought in 1994 along with a companion book by the photographer Paul Goff and still use it today.

[@dylanschultzable]

Incredible tree!

[@templeartsbonsai]

That book and Dan Bartons were my bibles as a younger man. Tree looks a bit different now. TY Corin

[@stevenclowes7770]

Many thanks for the videos Corin, I’d love to see how your fathers oak tree from the cover of the book is doing. It was that tree alone that started my fascination with bonsai, I’m probably not alone with that either... Many thanks again, and keep up the good content. Steve.

[@corintomlinson6687]

maybe we'll have something lined up in future - subscribe so you don't miss anything !

[@stevenclowes7770]

Thanks Corin that sounds great, and yes subscribed pal👍 Cheers.

[@daxdax47]

Great larch tree I can only dream lol

[@bradb.4570]

Lol same here!

[@wadmadhushan4434]

Wow amazing bonsai. So beautiful

[@blueridgebonsai9155]

Perfect timing and kudos on remembering to tell folks time period when you were doing this work, so few other KZbinrs do that. I just began repotting and pruning my Japanese and American larch so it was good to see a professional at work. It would be helpful if you have additional larches to repot to do a video showing that. It is difficult to find information on how aggressive to go when pruning the roots during this process, and what I have read and seen seems to conflict. You just got a new subscriber and I hope to be a regular viewer.

[@corintomlinson6687]

Thanks, Larch are tough old things, and root pruning never seems to affect them, unless you do it too late it the spring once they are showing green, as they don't like that.

[@blueridgebonsai9155]

Corin, thanks for the quick feedback. It seems the problem I run into is some folks say repot when the buds swell, others say do it when the buds are swollen and turn a gold color, and others say once you see them turn green. I have even seen posts say vigorous young trees can be repotted even once the buds start to pop but before shoots extend and needles appear. Fortunately all mine are 2-3 year old seedlings and saplings, at any rate I’ll have my answer soon as the ones I just repotted had some green buds among the swollen ones.

[@pedroquintanatena9929]

Trabajas como los ángeles, tienes mucho don del bonsai ,te felicito

[@almac2598]

Thanks Corin

[@jimbosmith123]

Great video 😍 If I wanted to thread graft a larch can you use a donor tree or is it best to grow out some long lengths and bend though and round to use as the graft.

[@corintomlinson6687]

best to grow section out, as needle length / colour will be same as parent tree

[@jimbosmith123]

@@corintomlinson6687 Thank you, once lockdowns eased a bit I think il get booked on for a 1 on 1 lesson. To get your opinion on the trees future. Quite a old larch that currently is in a windswept style.

[@andyhansen8727]

I have 2 small larches and I wasn`t going to trim them at all this , to get them to fatten up the trunks. Is this the correct thing to do at this point?

[@corintomlinson6687]

yes, let them grow if you want them to thicken up, or even better, plant them in the ground

[@andyhansen8727]

@@corintomlinson6687 Thanks Corin. I just started watching your channel and I like the way you do bonsai.

[@-JotaBe-]

Fantastic tree, I remember that tree...yout father’s book was my first book about Bonsai 👍 I have a question, I bought an European Larch and 13 years later It has bark and a fine ramification but no cones. Do you know some trick or way to identify the flower buds before pruning season?Thank you!

[@corintomlinson6687]

is it 13 yrs old in total ?

[@-JotaBe-]

@@corintomlinson6687 no, it isn’t. It had 3-4cm of diameter, I suppose it had more than 6 years. In my hands 13 years, maybe 20 now.

[@cherylandrews3195]

you said you trim that tree twice a year.. how often should you trim a fast growing deciduous tree and what times of the year are best? Thanks for the video!

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

Trim as often as you need to to keep a good shape. Depending on if you are exhibiting the tree, or just growing it, or growing it on

[@gregoryh4601]

Would it be hard to try Treadgafting? It seem to be the easiest way to Go? Just trying to help

[@greenwoodbonsaistudio]

yes, can be done, I've done it many times before, but I'm wanting to retain more of the original image that was created by my father, rather than change too much with this particular bonsai.

[@andrejbalkonski6581]

How much would such a tree cost?

[@marcika8]

what is the actual difference between Japanese and European larch? In growing habit etc? Could somebody help?

[@gregoryh4601]

Dear Sir. Could you do some Grafting on the one side a little more? She looks a little out of Balance to make fully on her side?

[@corintomlinson6687]

possibly in th future, but I'm wanting to retain more of the original image that was created by my father, rather than change too much with this particular bonsai.

[@kabasakaleminosman]

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