Japanese Black Pine - Prepare for an Exhibition - Maintain Bonsai Size - Arkefthos Bonsai

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[@1969hornet]

Watching your videos and work is always a pleasure. Thank you!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

You are most welcome! Have a great day!

[@harrychristodoulou3782]

That’s another awesome stunning tree you’ve created, first class feila mou 👍🏼

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Harry! Good morning!

[@pabloneuenschwander729]

You thank us for our time, but we have to thank you for showing us this wonderful work. 🙏 Unfortunately my English is very bad, but I wanted to tell you that I really appreciate your work. 👍👏 Thanks and greetings from Switzerland

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Your English was perfect Pablo! Love your comment! Thank you!

[@robertobreglia9224]

Hi my friend,i really appreciated your work on this wonderful pine! Fantastic movement of trunk and great progression in recent years! This pine is in excellent health and certainly will make an excellent impression at the exhibition! Have a great Sunday!👍👍👍👍

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Roberto! Always a positive ray if light! I wish you well!

[@robertobreglia9224]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Yes I well my friend, and i wish you all the best!👍👍💪💪

[@pela1100]

Great design work. Patience of a bonsaist. Health

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Fabian!

[@shottakl8668]

Fantastic to see the progression since 2015. It gives me hope for the development of my own trees 😂

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I find progressions really interesting, so I take the time to build one, whenever possible. Have a nice day!

[@MF-fc5vk]

Great tree. ! Thanks nice to see😊

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you!

[@laboratoriodelbonsai7808]

Hola que hermosa evolución tuvo, un trabajo maravilloso, saludos

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! I really appreciate it!

[@W9SL9Y]

What a beautiful tree! that green leafy stuff is likely the cause, its called Liverwort and is always found on mostly organic soil and an indicator that there's too much water (possibly drainage problem) should definitely be removed as it spreads quite quickly, stops the water from penetrating the roots/soil evenly and impacts air circulation through the soil too. Rather replace with moss or top soil to let it air out. Thank you for another great video!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Wesley! Yeah, the liverwort.. unfortunately it came with the moss. Every once in a while I remove it but it comes back. Though luckily the drainage is perfect still as I use zeolite, pumice and perlite that do not break down. I appreciate the info on liverwort. I'll look into it in detail. Cheers!

[@percyacutt3110]

Agree

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Percy!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Percy!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌

[@bonsai_life_style]

Hi bro, that is not fungus but that is very invasive type of moss take it all us much you can and throw it away it spread very fast and it is impossible to get rid of it if you wait for long. BTW you have nice collection.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you for your input! I was not talking about the liverwort. There was a mushroom type under the moss and the liverwort,hard on the outside, mushy in the inside and smells like yoghurt. Probably not quite visible in my video. Have a great day!

[@bonsai_life_style]

@ArkefthosBonsai sorry but I didn't see that.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

It is my fault. Didn't take the time to capture on t properly on camera. Cheers!

[@vladimirdanko29]

Thanks for sharing this !

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

You are welcome Vladimir!

[@bobmccarlie382]

Was that work recent? How many pairs of needles do you usually leave on each shoot? Great video!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Bob! Yes, the work was the 1st of november, I believe. As I say in every related video, people should "stop" counting needles as they get more experienced and start estimating effective photosynthetic surface. Not every needle is the same length and effectiveness. So as this tree needs to be quite bare, to let light in and create more adventitious buds, I removed all of the old needles, everywhere and then I start removing some of the new needles in areas of middle strength and more new needles on stronger areas. But strong areas with a bit shorter needles, I will leave 2 or 3 pairs more than strong areas with a bit longer needles, even if the shoots are next to each other. The minimum needles I've left on the tree are 6 pairs. In a more ramified tree you might get down to 4 pairs per strong shoot. I hope that helps! Cheers!

[@raymondbouchard5375]

Thank you for this video Very helpful in understanding your thought process…. Really enjoyed!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

You are most welcome Raymond! This tree performs stable for a number of years now, let's see how it looks in November.

[@gymnosophist7471]

Thank you, I learned a lot from this. I’m working on a Black Pine at the moment and I am struggling to get the lower branches to thicken up and grow longer. It was interesting for me to see the before and after photos on your tree, but I still don’t understand how you managed to do this. It looked like maybe you had a sacrificial branch earlier on? Is that right?

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Yes I did. A long one. I had to because the lower branch on the right as the lower back branch are both grafted onto the tree. So they were far behind in thickness from the others. So I had sacrificial branches for 5 years. You can see the first documented work I did on this tree here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZusqH6mnNyLqs0si=XSLJfOfEg0NwG8GG and then here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZW8knSXaZmKepYsi=_wWq4GFHzyai_wvf Thank you!

[@gymnosophist7471]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Awesome! Thank you very much!

[@jozefkochanik269]

Krasna borovica

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Jozef!

[@BonsaiCornwall]

First ❕😉💚

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Millennial? 😁

[@BonsaiCornwall]

@@ArkefthosBonsai gen z 😉

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Have a great day kid!! Ha ha ha

[@BonsaiCornwall]

@@ArkefthosBonsai you too old man 👴🏼🤣😉💚