Japanese White Pine Repotting

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Nice repotting video, fantastic tree!

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Many thanks!

[@THICHBONSAI6879]

Great ❤

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@ESndrz]

Good job 😊

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Thank you very much

[@SulamAkarBonsai]

Wonderful,,beautiful japanes pine, thankyou so much for your vidio. ❤❤ Greetings and nice to meet you ❤❤

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@SulamAkarBonsai]

@@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw you're welcome friend. ❤️❤️ i have a premna bonsai exposed roots, would you like to see it? 🙏

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

Wow beautiful bonsai you ❤

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

I think so too

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Great tree and good to see someone else doing pine repots now. I have found this to be the best time. Cheers

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

So nice of you to say so Xav, it’s a much more pleasant time of the year to do it too. I did the Scot’s pine on the slab too, but didn’t record that one. I do think as we age, our ability to work on them gets a bit more challenging! I can’t see myself managing to do that again when I’m a pensioner.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw I felt your pain. I have several trees which I can only move with my son's help. I dread to think how I will manage the repotting of my 3ft oak in another few years :)

[@mikeswain9085]

Thanks for sharing the video Neil. I was really amazed to see how dry the root ball was. Bearing this in mind, I think I need to cut down on the watering of my White Pines.

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

I last repotted it 7 years ago and think you should be able to see that any akadama that was in the mix had pretty much disintegrated into powder. Yes it was dry, water penetration wasn’t happening recently so it really needed a change of soil. White pines generally don’t like wet feet, but this one was grafted onto a black pine rootstock.

[@mikeswain9085]

Thanks for the help Neil. Really appreciated.

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

@@mikeswain9085 always happy to help in whatever small way I can. Keep well 👍🏻

[@Danirastudio]

Nice trees❤👍

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks for this Neil. I lost a beautiful little white pine very suddenly in spring this year - it very quickly started turning yellow/brown and I wasn’t sure what to do to rescue it. I suspect the soil held too much water over winter and killed the roots. What soil are you growing your tree in?

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

I remember seeing that video of yours, I’ve always been aware of them disliking ‘wet feet’. And whether there’s much difference with putting them on black pine rootstock to negate the wet is up to the experts to determine. So I’ve used equal parts akadama, pumice & lava rock. I did pop some charcoal in just because I had some spare. That tree had been so compacted over the past 7 years the water wasn’t penetrating so it was naturally kept relatively dry. I think you can see from the video the akadama had disintegrated over those 7 years. He’s now going through his autumnal yellowing of previous years needles, and likely accelerated from having been repotted. He’s a beast of chunky old boy to manhandle!

[@percyacutt3110]

Stunning white pine keep it up

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@SilverioPineda-i1p]

Un gran ejemplar pero necesita más trabajo si lo compactas quedará espectacular

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

I agree, lots of work to do. Thanks for your comment 👍🏻

[@bonsaisn]

Thật tuyệt vời cảm ơn bạn chia sẽ video rất hay, chúc bạn thành công trong cuộc sống ❤❤❤

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

That's very kind of you to say so. Thank you

[@UnderTheFallsCorals]

Do you often repot in late summer? I repotted a white pine last week nervous now. It needed to be done was in very bad soil.

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

It’s a step change, as my pine also desperately needed a repot. As you might tell, it was quite a job getting it out of the pot. I know many do successfully repot end of summer so I have no concerns about this time of year. Personally I can see the benefit being better weather 😬 I’m sure it will be fine 👍🏻

[@snejinka_in]

Great video ! Is this a good timing to repot pines in europe ? have u had success with it ? I'm scared to do other than during spring

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Thank you, this is a new approach for me too. I’m aware of late summer / early autumn being a good alternative to spring repots for conifers for a while now but only now taken the plunge. If you look up Harry Harrington he’s an advocate for doing it now. Hope that helps, I guess I’ll know soon whether this old pine likes it or not 😀

[@snejinka_in]

@@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw Indeed I saw it on Harry’s blog but see little people actually doing it 😅 I’ll wait for your update on this pine next spring !

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I also do my pine repots end of summer - all the ones from last year are looking great. Same goes for Junipers, Cedars and Spruce :)

[@snejinka_in]

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Hello Xavier thanks for your input ! How hard can you go on the roots ? same as in spring ?

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@snejinka_inI only ever take about 30% of the roots anyway. I find doing it in the late summer optimises new root growth and allows much more growing time in the following spring

[@Book20244]

Why people exaggerate things. I would repot that tree in 45 minutes top and all by myself! I just had to shake my head 😅

[@BonsaiGuidetoLife-op7dw]

Well, it's a good thing you didn't try repotting it, then. You might have ended up shaking your head in a very different way.