Pruning My Red Maple Penjing, Firethorn and Korean Maple, The Bonsai Zone, Dec 2024

[@justlucky13]

Thanks Nigel looking forward to your next winter project

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

What a great bit of information on keeping these maple trees miniature. That is why you are the Master. Pruning 102 with Professor Saunders.

[@acer_p_bonsai]

Love the little red maple forest! Great work on the placement in your pot, great balance!

[@dkstott29]

Love your penjing designs..❤❤❤

[@KennetDeBondt]

Interesting pruning technique... I´ll keep that in mind. Grts K

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Kennet👍!!!

[@danieldalton8125]

Agreed. I've heard of pinching out in spring but seems barbaric and a huge waste of the trees energy as it doesn't contribute to aging and thickening the tree. This does seem better. I don't seem to have a problem with vigorous growth on my maples though due to their age and confinement.

[@Dave_0993_I]

The sizing and the forced perspective with the maples is really effective.

[@LorenzoBonsai]

Very interesting the thing of pruning at the second bud and then go back later! Please, update us about the results!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

These last 2 pruning will get these two off to a good start come spring.

[@triyanto-o6f]

Good explanation about this project, how the process of creation of the Forest bonsai is interesting to all of us. Thanks. 😅 Btw your hair style is same as a Rock singer, nice too..

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

Wow those red maples look great. I started a very young red maple forest last spring that makes this one look ancient!

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌👌

[@michaelcowart6100]

I saw someone else recently on KZbin discuss this pruning technique. You must have seen that as well. Makes sense.

[@mattbrennan647]

Foisting 😊

[@n8tyler]

Great video Nigel...I'm thinking about doing a huge top - chop on my Western Red Cedar but keep putting it off...Today may be the day, hopefully it will recover...Thanks for sharing...

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I hope it works well!!!

[@hsvfanjan17]

Regarding that one "big" chop on the red maple forest. I was wondering if you could've simply rotated the tree at the next replanting so that the branches wouldn't cross anymore. That way you wouldn't have to lose that ramification. But maybe it's not possible to seperate the trees since the roots are too intertwined?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

That is certainly possible!! Thanks!

[@jameswalker3416]

You don't pinch out the growing tip as soon as they open? I've been doing this like they do on japanese maples. I

[@TheBonsaiZone]

That can certainly help, maybe a combination of these techniques?!!

[@jameswalker3416]

@TheBonsaiZone i think it could help. I think it stimulates back budding and stops the run away branches .

[@rosshopkins2063]

Honestly bonsai, despite its age as an artform is WAYYY behinde modern forms of equatible art. For example for hundreds of yesrs paintings where just better and better attempts at creating an image the artist saw themselves, a scene, a portrate, ect. Then modern art turned into well, pollack, dali, warhol, ect. Music was just theory until jazz and blues. Bonsai is very formal, "replicate old looking tree of x species and deviation from that plan is heresy" however personally i really enjoy middle aged trees, young trees, all differnt types of tree. Bonsai shouldnt JUST be ancient fat short trees that are one of five japanese species. I think renato hoenig is a perfect example of the future of bonsai rip. The australian species are amazing, there is a lot of crazy new ideas there.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks, nice to hear your perspective!!!