Developing Deciduous Bonsai: Walter Pall's Hedge pruning method

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This is the fastest way to develop a broadleaf deciduous bonsai. An introduction to Walter Pall's hedge pruning method for elongating species development discussed and demonstrated on Japanese maples variety bloodgood (Acer palmatum var. bloodgood).
Links to material discussed in the video:
Bonsai Mirai's podcast with Dennis Vojtilla: / dennis-vojtilla
Walter Pall's blog entries on the Hedge pruning method: walterpallbonsaiarticles.blogs...
Postscript note by Walter Pall:
"I would like to add that, yes it is for developing trees. I personally have only trees in development. So I use this method on ALL of my broadleaved trees. I found that it also works well on many conifers. One drawback is that the tree only looks good in winter when it is in storage usually. But you can improve the quality so much more than with orthodox methods. A method should never be assessed according to what you know already, what is common knowledge. a method should only be measured by long term results. Who has the better trees in the long run has the better method."
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@BackGardenBonsai 5 жыл бұрын

So many great trees. If you keep following Walters techniques you are going to have a world class collection in a few years!!

@rafi_N 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@TheBonsaiZone 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice video Rafael!

@rafi_N 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nigel. One day I might be able to reach the level of your videos... but it will be tough.

@kathleenj1500 5 жыл бұрын

Great unmentioned tip, using the blue recycle bins as growing pots!

@rafi_N 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, it is fitting to recycle trees with recycling bins... :)

@lakeelsinorebonsai1203 5 жыл бұрын

That a very nice Tree Rafael. Yeah your right, I do some of Walter Pal’s method and it’s fast to create ramifications 😀

@rafi_N 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mel.

@jimvogt4405 4 жыл бұрын

Nice trees! Very helpful video, thanks.

@rafi_N 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jonathanaristone2468 4 жыл бұрын

Good trimming concept to consider for next year....Thanks Sir

@rafi_N 4 жыл бұрын

For sure. Walter Pall's trees are a testament to it.

@smilinjef 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video Rafi, keep it up!

@rafi_N 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you too much!

@YaroslavPronin 3 жыл бұрын

In one of Walter Paul's recent videos for Bonsai Empire anniversary, Walter mentioned the hedge pruning method as a way to thicken the branches and trunk. What do you think about that? It sounds tempting to create the branches structure and thickening them at the same time. Usually for this it's recommended not to touch the branches, give them free growth.

@rafi_N 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Yaroslav. Walter Pall is 100% right. What thickens a branch is the amount of leaf mass it produces. If it is distributed throughout a long branch as in the sacrifice branch methodology, you will have to cut that somewhere along the length at some point in the future and have a big scar to deal with. The alternative is what Walter Pall proposes, which is instead to have a lot of branches/branchlets more condensed and work at the same time on girth and ramification and the fastest way to get a lot of ramification is combining total (or 70% partial) defoliation and hedge pruning. In my personal opinion, Walter Pall is also not the only one to follow this approach, as I mentioned in a previous video, the approaches of Walter Pall and Dennis Vojtilla (a famous deciduous grower in the US) are quite similar. You can also combine both approaches - the bottom line is the more leaf mass, the faster it grows.