Great! Did you do so?

My pleasure Andrew. Thanks!

Glad it was helpful!

Hope you enjoy Juan!

Thanks so much. I hope you enjoy all the videos I post. 🎥

Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for commenting.

And thanks for watching!

Many thanks Dave!

I use a mix of 3 perlite/2 peat moss, it actually works pretty well for the 1st year of growing, mine are all from cuttings under grow lights on heat mats, I get some really great Nebari and very low branch clusters like Mark says.

Thanks for the question. For the answer read this article I wrote please: bit.ly/2Viz8BR

Thank you so much 😀

Early spring is best. In my experience stratification does not affect germinate rate but it does seem to cause that all the seeds germinate at the same time, whereas without stratification the timing is much more sporadic.

You referring to treating the seedling as a cutting? Simple place back into a sandy mix is fine. You push it all the way in, so the needles effectively act as a support. Keep out of the wind and direct sun of course, and keep moist at all times. Many thanks for watching!

@@TerryErasmusbonsai 🙏🏼 thank you I greatly appreciate the knowledge. Look forward to more stuff on your page .

You can also read this article on the subject here: bit.ly/2Viz8BR

Thanks Maurizio! In summer it will depend on your growing medium and how often you can water. The objective is for it to dry out faster so you can water faster which means you can fertilise more. In winter if you are getting freezing temperatures you may need to put them into something bigger with media too in order to buffer. You could wrap with a towel or something. However how do you protect your other bonsai in the cold, as the colander grown ones would be treated the same I would suggest.

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No it will not be same. But maybe it does not matter for you. If you make small tree then better to use cutting method. If you make big tree then not so important. For both big or small tree cutting method is better because give best root spread.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai thank you!

Very good question. No. Unless you neglect to get sufficient light to the lower branches by thinning needles.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai Hi, thanks for the quick answer!

Thank you , Arno!

Interesting idea but I don’t think it’s a good idea to use the soil from around the tree as it will compact. There are other soils which are acidic and there are ways of making soil acidic. However pines seem to be quite tolerant of pH and I don’t think you need to intentionally make it more acidic as all growing medium becomes acidic through use of fertilizers

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Thanks for watching and for your comment. You can read my blog post: www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/japanese-black-pine-from-seed-year-1

Hi Mari, see this article I wrote for more information: bit.ly/2Viz8BR

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I’m not quite sure why there isn’t much content on this. I usually don’t have problems with germination. Try this blog I wrote. www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/japanese-black-pine-from-seed-year-1

I apologise that the title was not to your preference.