How I get the MOST from my Trident Maple Bonsai (Summer Pruning Tips)

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Three VERY different Trident Maple Bonsai require THREE very different pruning decisions. Find out how I get the MOST from this very popular bonsai species as I tackle my Best and Worst Trident Maples. Learn about: Internodal Distance, Leaf Defoliation, Branch Thickening, Design for the future & How I take cuttings.
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-- TIMESTAMPS --
00:00 A look at my BEST Trident Maple Bonsai.
01:14 Achieving shorter internodal distance.
02:58 Explaining my Pruning Options.
05:51 Looking to the future.
08:49 Leaf Defoliation.
10:29 Pruning the Apical Region.
11:57 All finished for now.
13:22 How I thicken branches.
14:28 Why I prune the Apex Hard.
15:37 Getting great maple Cuttings.
17:19 Trident Maple 2: The Apex.
18:35 A Trident in Big Trouble?
20:37 What would you do?
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@rtregear 22 күн бұрын

Thanks! I wish I could buy BioGold. No dealers in Australia. I got one bag from Japan but that was just an expensive experiment. I wonder though if any fertilizer from the garden center would be good enough. When you add "bonsai" as an adjective to anything the price goes way up.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

You are spoiling me again Roger but thank you!!! I thought if i put Bonsai in front of my videos it would have the same effect...but alas no :)

@misupport6735 21 күн бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 😆

@rtregear 21 күн бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I appreciate the effort you put into getting videos available for all to watch. I know you enjoy it (well, most of it) but the bonsai education benefits to me, and all viewers, are huge so I'm happy to make a small contribution to that from time to time. Given the amount of material you produce, it's just a few cents per hour of education and that's great value. Many thanks.

@danielfonseca5007 22 күн бұрын

Have been following your Trident tutorials and the last one I did is a little kabudachi. And right now (winter in Australia) it looks like 3 dead sticks in a pot, but once the growing season comes and the new shoots extend from that very tight structure it will be stunning 😊. This long term approach really works, it's just hard as you say going back to bare bones when they look so nice, but then the next season when you see the multiple levels of short internodes it is so satisfying!😊

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

You are so right. Tridents always give you more chances it is just about being patient :)

@nerinat8371 22 күн бұрын

So many good instructions in this video Xavier.. so much to learn but can't wait to start snipping.. thanks again Xavier

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Far too generous with your compliments Nerina - we all love to snip

@misupport6735 22 күн бұрын

I think the last tree is charming. I would remove that one bended root though.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

I agree that I need to look at the roots more.

@danielfonseca5007 22 күн бұрын

With that last tree, I'd wire up the highest branch and pull it up. And since you are now a master of thread grafting you could put another branch on that side mid height in between the other two

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

I think you maybe right about the threat graft option. Cheers

@mick681 22 күн бұрын

I think that I would plant the last tree in the ground and leave it for a couple of years to grow freely. Once the trunk had thickened a bit more cut the top off and go for a fat stumpy tree.

@scheers100 22 күн бұрын

That is exactly what I would do. One or two years could be enough to heal the wounds on the trunk and regrowing the apex.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

That's the best bit of advice and reaffirms what has been in my mind for a few years. Thank you :)

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

That seems to be best answer :)

@osmanmx 5 күн бұрын

Excellent work, congratulations Xavier. In the last trident tree, I would have used the apex to graft the first branch. And the roots emerge on a beautiful rock (I don't cut them) Best regards 👍🏽

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 5 күн бұрын

That's an interesting idea - still lots of building to do with that monster :)

@carolewald5075 15 күн бұрын

Thanks! Great refresher on pruning tridents.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 15 күн бұрын

Thank you for that Carole - I feel like I am finally beuilding the knowledge and confidence to develop these properly. Autumn will be when I next get my cutters out to them :)

@markjagger7139 22 күн бұрын

Great video and some super informative content, thanks Xav as always.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

I appreciate you watching Mark

@TOMSAI 22 күн бұрын

Very Good work xav. And 2 nice Trident mapels ! I like this trees . 👌 Cheers 🍻

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Thanks Tom - lots of work to do on these yet :)

@joegarland4885 22 күн бұрын

Good long term pruning my friend. I am going to do something different, I am putting myself in the mind of the tree and think to myself, I spend all freezing winter making sure that I stay alive in the first place but also healthy with loads of good juicy buds so when the weather gets better I can throw out some great beautiful leaves so I look full and healthy !! Then this bloke comes along and cuts all or most of my beautiful leaves off, what’s all that about, somebody take those things he cuts my leaves with OFF HIM or I am not going to bother next winter and see how he likes that when it warms up and Im DEAD. don’t have any Tridents but I am sure the pruning applies to all maple species. I am not a great lover of exposed roots Xav unless they’re wrapped round a rock. Is that brutal enough. .Have fun my friend.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

I loved your view today and the more brutal the better. Liking the roots may just be another way to show I am 'at a loss' with what to do next...but don't tell anybody :)

@phillipwaterman5721 22 күн бұрын

Very nice bonsai s beautiful trees looking good xavier keep up the good work mate thanks

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for your long term support Phillip

@sueb1317 22 күн бұрын

Still amazes me how much the leaves have reduced on your tridents. Do you use a similar technique on any of your other deciduous trees? I think the direction of the last tree will be easier to see in autumn when the leaves have dropped - easier to tell if major branches are crossing the front. You should have no problem re-growing!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

I use the same technique on all my deciduous. Combination of pruning, semi defoliation and leaf cutting :)

@DavesBonsai 22 күн бұрын

Great looking tree my friend:

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Cheers dave - i am still very jealous of your field grown pines :)

@raymondbirds2392 21 күн бұрын

Lovely job

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 20 күн бұрын

Thanks Raymond

@oachkatzlsmum 22 күн бұрын

Love your pruning instructions! Trident in big trouble: Indeed a challenge. I would have cut quite similar and would hope for backbuding. Probably for one year. Rethinking if not successful. I try to do the same with my Chinese elm. Meanwhile unfortunately still not own a trident maple myself. Maybe it is possible to buy some of your rooted cuttings or even a smaller tree? Enjoy your day. Cheers, Martina

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

I'm sure we could arrange something Martina :)

@oachkatzlsmum 21 күн бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I would love to

@oachkatzlsmum 22 күн бұрын

Second is fine as well 😂😘

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

The second one is slowly growing on me...so to speak :)

@oachkatzlsmum 21 күн бұрын

@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat now I blush ☺️ thank you

@notionbonsai 22 күн бұрын

Great pruning decisions Xavier, always thinking long term! Love it!!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Thinking 'long term' means i can make excuses for why the tree looks so bad 'short term':)

@treesbonsaiperfect8420 18 күн бұрын

nice work thanks for sharing this video❤🌳

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 17 күн бұрын

My pleasure - some of these are starting to become good trees

@trybonsai 22 күн бұрын

Great video my friend 🎉🎉

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Thank you

@Bonsaicrazy 20 күн бұрын

Great video xav 👊👊

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 20 күн бұрын

Thanks Andy

@ishamakkusu 17 күн бұрын

Lovely little tree. Do you apply the same branch/bud selection technique to field maples?

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 16 күн бұрын

Exactly the same method to all my maples. It seems to work well.

@simonbremner2707 21 күн бұрын

✌

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 20 күн бұрын

A big hello to Simon :)

@brucedeacon28 21 күн бұрын

👍👌🙂

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 20 күн бұрын

Cheers Bruce

@trybonsai 22 күн бұрын

I'd leave it and develop it as is, and put it over a rock... Creating a tree that's been to hell and back

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

I definitely think that one is going to go back into a nursery bed for a few years and see what 'it' decides to do :)

@notionbonsai 22 күн бұрын

First!

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Thank you Adam :)

@t3dwards13 22 күн бұрын

My comment is that I know my opinions are meaningless. Lol

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for that insight :)