Definitely going to feature that Nolan, thanks for the request though!

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Thanks! Root work like this on a young black pine is no problem. But I will do a follow up later. Be sure to subscribe and come back for the next 3 episodes.

plot twist, its dead.

@@commentforthealgo5383 ha ha ha. Are you spying on me with a crystal ball into the future?

@@TerryErasmusbonsai I'm from the future actually just coming thru to boost your video :)

@@commentforthealgo5383 so time travel is possible? Please go back to the future and tell me which branch I decided to cut, this will be a big help. Thanks.

Thanks Nigel. Yes, I’m very pleased with how it is turning out.

Thanks so much Rossi! Wait till you see the pines in parts 2-4! 😉

Very welcome John, thanks for watching.

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

Thanks so much Tony! 😁

Thank you Shaun. Appreciate the compliment!

Thanks for this feedback Edward. I will plan on doing something as soon as possible as you describe. Appreciate the suggestion.

Thank you for this compliment, it is very generous of you. Thank you. 😊

So did I! Sometimes it needs some inspiration from others to do better work🙏🏻

Thanks so much Josef for that feedback, I’m so glad this helped you.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai I like it very much, looking at your work. There’s no worth it, just thinking alone about a problem. I’d like to open my mind for better opinions from other people 🙏🏻👍 Best wishes from Germany

@@bonsai-dragons this is a great approach you have. I too watch a lot of other enthusiasts and professionals work. I also need to be inspired and learning new techniques or just different ways of doing things is vital for me to improve my skills.

Much appreciated Edward. Thank you.

Cool! Well we don’t have those but we did recently add these to our store which are made of aluminium: www.bonsaitree.co.za/collections/new-arrivals/products/aluminium-root-picks

Hi Ruan. Thanks for the message. I had quite a few hundred of them. I sold several hundred on the first release in a matter of hours. The following year, due to so much insistence, I sold all but about 20 of the remaining stock. These 20 I am retaining are to document and share their development with everyone. However I did plant several thousand new seeds in 2021. These will come up for sale as well as the seeds I have planted since, as soon as they are ready. Please watch the website.

Thanks Max! (Finally I get your name 😃). All these trees are 4 years old, going into their 5th season.

Thanks Willen, I am not actually sure when the BEST time is. I start making the cut early spring so that the sapflow can start to heal the wound. I am using a method where you cut about 50% of the thickness of the branch using a knob cutter or chisel (so it is rounded). So you cut all the cambium and bark away but you keep some of the woody part of the branch. This will greatly reduce movement to the branch which slows it down and this energy goes elsewhere but it also helps to promote callousing of the wound. One or two years later (depending on the size of the branch) but when the callous has formed quite well you can then cut the branch off entirely. If this is the BEST way I am not sure, it is A method though. Try it.

ha ha ha Nigel! You can set your watch by my video releases......

The tree is 4 years old and is now going into 5 years growth. You can do it too. Just follow the techniques I mentioned in previous videos. It’s not difficult.

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Yes I can Nick. Watch this video and if you still have questions then let me know: How to make Japanese Black Pine seedling cuttings kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zrigg6agy8qtdoE.html

@@TerryErasmusbonsai Thanks Terry!

Hi Matt. Interesting question and one not easy to answer. The challenge now is that you need to decandle to something later in the season. However this area is going to be swollen due to a concentration of growth with these new buds plus aborted candle of last season. I would leave everything as is if the branch is still developing ie in girth. If it’s already thick enough or coarse then reduce some of the buds. Feed well. When it is time to decandle look for adventitious buds on the interior which you could cut back to (provided they are strong enough) but if there are none then cut back to just beyond the buds which developed this spring. New buds will develop just like you were decandling. Rather decandle too early this time, because doing it too late weakens the tree over time as the tree is unable to recoup the lost energy.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai Ok that makes sense, thankyou for the reply.

@@Matt6644 pleasure.

I am sorry but I don’t recall if I did a video on this yet. I will do one in the near future as I’ve been growing a lot of material for that purpose.

Yes Peter, my wife doesn’t like holding hands with sandpaper. 😂 Seriously though, I am doing so much repotting at the moment it’s very hard on the hands.

Good point well made.

You mean to collect from cones? No but I can make one at the end of this growing season when the cones are ripe.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai that would be so good👍

These plants were grown from seed, I refer to that in the video and how the seeds were treated. There is a link in the description which will detail the process of only planting the seeds and growing for the first few months if you wish to read that.

I agree, no seeds to be seen and starting with 4-5 year old trees. Incredibly misleading even if informative.

@@jimporter I am sorry you feel that way. It was never my intention to mislead anyone. I grew these pines from seed and I refer to the process I used in these videos to reach this stage.

And I’m just doing it because I ❤️ it!

@@TerryErasmusbonsai let me rephrase: im commenting to boost your comment count to have you more popular to the algorithm :) I'm 100% sure you do your art straight from the heart

@@commentforthealgo5383 oh! Thank you! I did not realise that’s what you were doing.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai high five from the future also the branch you will remove is the the main leader pushing nutrients to the new main branch much lower (also you said that in your video) hehehehehe peace out buddy I'm following the progress and I have a baby pine growing out of the ground near my 50+ year old pine I got another 5 years before I can make it a bonsai but i got my eye on it!

Hi Gavin. I normally have stock for sale but at the moment not. I’m afraid I don’t know who else might have, sorry but you can Google for it.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai thanks Terry

Thanks. These pines were grown from seed as stated multiple times in the video and this footage depicts the trees a couple years after seed germination.

Turn the volume off and speed it up? 99% of my subscribers like the detailed explanations which is why I make the videos like this.