A yearly guide to Japanese Black Pine Bonsai Care

I've packed a ton of info on this video. It's a 17 month long journey on how to care for Japanese Black Pine Bonsai. I'll show you how to:

1. Compact leggy growth
2. Balance energy distribution
3. Create ramification
4. Needle Pluck
5. Develop smaller needles
6. Fertilize
7. When to work on your JBP
8. Candle Pinch
9. How to decandle your JBP
10. and Branch selections

As well as show you the results of each method.
*You'll get quick updates on my koi pond progression

0:00 Intro
1:20 Japanese Pine Animation
2:25 A little inspiration
3:03 May 2019 Initial Purchase of JBP - Initial Needle Pluck
4:00 February 2020 More Needle Plucking
5:30 March 2020 Fertilization
6:18 April 2020 Candle Pinching
10:48 June 2020 Decandling
22:20 July Update 2nd flush
23:59 July 2020 Leggy Branch Cutback
28:25 Late August Candle Selection
33:22 September Update and Fertilization
39:45 Final Thoughts - and Yearly Schedule

Other names to Japanese Black Pines:
Pinus thunbergii, Pinus thunbergiana, Kuromatsu, king of bonsai

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