Tag Archives: Decandling pine bonsai

No Interior Buds, Now What?

One down, one to go. Decandling two Japanese black pines. Photo by Jonas Dupuich. Akio Kondo discovers a problem and offers a solution I lifted all the photos in this post from Bonsai Tonight. They present a small piece of a much larger post (actually two posts). I won’t attempt to flesh too out much [...]

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Balancing Growth on Pine Bonsai

Before decandling. Cork bark Japanese black pine from Bonsai Tonight. Decandling, candle plucking, candle pinching… The photos and instructions in this post are all from Bonsai Tonight. The topic is decandling (also called candle plucking or candling pinching) Japanese black pines (specifically a cork bark black pine). The purpose of decandling is to balance growth, [...]

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