Anthony
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Bjorn Bjorholm Speaks Out On Hedge Pruning
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MrWunderful
Omono
Did anyone mention the fact that WP has like 1500 trees?
He advocates hedge pruning because of speed. If you watched his bonsai empire video, he says yes he could cut every branch, but hedging saves him time. It also plays into the naturalistic bonsai look his trees have.
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He advocates hedge pruning because of speed. If you watched his bonsai empire video, he says yes he could cut every branch, but hedging saves him time. It also plays into the naturalistic bonsai look his trees have.
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Lol!! Have some coffee, Vance! I wasn’t asking about my JBP. But thanks for the complement!
By the way, I hope you can come to next year’s Nationals, I’m going to have a better JBP at that one. As well as a cool Trident that’s a cool cultivar that I’d bet you’ve never seen before!
Bring Frary with ya!
It does with leaves. It really shines when it’s bare in winter.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
... which goes to show that a "bonsai" is not the "doppelganger" of a real tree.
Here for instance, the lower branches of the tree in nature bend downward, there are many old trees I can see when I drive to work that have a similar silhouette, but on a bonsai, this would look too much, the branches would touch the ground/soil : so the structure of the tree is adapted to give "the impression of..." And it's the same for the top.
I'm neither a supporter or a proponent of the "hedge pruning" method. If I had to vote, I'd say 51% for WP, and 52% for BB - I'm a fan of both : what matters is the result one gets in the end.
Different places, different methods. Different appreciation of a "finished" bonsai (a concept, is there such a thing as a "finished bonsai" ?... )
And yes, Walter is often very blunt and definitive in his opinions, but I'm far from being the best one to criticize his way to express his opinions.
But I find some comments very disrespectful, while Bjorn argues in a very civilized way. I feel that somehow it's also a lack of respect for Bjorn because for him, I think it's not an "us against them" rhethorics, it's just a different, well-argumented opinion.
Yes, that’s why the Japanese Masters have apprentices!
I’ve often said that “finished” trees take more work to maintain than developing stock. Each tree demands more time to maintain it.
When I teach classes, the students will ask me how many trees I have, and they are surprised when I tell them “about 30”. They expect I would have a couple hundred. There’s no way I could keep that many in top condition.
AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
AlainK
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leatherback
The Treedeemer
For each student that you have?
As an amatuer bonsai enthusiast - what is the point having "smth like 1500 trees" ? Where is the point when the joy changes into the chore? If it is really a chore then so called hedge pruning and other methods are probably something I may understand.
I do bonsai for joy. Using a sacrifice branch, watching how it gains the girth and lenght, pruning the lower branches on it to get light on the other sections of the tree and finally cutting it off by a cutter. CLICK - that is a part of that joy.
I do bonsai for joy. Using a sacrifice branch, watching how it gains the girth and lenght, pruning the lower branches on it to get light on the other sections of the tree and finally cutting it off by a cutter. CLICK - that is a part of that joy.
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
The point is that you have the freedom of screwing up 1499 plants and still have one left. The freedom to do some technique on one, another technique on another and compare the results. As you might have seen, no tree is the same.
I own around 350-500 plants, 200-300 of which are seedlings. Why so many? Because I want to choose the most healthy and easy to work with specimens to end up on my bench. The rest can be sold for 3 bucks a piece. Better bonsaists might sell their trees for 150-400 bucks, basically paying themselves back. Do that x 1500 and.. Well, you get the jest of it.
Psssst. Anyone in dire need of some scots pine seedlings?
leatherback
The Treedeemer
I would venture the remark that Herr Pall is not an amateur bonsai enthusiast. With his students, courses and workshops around the world I would consider him a professional who has lots of stock for sale or to work on. Soe amazing trees for sale.
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Haha!
Do you think the nationals are ready for that yet?
Just wear your “ Uncle Fester” outfit. You’ll fit right in!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
That’s a legitimate way to do it. In Japan, they’ll start hundreds if not thousands of trees, stick them in the ground, go thru the field and prune them every so often, and when it’s harvest time, that’s when they cull. Keep the best 1% for advanced training, sell the rest off cheap.
Me, I just prefer to work on those 1%. Others might want to do the hobby differently, and that’s ok.
HAVE, you ever seen a picture of Frary?
coh
Imperial Masterpiece
The clown costume might be more fun.
namnhi
Masterpiece
Is this one ready to be hedged? Am confused!!!
Looked like it already hedged.
Looked like it already hedged.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
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