This is called defoliation.

Once a Deciduous bonsai has a full branch structure and foliage mass, it’s tempting to keep that perfect shape and repeatedly prune the entire tree from early Spring through until Autumn. However, this repeated pruning and the lack of shoot extension can lead to a weaker tree. All deciduous bonsai will require leaf pruning. A good tip for beginners, when leaf pruning, is to identify leaves growing in pairs and prune one from each of the pairs.

Defoliation Technique for Deciduous Bonsai Trees Many bonsai enthusiasts will completely remove the leaves from their bonsai in Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. When it comes to how to prune a bonsai tree for deciduous, which would include tree such as the Chinese Elm and Maples, you would use the tip of sharp scissors for pruning.

For this, when you trim outward, you want to trim back the shoots but just after the next series of leaves. Aug 14, Most of my bonsai grow much faster after root pruning. Root pruning does not slow growth, it actually speeds it for at least a season. As time passes and the pots gradually become full of roots there is less space for air, water and nutrients so growth slows.

During development regular root pruning will give better bushmulching.barted Reading Time: 10 mins. Pinching by hand (correct) Another method of Bonsai pruning is defoliation, which involves removing leaves of deciduous trees during the summer to force the tree to grow new leaves. This technique is used to reduce the size of the tree’s leaves and increase ramification.

For. 1) the pruning back of new shoots to address the balance of the branches and to improve branch taper. 2) shaping of the branches with wire to improve the placement of older branches and to place the previous years growth correctly.

This is why you need to be well-versed in the seasonality of the tree to make good decisions.

Aug 16, While your scissors could be sharp, there’s another angle to this process – making cuts that will help the healing process and won’t disturb the shape of the trunk or branch later as the tree grows.

Bonsai pruning shears have a unique concave structure that hollows out the cut’s center, leaving the sides protruded.

When it heals, the sides close in on the branch, and the spot heals flat as the tree. I normally say not to prune deciduous bonsai trees in autumn. two main reasons: A – Pruning trees spurs them into budding and putting out new growth. In late spring and summer this is fine but with winter approaching, the new growth can be damaged by cold bushmulching.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.