Bonsai With Deadwood

A jin is a bare stripped part of branch and a shari is a barkless part of trunk.
Bonsai with deadwood. Fully preserves wood and stops fungal attack whilst retaining the natural colour once fully dry. The deadwood will usually run up the trunk of the tree creating the most amazing appearance. This unique product has been extensively tested on our own bonsai trees for more than 20 years. Creating deadwood on bonsai in the form of jin or shari can enhance the tree s character significantly.
In this video i show you the best way to preserve rotting wood on your bonsai as well as strengthening and protecting deadwood. Jin 神 is a bonsai deadwood technique used on branches or the top of the trunk the leader. Shari is found on the main trunk. Shari is the technique of creating areas of deadwood on the trunk of the bonsai tree.
Will not damage foliage. There are patterns and a reason for the deadwood to be there. When creating deadwood you have to remember that trees in nature don t just have random deadwood. This is a technique i wish i had learned about 20 years ago.
A jin is meant to show age or show that the tree has had a struggle to survive. It can really add to the character of a bonsai tree as in nature this process can only be caused by very traumatic events such as lightning. Interesting ones consist of continuous strips that somewhat twist around the trunk from base to upper part of the tree side by side with live bark. It s unique formulation penetrates deep into the wood killing fungi and bacteria as well as nourishing the wood with natural oils resins and acids.
Preserve deadwood of deciduous broadleaf bonsai trees without the unnatural white colour associated with lime sulphur. Deadwood on bonsai adds interest and curiosity to your tree. So on a bonsai as an artist you have to stay with a pattern create that story of why. In driftwood style of bonsai a major part of the tree consists of deadwood.
In nature deadwood is created when a tree is hit by lightning exposed to sustained periods of drought or when branches snap due to ice stress wind or weight of snow.