English Oak Bonsai Pruning

Second year training gently pull the bonsai tree out of its pot by the trunk and expose the roots just before the new growing season begins.
English oak bonsai pruning. We have produced a re potting dvd if you need help please see the link below. Repot your oak annually in the spring as it starts to form buds. New shoots are cut back leaving two leaves. Cut back the root mass by one third using secateurs or scissors.
Best suited to medium large size specimens in informal upright slanting twin trunk and group styles. Repot tree in standard bonsai growing medium using the same pot or transfer the tree into a. It sounds as though it will look much nicer in a nice pot. Prune your english oak bonsai during the early spring just as the buds begins to swell.
Hard pruning is done in early spring before the buds open. Repotting standard practice says that oak should be repotted yearly as buds start to move in spring until the tree is 10 years or older then every 2 3 years. Shaded branches on oak bonsai have a tendency to die back. The best time of year to root prune your oak would be early march the bonsai will have come through the worst of winter but the buds will have not yet started to swell.
You can reduce the leaf size down to 2 inches or even less by pruning them gently and carefully. Trim back the tree s vigorously growing branches to develop and maintain its shape. Feeding every two weeks at half strength after first growth has hardened off in spring. English oak leaves are ordinarily 4 to 8 inches long.
English oak leaves measures about 4 to 8 inches long. Strong terminal buds can also be removed then. Do this for 10 years then reduce to every two to three years. English oak bonsai is preferably shaped by pruning because using a wire can cause damage to its attractive bark.
Make flush cuts to promote rapid healing.