Spruce Bonsai Pruning

Regular maintenance pruning is an important part of caring for your bonsai.

Spruce bonsai pruning. Some of the new growth on the spruce tree should be gently pinched by hand off of the branch rather than cut free. Prune deciduous bonsai in early spring. Some pruning can be done in the spring but the majority of pruning care should be saved until fall. Dead bottom branches should be removed.

To tidy up a foliage pad new shoots formed in the current year can be pruned back to a bud further back along the shoot. Spruce fir and whorl branched trees and shrubs that have short sharp needles can be trimmed all the way back to a lateral branch or dormant bud. Prepare bonsai scissors and concave cutters designed for pruning bonsai by cleaning them with a solution of nine. Pinch off straggly needle.

The techniques described in this article assume that your spruce is vigorous and that care is taken when. Pinch and trim back the new growth to the farthest safe point. You might also like. Styling is best carried out from late summer to fall.

Backbudding is very limited especially when it comes to old branches and the trunk. Repot the spruce every two to four years very old specimens can wait even longer. Difficult to style difficult to encourage the branches to set. Tropical and sub tropical trees used for bonsai will require periodic pinching and trimming throughout the year.

Needle plucking wiring and pruning back of this years shoots to a bud if necessary. Never should all of the new growth be removed. How to prune a bonsai plant 1. Pruning of a spruce bonsai is a delicate process that may take some practice.

Picea spruce bonsai styling pruning and wiring page 1 of 2. The annual cycle of pruning the exact timing will vary slightly according to your climate and location august october. Certain species of coniferous bonsai may require both leaf pruning and pinching maintenance pruning can be done from around mid march to september. Spruces are not demanding on the ph value of soil and water.

Prune the roots of a spruce only slightly especially old trees will not tolerate loosing larger roots. Spruce have a poor reputation as bonsai. You should do this kind of pruning often. A little should be left to sustain the health of the tree.

Because you don t want to end up with a tree that has a few leaves only on the tips best branches to be kept are the ones that have foliage closest to the trunk.