Finnbaks7
Seedling
Hard to find information on this tree. Other than Harry haringtons articles. So I need a care guide. If possible. Yea I'm back.
Back to the beech. American beech.
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Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
Check if these articles can help you.
http://www.columbusbonsai.org/?q=node/39
http://absolutebonsai.com/beech_bonsai
http://www.columbusbonsai.org/?q=node/39
http://absolutebonsai.com/beech_bonsai
cmeg1
Imperial Masterpiece
My bonsai focus 6/2012 sais for japanese beech pinch as soon as you can the terminal leaving two.Then in mid summer you can cut large outer leaves in half to let in more light.Harry Harringtons seems great advice though since the main point was to increase ramification and make smaller leaves.Maybe combine the two techniques.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
There's a guy over on IBC that does Am. beech, Jay- he's my go to guy for tips and techniques. Not many people do them, I don't have Am. though I'd like to... Mine are EU, and they respond largely the same. I have been following HH program with good results. I would suggest that you look at putting yours in straight Kanuma, Jay said they are much better that way... I'm moving mine this spring into kanuma.
Finnbaks7
Seedling
Ibc is ibonsaichat? And about the soil. The tree was dug. It was growing beside a pond under some big trees. Had a great root system. It was spread out. But being a beech I left a good amount of the root ball so it want hurt the tree. Thanks I'll check that guy out
Tieball
Masterpiece
Books
There are a couple of past issue books that have excellent American Beech information. If interested:
Bonsai Today, Issue #48.........1997-2......Pages 46 to 56. Excellent details.
Bonsai Today, Issue #49.........1997-3......Pages 17 to 26. Continuation of 8 years of progress.
Also:
Bonsai. By Werner M. Busch. However, the Bonsai Today articles are significantly better.
There are a couple of past issue books that have excellent American Beech information. If interested:
Bonsai Today, Issue #48.........1997-2......Pages 46 to 56. Excellent details.
Bonsai Today, Issue #49.........1997-3......Pages 17 to 26. Continuation of 8 years of progress.
Also:
Bonsai. By Werner M. Busch. However, the Bonsai Today articles are significantly better.
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JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
internet bonsai club
Finnbaks7
Seedling
Thanks everyone. Tieball I found those magazines on eBay. Thanks. And judyb, so he only uses straight kanuma and that's it? No organic matter? Thanks again. I have another thread about beechs with pics of my beech. I know the trunk is not what everyone like but I like it and was trying to figure pruning time. I've got a image I want the tree to look like but I just want to start shaping it very slow. That way I can learn how to keep it healthy and alive.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
yup, just kanuma.
jk_lewis
Masterpiece
Fagus grandifolia is not the best beech for bonsai, though they have been done.
1. Leaves tend to be too large and difficult to reduce sufficiently. Hence, they need to be large bonsai.
2. Quite slow growing, with only one flush of growth a year, although a second flush can sometimes be forced.
3. They never seem to backbud where you want them to. Buds, when they form, often emerge at very weird angles.
4. Cut scars never go away.
5. Fond as I am of native species, for beech, the European and Japanese species are much more forgiving.
1. Leaves tend to be too large and difficult to reduce sufficiently. Hence, they need to be large bonsai.
2. Quite slow growing, with only one flush of growth a year, although a second flush can sometimes be forced.
3. They never seem to backbud where you want them to. Buds, when they form, often emerge at very weird angles.
4. Cut scars never go away.
5. Fond as I am of native species, for beech, the European and Japanese species are much more forgiving.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
This describes beech in general...with the occasional exception around leaf size. As much as I like my J. beech, it is not an easy species to develop.
Finnbaks7
Seedling
Well I want to try and do something with it but not this coming season. Maybe a little with the roots and a nice pot. But that's about it. Then next fall, winter try some pruning. Well the limbs are sort of long so I might shorten them a bit and I have three limbs at the top that I will have to cut and pick one for the new leader.
jk_lewis
Masterpiece
I'd recommend you prune it now, back to the closest bud to the trunk. Otherwise you will always have very long internodes. Each fall/early winter, be sure to remove the end bud on each branch, in the hopes that it will promote some new buds closer in to the trunk, but before spring always prune back to the first bud from last year's growth. Only this way will you get the tree to have a hope of being compact enough.
