If you're into small bonsai...

[Gary McCarthy]

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Onuma's mini-sized bonsai - Bonsai Tonight

Photos from a visit to the amazing garden of Kazuo Onuma in Shizuoka, Japan.

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Those small tridents are just SO CUTE!!!

 

[just.wing.it]

Interesting trees.
Tripple colanders....?

 

[Gary McCarthy]

Tripple colanders....?

I thought that was pretty interesting and I asked Jonas about it. He's going to be doing a follow up blog post to talk about Onuma's growing procedures. So, stay tuned.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Curious about the flowering quince. Is he weaving branches back into the root mass that is slowly exposed as the mound of soil erodes? Is he using more pliable shoots that grow as roots get exposed? It's what I'd do 20 years later . Actually I've been doing it with one, but not involving mounds of soil. I'd really like to know more, because I've been trying to figure out how to make quince like that. Sometimes I want to avoid the spoilers because I enjoy the discovery experience . Small flowering quince have been very satisfying to work with.

 

[just.wing.it]

Curious about the flowering quince. Is he weaving branches back into the root mass that is slowly exposed as the mound of soil erodes? Is he using more pliable shoots that grow as roots get exposed? It's what I'd do 20 years later . Actually I've been doing it with one, but not involving mounds of soil. I'd really like to know more, because I've been trying to figure out how to make quince like that. Sometimes I want to avoid the spoilers because I enjoy the discovery experience . Small flowering quince have been very satisfying to work with.

Those are so wild looking, I dunno either....

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Those are so wild looking, I dunno either....

Either way it's caused me some brainstorming. I got some ideas to try. I think I'll bury some white chojubai when I have a minute.

 

[Gary McCarthy]

Curious about the flowering quince. Is he weaving branches back into the root mass that is slowly exposed as the mound of soil erodes? Is he using more pliable shoots that grow as roots get exposed? It's what I'd do 20 years later . Actually I've been doing it with one, but not involving mounds of soil. I'd really like to know more, because I've been trying to figure out how to make quince like that. Sometimes I want to avoid the spoilers because I enjoy the discovery experience . Small flowering quince have been very satisfying to work with.

Jonas has a spot on his blog posts to ask questions. And, he's very good about getting back to you.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Professional potatoes with leaves.

 

[Wilson]

The more exposure the internet gives the numerous growers of mame, and shohin, the more I want to produce! The air layering of the pine sacrifice is awesome.

 

[Gary McCarthy]

Follow up blog post.

Onuma's mini-bonsai growing techniques - Bonsai Tonight

Growing techniques from Kazuo Onuma for developing chojubai, shimpaku juniper, and Japanese maple.

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[GGB]

Cool article, funny how the smaller you go the more technical things get. (if you want it to look nice). Absolutely no short cuts in this hobby

 

[Gary McCarthy]

Jonas starts to experiment with Onuma's method - https://bonsaitonight.com/2020/09/25/the-right-way-and-wrong-way-to-make-major-cuts-on-young-maples/

 

[penumbra]

Genius!