walawelo
Sapling
Hello Everyone, So I got a few flexiable dwarf Thuja Occidentalis for next to nothing with the intention of training myself on wiring and pruning bonsai confiers without snapping, breaking or destroying any nice expensive trees.
The wiring went relatively well (one tree snaped and a couple got some scars but majority came out okay) but prunning was total failure. no matter how I prune or pinch the tree starts to dieback on the entire pruned branch.
I have even followed some useful instructions found on this thread to cut where frond branches off but still got dieback: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/thuja-occidentalis-smaragd-leaf-pruning-help.36210/
what am I doing wrong? should I wait till winter for pruning?
The wiring went relatively well (one tree snaped and a couple got some scars but majority came out okay) but prunning was total failure. no matter how I prune or pinch the tree starts to dieback on the entire pruned branch.
I have even followed some useful instructions found on this thread to cut where frond branches off but still got dieback: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/thuja-occidentalis-smaragd-leaf-pruning-help.36210/
what am I doing wrong? should I wait till winter for pruning?